Delmont, Douglas 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, http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000031 . 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://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm DELMONT. Pop 500. Douglas county. An incorporated town on the C M & St P Ry 12 miles s e of Armour the county seat. Has Methodist, Congregational, Catholic, German and Norwegian Lutheran and German Reformed churches, 2 banks, 5 grain elevators, a hotel, an opera house, electric light plant and water works. A weekly newspaper the Record is published. Land is worth $60 to $100 per acre. Ships grain, live stock and produce. Exp W F & Co. Tel W U. Mrs Hattie Pope P M. Last Name First Name Business Akers origen B. r r, exp and tel agt Arnold Thos. phys Baker & Herbst (Jas Baker, Paul Herbst), real est Baker, Wegelhaupt & Co. (Floyd Baker, Paul Herbst), gen store Batterman Fred agt, Le Roy Booher Boardner Edw. agt, Huntting Elevator Co. Breitbach Chris feed Breitbach & Son Chris electric light plant Carlon Elevator Co. Merten R Hanson agt Delmont Implement Co. Wm F Mueller, pres; Paul C Misterek, sec and mngr Delmont Opera House J W Stevens mngr Delmont Record Winton R Markley pub Delmont State Bank (capital $10,000), Alb Shepard, pres; A M Shaw, cashr Delmont Telephone Co. B A Singer mngr Delmont Water Works (municipal) Dencker Gust cashr, Security State Bank Dencker Gust ins agt Devine Terence H. drugs Doyle Jas. M. grain elevator Farmers Elevator Co. Roy D McCoun agt Fiene & Son F. L. (Fred L and Henry D Fiene), garage Floette Lumber Co. Herman Ruge agt Fullerton Lumber Co. Gottlieb F Stahlecker agt Haisch Chas. saloon Hand Jos. D. furniture Hanson Merten R. agt, Carlon Elevator Co. Hartz Valentine blksmith Herbst Paul see Baker & Herbst Herbst Paul see Baker, Wegelhaupt & Co. Hintgen Theo. B. harness Hotel Douglas Geo D Marlot propr, rates $2.00 per day. Steam heat, Electric Lights Huntting Elevator Co. Edw Boardner agt, grain elevator Joachim Chris real est Johansen Jno cementwkr Le Roy Booher Fred Batterman agt, grain elevator Lehr Jno pres, Security State Bank Markley Winton R. pub Delmont Record Marlot Geo. D. Propr Hotel Douglas McCoun Roy D. agt, Farmers Elevator Co. Misterek Paul C. sec and mngr, Delmont Implement Co. Mueller Wm. F. pres, Delmont Implement Co. Neumayr Jos. saloon Reich Jas. B. real est Reiffel Israel gen store Ruge Herman agt, Floette Lumber Co. Security State Bank (capital $12,000), Jno Lehr, pres; Gust Dencker, cashr Sharpe Stewart lawyer Shaw A. M. cashr, Delmont State Bank Shaw Alvin M. ins agt Sheffer Junia H. pool Shepard Alb. pres, Delmont State Bank Singer B. A. mngr, Delmont Telephone Co. Singer Chris H. meats Stahlecker Gottlieb F. agt, Fullerton Lumber Co. Stephens Fred W. barber Stevens J. W. mngr, Delmont Opera House Stevens Hardware Co. J W Stevens, pres; Earl Stevens, sec Wegelhaupt see Baker, Wegelhaupt & Co. Wegelhaupt Sisters (Martha and Magdalena), milliners Weisz Jacob gen store Wentzel Jno W. H. clothing