Bowdle, Edmunds 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 BOWDLE. Pop 625. Edmunds county. A village on the C M & St P Ry 17 miles w of Roscoe. Has Catholic, German Lutheran and Methodist churches, 6 grain elevators, 2 banks, a flour mill, an opera house, a hotel, a creamery and an electric light plant. A weekly newspaper the Pioneer is published. Land is worth $20 to $50 per acre. Ships live stock, grain and produce. Exp W F & Co. Tel W U. Henry B. Baer P M. Last Name First Name Business Atlas Lumber Co. Harold Davison agt Aurand Geo. C. gen store Baer Herman C. farm impts Bank of Bowdle (capital $25,000), Wm Mathieu, pres; W G Mathieu, cashr Baumgarten G. L. sec, Bowdle Roller Milling Co. Bickert Arthur G. lands Bickert Arthur G. see Mathieu & Bickert Bollinger Jacob see Merkel & Bollinger Bowdle Electric Light & Power Co. Jno Schlomer supt. Bowdle Hardware Co. (Wm G Mathieu) Bowdle Opera House Fred J Ham propr Bowdle Pioneer Bowdle Printing Co, pubs Bowdle Printing Co. F M Zimmers, pres; F C Zimmers, sec; pubs Bowdle Pioneer Bowdle Produce Co. C W Young mngr, mnfrs of fancy creamery butter and ice cream (see adv) Bowdle Roller Milling Co. J A Koch, pres; G L Baumgarten, sec Boyd Wm. L. grain elevator Braufman Adolph gen store Carpenter Grant S. phys Central Lumber Co. Jas G Kraft, agt Davidson Alf W. see Erbe & Davidson Davison Harold agt, Atlas Lumber Co. Edwards Wm. phys Erbe & Davidson (Robt S Erbe, Alf W Davidson), garage Farmers Equity Union Exchange Gottlob Goettling, pres; F C Pearman, sec; grain elevator First State Bank (capital $10,000), J C Gross, pres; C C Gross, cashr Geib Peter grain elevator German Bazaar J C Gross, pres; C C Gross, sec; gen store Goettling Gottlob Farmers Equity Union Exchange Grismer Peter saloon Gross C. C. cashr, First State Bank Gross C. C. sec and treas, Gross Land & Loan Co. Gross C. C. sec, German Bazaar Gross J. C. pres, First State Bank Gross J. C. pres, German Bazaar Gross J. C. pres, Gross Land & Loan Co. Gross Land & Loan Co. J C Gross, pres; C C Gross, sec and treas Ham Fred J. lawyer Ham Fred J. propr, Bowdle Opera House Hauck Valentine S. harness Helmer Otto W. barber Jackson Elmer R. restaurant Johnson Frank livery Knudtzon Josephine (Mrs.) restaurant Kohc J. A. pres, Bowdle Roller Milling Co. Kraft Jas. G. agt, Central Lumber Co. Kurle Jacob blksmith Larson Omund jeweler Lasell Herschel D. lawyer Maas Henry C. drugs Marlette Henry L. r r, exp and tel agt Mathieu W. G. cashr, Bank of Bowdle Mathieu Wm. pres, Bank of Bowdle Mathieu Wm. G. hardware Mathieu & Bickert (Wm G Mathieu, Arthur G Bickert), grain elevator McCarter Jas. W. lawyer Merkel Louis meats Merkel & Bollinger (Phil F Merkel, Jacob Bollinger), blksmiths Michaelson Martin grain elevator O'Malley Thos. O. cigars Pearman F. C. sec, Farmers Equity Union Exchange Rhodes Jno real est Rositch Jos. real est Sautner Geo. K. saloon Schlaht Chris pool Watson Royal A. propr, Watson House Watson House Royal A Watson, propr Young C. W. mngr, Bowdle Produce Co. Zimmers F. C. sec, Bowdle Printing Co. Zimmers F. M. pres, Bowdle Printing Co.