Groton, Brown Co., SD - 1916 Business Directory This information extracted from the "Northwestern Gazetteer and Business Directory", vol. XX (1916-1917), published by R. L. Polk & Co. Data transcribed by Joy Fisher, sdgenweb@yahoo.com. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm GROTON. Pop 1,300. Brown county. A city on the C M & St P and the C & N W Rys 19 miles e of Aberdeen the county seat. Has Catholic, Episcopal, Evangenical, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, 3 banks, 2 hotels, an opera house, a creamery, flour and feed mills, a brick yard, 8 grain elevators and an electric light plant and water works. Two weekly newspapers the Independent and the Herald are published. Artesian water is found at a depth of 1,000 feet. Land is worth from $35 to $80 an acre. Ships grain, produce and live stock. Exp Am and W F & Co. Tel W U. W Roy Veitch P M. Last Name First Name Business Adams Chas. E. see Erwin-Streeter-Adams Co. Allsbury Jas. barber Amsden Arthur T. pres, Groton Farmers Elevator Co. Anderson A. T. pres, Groton Creamery Anderson Oscar R. see E J Quiggle & Co. Anderson & Frank (Anton H Anderson, Herman O Frank), meats Anstiss Wm. H. livery Archer Bartley E. see Bradshaw & Archer Atlas Elevator Co. Wesley Sullivan mngr Atlas Lumber Co. Harding T Diedrich mngr Aves Geo. see Perkins & Aves Basom Newel S. lawyer Bieman E. A. pres, Groton Hospital Co. Blair Frank E. drugs Bowden Harry R. see Funk & Bowden Bowler-Dean Realty Co. (Michael F Bowler, Frank L Dean) Bowles Fred C. autos Bradshaw & Archer (Ralph W Bradshaw, Bartley E Archer), gen store Brooberg F. G. treas, Brooberg Mercantile Co. Brooberg Mercantile Co. H D Brown, sec; F G Brooberg, treas; gen store Brown H. D. sec, Brooberg Mercantile Co. Brown County Banking Co. (capital $25,000), Arnold Ringger, pres; R A Mather, cashr Burt Thos. G. osteopath Campbell Frank E. lawyer Carpenter Wm. R. agt C & N W Ry and Am Exp Cassels Herbert W. farm impts Cole J. A. pres, Groton Ferney Mutual Telephone Co. Cosy Theatre Schinkel & McFarland proprs Dean Frank L. see Bowler-Dean Realty Co. Diedrich Harding T. mngr, Atlas Lumber Co. Eagle Roller Mills Co. Geo I Hargrow mgr, grain elev Elo Oscar F. tailor Erdmann & Son A. (Alb and Emil), blksmiths Erwin-Streeter Land Co. (Wm I Erwin, Wesley S Streeter) Erwin-Streeter-Adams Co. (Wm I Erwin, Wesley S Streeter, Chas E Adams), silos Eyestone Ralph E. feed mill Farmers State Bank L T Strong, pres; T E Gage, cashr Ferney Farmers Elevator Co. Henry G Klug mngr First National Bank of Groton (capital $25,000, suplus $11,000), A M Neff, pres; L K Neff, vice pres; W B Miller, cashr; E E Kvitrud, asst cashr Fossum Thos. F. dentist Frank Herman O. see Anderson & Frank Fuller Alf. D. pub Groton Herald Fuller & Potter (Almond Fuller, Alonzo H Potter), farm impts Funk Theo & Ross well drillers Funk & Bowden (Wm C Funk, Harry R Bowden), farm impts Gage T. E. cashr, Farmers State Bank Gage T. E. sec, Groton Creamery Geib Danl phys Geisler Louis B. grain elev Griffin S. J. pres, Groton Milling Co. Groton Creamery A T Anderson, pres; T E Gage, sec Groton Farmers Elevator Co. Arthur T Amsden, pres; Wm Koepsel, sec Groton Ferney Mutual Telephone Co. J A Cole, pres; Josiah Wilson, sec Groton Herald Alf D Fuller pub Groton Hospital Co. E A Bieman, pres; E A Miller, sec Groton Independent Jay Reeves pub Groton Light, Heat & Power Co. F D James, pres; W B Miller, treas; J D Jones, sec Groton Milling Co. S J Griffin, pres; Angus McKiver, sec and mngr; W B Miller, treas (See Adv.) Groton Opera House Virgil F Rathbun mngr Hargrow Geo. I. mgr, Eagle Roller Mills Co. Heckel Gust F. jeweler Holloran Patrick agt C M & St P Ry, W F & Co Exp, W U Tel Co Holtz Walter H. billiards Iberg Edw. F. photogr James F. D. pres, Groton Light, Heat & Power Co. Johnson Henry L. grocer Johnson Jas. M. real est Jones J. D. sec, Groton Light, Heat & Power Co. Jones Jas. D. phys Klug Henry G. mngr, Ferney Farmers Elevator Co. Koepsel Wm. sec, Groton Farmers Elevator Co. Kopland Daisy (Mrs.) restaurant Krueger Paul L. farm impts Kuehnert F. H. sec, Shoe & Harness Co. Kvitrud E. E. asst cashr, First National Bank of Groton Livingston Chas. R. vet surgeon Mather R. A. cashr, Brown County Banking Co. Matzener & Omberson (Jno Matzener, T Silas Omberson), dry goods McFarland Eli W. see Schinkel & McFarland McKiver Angus sec and mngr, Groton Milling Co. Miller E. A. sec, Groton Hospital Co. Miller W. B. cashr, First National Bank of Groton Miller W. B. treas, Groton Light, Heat & Power Co. Miller W. B. treas, Groton Milling Co. Miller W. B. administrator, J C Wolfe Estate Miller Bros. (Inc.) A H Miller, pres; Helen Miller, sec; O H Miller, treas; clothing Miller Mercantile Co. A H Miller, pres; Helen Miller, sec; O H Miller, treas; gen store Moffitt Jno E. tailor Moore Edw. livery Naeve Frank mngr, Jno W Tuthill Lumber Co. Neff A. M. pres, First National Bank of Groton Neff Calvin K. hardware Neff L. K. vice pres, First National Bank of Groton Olson Carl O. phys Omberson T. Silas see Matzener & Omberson Ottum Eliza (Mrs.) propr Vicks Hotel Paetznick Helmuth P. furniture Patterson Chas. E. notions Perkins & Aves (Ira Perkins, Geo Aves), gen store Phillips Chas. C. bowling alley Phillips Chas. E. brick mnfr Potter Alonzo H. see Fuller & Potter Quiggle & Co. E. J. (Ernest J Quiggle, Oscar R. Anderson, Jay B Quiggle), drugs Rathbun Virgil F. mngr, Groton Opera House Rawson W. J. pres, Shoe & Harness Co. Reeves Jay E. pub Groton Independent Rehfuss Emanuel G. photogr Reiber Harry G. barber Rifenbark Lloyd I. osteopath Ringger Arnold pres, Brown County Banking Co. Savercool Genevieve chiropractor Schinkel Aug. E. conf Schinkel Chas. F. cigars Schinkel & McFarland (Chas F Schinkel, Eli W McFarland), props Cosy Theatre Shoe & Harness Co. W J Rawson, pres; F H Kuehnert, sec Shrigley Amos H. baker Streeter Wesley S. see Erwin-Streeter-Adams Co. Streeter Wesley S. see Erwin-Streeter Land Co. Strong L. T. pres, Farmers State Bank Sullivan Wesley mngr, Atlas Elevator Co. Swearingen Robt. W. livery Thede Jno J. real est Tolvstad Ludwig garage Tosh Bros. (Paul and Fred) contrs Tuthill Lumber Co. Jno W. Frank Naeve mngr Vicks Hotel Mrs Eliza Ottum propr Wilson Josiah sec, Groton Ferney Mutual Telephone Co. Wolfe Estate J. C. W B Miller administrator, furniture Zaworsky Alb. J. blksmith