Geddes, Charles Mix 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 GEDDES. Pop 900. Charles Mix county. A city on the C M & St P Ry 77 miles n w of Yankton. Has Congregational, Catholic and Methodist churches, 2 banks, 2 hotels, a commercial club, a hospital, a public library, 6 grain elevators, a Masonic Temple and an opera house combined, a good sewer system, an artesian well water supply and an electric light plant. Two weekly newspapers the Charles Mix County Citizen and the Charles Mix County News are published. Ships grain, produce and live stock. Land is worth $75 to $100 per acre. Mail stage daily to Wheeler fare $1.25. Exp W F & Co. Tel W U. Jas L Minahan P M. Last Name First Name Business Amusu Theatre Richd Robertson propr, moving pictures Bank of Geddes (capital $5,000), C W Pratt, pres; L L Davis, cashr Barada Warren blksmith Beck Ambrose D. lawyer Beck Ernest real estate, loans and insurance, lands in Charles Mix, Douglas and Tripp counties. Exchanges a specialty. Beck Warren E. r r, exp and tel agt Bossingham Arthur E. drugs Carlon Elevator Co. Benj L Meis agt Cass Roy see Null & Cass Charles Mix County Bank (capital $25,000), J H Meyhaus, pres; C M Krebs, cashr Charles Mix County Citizen Eugene Ryan pub Charles Mix County Hospital Fred E Fyle supt Charles Mix County News Henry C Tucker pub Clements A. V. mngr, Interstate Power Co. Crowley Ellen milliner Crowley Jno H. mngr, Western Grain Co. Davis L. L. cashr, Bank of Geddes Davis Mary (Mrs.) librarian, Geddes Public Library Farmers Co-operative Elevator Co. M C Hartzer, pres; Will Sanders, sec and treas; F H Humphrey, mngr Field Gilbert propr Leader Hotel Flishram Jno stage line Floete Lumber Co. Frank Mahoney agt Fox Fred A. restaurant Frazier Susie A. (Mrs.) milliner Fyle Fred E. supt, Charles Mix County Hospital Fyle Fred E. phys Geddes Building Co. Guy Salsbury supt, gen contrs Geddes Commercial Club Geddes Mercantile Co. O P Wendt mngr, gen store Geddes Public Library Mrs Mary Davis librarian Geddes Water Works (municipal), Richd Robertson supt Geusebrock Jno gen store Hartzer M. C. pres, Farmers Co-operative Elevator Co. Hartzer Malachi C. gen store Hermanek Jas. V. restaurant Hermsen Herman farm impts Hiett Bros. (Saml E and Chas), jewelers Hodgson Clarence R. barber Holmquist Nels hardware Hotel Padley Riiff Sisters proprs Humphrey F. H. mngr, Farmers Co-operative Elevator Co. Immer Jno notions Interstate Power Co. A V Clements mngr, electric light Jiricek Jno meats Johnson Edwin nursery King Grain Co. M. Roy Kitterman agt Kitterman A. Lincoln drugs Kitterman Roy agt, M King Grain Co. Konechne Jas. H. tailor Krebs C. M. cashr, Charles Mix County Bank Krebs Carl K. see Meyhaus Bros & Krebs Kreitle Jno hardware Lathrop Henry garage Leader Hotel Gilbert Field propr Lindell & Lindskog (Chas W Lindell, Nels A Lindskog), grain elevator Lindskog Nels A. see Lindell & Lindskog Mahoney Frank agt, Floete Lumber Co. Mangrup Marion blksmith Mansbridge Harry agt, South Dakota Grain Co. Masonic Temple Theatre Bert Tucker mngr McAlister Mont real est Meis Benj. L. agt, Carlon Elevator Co. Meyhaus J. H. pres, Charles Mix County Bank Meyhaus Bros & Krebs (Jno H and Otto V Meyhaus, Carl K Krebs), ins agt Minahan Wm. H. real est Musilek Jos. saloon Newton Jasper clothing Nicholson Floyd E. saloon Noll Fred W. furniture Null & Cass (Bert Null, Roy Cass), pool Pederson Jno M. livery Pratt C. W. pres, Bank of Geddes Raymond Anth. barber Reichmann Ferd A. vet surgeon Riiff Sisters (Evelyn E and Emma L), proprs Hotel Padley Robertson Richd supt, Geddes Water Works Robertson Richd propr Amusu Theatre Rothlisberger Geo. B. dentist Ryan Eugene pub Charles Mix County Citizen Salsbury Guy supt, Geddes Building Co. Sanders Will sec and treas, Farmers Co-operative Elevator Co. Schroeder Jno H. lumber Seapy Jno A. phys Shortreed Fred M. photogr Shuck Edw. W. farm impts Shuck Bros. Land Co. (Geo W and Walter Shuck) Smith Chas. E. auctioneer South Dakota Grain Co. Harry Mansbridge agt Stauffacher Alb. H. hardware Sullivan Jas. F. tailor Tipton Jno E. lawyer Tucker Bert mngr, Masonic Temple Theatre Tucker Henry C. pub Charles Mix County News Walker Dwight W. pool Welch Jesse L. hardware Wendt O. P. mngr, Geddes Mercantile Co. Wendt Otto P. gen store Western Grain Co. Jno H Crowley mngr Weygint Chas. barber