Chamberlain, Brule 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 CHAMBERLAIN. Pop 1,500. Brule county. The county seat on the C M & St P Ry and the Missouri river 67 miles w of Mitchell. Has Adventist, Catholic, Congregational, Episcopal, German Lutheran and Methodist churches, a college, a hospital, 3 banks, a theatre, 3 hotels, one of which, the Mussman House, is especially popular with the traveling public, water works, electric light and gas plants. Two weekly newspapers the Democrat and the Register are published. Exp W F & Co. Tel W U. F P Gannaway P M. Last Name First Name Business Anderson Lumber Co. J. F. Michael Otterson agt Andresen H. Mat agt, Jas A Smith Lumber Co. Ayers Abner mngr, Chamberlain Ferry & Pocket Line Babcock C. H. (Rev.) mngr, Chamberlain Sanitarium Bailey O. E. sec and treas, Chamberlain Wholesale Grocery Co. Barber Martha C. milliner Berry & Son F. K. (Frank K and Fred F), dry goods Bingham J. H. sec, Brule Co. Abstract Co. Bingham J. H. with Brule Land & Investment Co. Boelsems Bros. (Herman and Arthur), contrs Brady F. J. (Rev.) treas, Columbus College Breen M. J. (Rev.) pres, Columbus College Brown Mat A. sec, Riverview Cemetery Assn. Brown & Brown (James and Matthew A), Attorneys-at-law (See Legal Blue Book Deept.) Brule Co. Abstract Co. H S Hedrick, pres; J H Bingham, sec Brule Land & Investment Co. (Robt H Somers, Harry D Chamberlain) Brule National Bank (capital $50,000), W H Pratt Jr, pres; G F Pilger, cashr Butts Jno agt Wells, Fargo & Co Exp Chamberlain Democrat Fred J Croft pub Chamberlain Ferry & Pocket Line Abner Ayers mngr Chamberlain Gas Light & Power Co. Peter B Dirks supt Chamberlain Register, The Ray H Dunbar publisher (see p. 939) Chamberlain Sanitarium A C Whitbeck, pres; Rev C H Babcock, mngr Chamberlain State Bank (capital $25,000), E B Kelley, pres; Guy Kelley cashr Chamberlain Wholesale Grocery Co. F L Kramer, pres; O E Bailey, sec and treas Clevenger Jno W. dentist Columbus College Rev M J Breen, pres; Rev M L Lennartz, sec; Rev F J Brady, treas Cook I. H. cashr, Whitbeck National Bank Cox & Son Thos. H. (Thos H and Irvin H), furniture Crisp & Muckler (Elmer E Crisp, Chas H Muckler), lands Croft Fred J. pub Chamberlain Democrat Culbertson Chas barber Dirks Peter B. supt, Chamberlain Gas Light & Power Co. Drew Frank P. baker Drury Ebenezer L. lawyer Duba Frank B. tailor Dunbar Ray H. publisher, the Chamberalin Register (see p 939) Duncan Spees W. phys. Dye & Hill Co. E E Dye, pres; A G Hill, sec and treas; lands Dyer Ward B. see House & Dyer Egleston Nelson W. dry goods Empress Theatre Mrs Jas A Sanford propr Farmer Edith H. milliner Farmer Wm. J. lawyer Foreman Frank cigar mnfr Gerin Grocery Co. P. J. Geo G McDonald mngr Gibson Peter G. mngr W U Tel Co. Gilbert Fred E. barber Gilbert Theo. with Smith Bros. Haas Henry meats Hanson Frank L. cigars Haupt Christina (Mrs.) restaurant Hedrick H. S. pres, Brule Co. Abstract Co. Hill A. G. see Dye & Hill Co. Hopkins Orville agt C M & St P Ry Hotel Taft Edson B Taft propr House & Dyer (Jesse E House, Ward B Dyer), lawyers Irons Wm. H. notions Judge Harry photogr Kelley E. B. pres, Chamberlain State Bank Kelley Guy cashr, Chamberlain State Bank Knight Jno H. whol liquors Knudson Erik blksmith Kramer F. L. pres, Chamberlain Wholesale Grocery Co. Kramer Mercantile Co. N M Kramer, pres; F L Kramer, sec and treas; gen store Laughlin Lemuel B. real est Lawrence H. Irving ins agt Le Blond Horace W. drugs Lennartz M. L. (Rev.) sec, Columbus College Lockwood Jno S. see Watson & Lockwood Lumbard Wm. F. furniture Mangin Jas. G. billiards McDonald Geo. G. mngr, P J Gerin Grocery Co. Merchants Hotel Herman L Pfeiffer propr Metcalf Thos. A. hardware Milliken Jno W. county surveyor Muckler Chas. H. see Crisp & Muckler Mussman Henry C. propr Mussman House Mussman House Henry C Mussman propr, Traveling Men's Headquarters Nebraska Telephone Co. H W Callsen mngr Otterson Michael agt, J F Anderson Lumber Co. Pfeiffer Herman L. propr Merchants Hotel Pilger G. F. cashr, Brule National Bank Powers Fred A. barber Pratt W. H. (Jr.) pres, Brule National Bank Reynolds Land Co. F. A. (Fred A and Frank E Reynolds) (see adv at Kimball, S D.) Riverview Cemetery Assn. Mat A Brown sec Rogers Jno F. saloon Rose Clarence E. blksmith Rowe Clark S. lawyer Sanford Jas. A. (Mrs.) propr Empress Theatre Schmidt Robt. A. conf Scott Elmer F. drugs Slifer E. R. Lawyer, General Practice, Special Attention Given to Probate Matters, States Attorney Brule County Small Chas. A. meats Smith Bros. (Claude and Percy Smith, Theo Gilbert), garage Smith Lumber Co. Jas. A. H Mat Andresen agt Somers Gestner H. livery Somers Robt. H. with Brule Land & Investment Co. Stanley Foster N. tailor Stevens Jos. H. contr Taft Edson B. propr Hotel Taft Tidrick Chas. D. real est Treon Fred phys Van Schaack Frank grocer Wait & Son W. B. (Walter B and Jno B), grocers Wait Packet Line W B Wait & Son agts Wall Geo. B. restaurant Watson & Lockwood (Bert G Watson, Jno S Lockwood), gen store Wedmore Jeremiah pool Whitbeck A. C. bottler Whitbeck A. C. pres, Chamberlain Sanitarium Whitbeck National Bank (capital $50,000), A C Whitbeck, pres; I H Cook, cashr Woodraska Anna (Mrs.) hardware