Big Stone City, Grant Co., SD - 1916 Business Directory


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	BIG STONE CITY. Pop 650. Grant county. An incorporated city and 
a scenic summer resort on Big Stone Lake which is 36 miles long and on 
the C M & St P Ry 11 miles n e of Milbank the county seat and 1 w of 
Ortonville, MN. Has Catholic, Evangelical, Methodist and United 
Evangelical churches, a bank, a hotel, an opera house, a commercial 
club, one of the largest corn canning factories in the world, a large
granite polishing works, a large brick yard, a creamery, 3 grain 
elevators and an electric light plant. A weekly newspaper the Headlight 
is published. Ships cattle, grain and canned corn. Land is worth $60 to 
$110 per acre. Exp W F & Co. Tel W U. Kate A Schnacke P M.

Last Name                   First Name   Business
Aldrich                     I. D.        pres, Big Stone Commercial Club
Aldrich                     I. D.        pres, Big Stone Light and Power Co.
Aldrich                     Irwin D.     pub Big Stone Headlight
Anderson                    Haldor A.    photogr
Big Stone Canning Co.                    G K Clark, pres and treas; F W Douthitt, sec
Big Stone Cattle Co.                     Frank W Douthitt mngr
Big Stone City Creamery Co.              Jno Heffernan, pres; G K Clark, sec; W D Hall, treas
Big Stone Commercial Club                I D Aldrich, pres; L A Gold, sec and treas
Big Stone Headlight                      Irwin D. Aldrich, pub
Big Stone Lake Chatauqua Assn.           C E Christman, pres; E S Gold, sec and treas
Big Stone Light and Power Co.            I D Aldrich, pres; L A Gold, sec
Big Stone Lumber Co.                     Jacob D Steiner agt
Black Bros.                              (Jas L and Jno E), hardware
Boyd & Boyd                              proprs Hotel Minnewarmett
Christman                   E. S.        pres, Big Stone Lake Chatauqua Assn.
City Opera House                         Wm Lauster mngr
Clark                       G. K.        cashr, Gold & Co. State Bank
Clark                       G. K.        pres and treas, Big Stone Canning Co.
Clark                       G. K.        pres, Gold Bros. Brick Co.
Clark                       G. K.        sec, Big Stone City Creamery Co.
Clute                       Perry H.     drugs
Creese                      Jos.         boat bldr
De Greef  & Sons            Philip       (Phil Allen and Chas), boat livery (Simpson Park)
Dewar                       Alex         granite wks
Douthitt                    F. W.        sec, Big Stone Canning Co.
Douthitt                    Frank W.     mngr, Big Stone Cattle Co.
Farmers Elevator & Fuel Co.              Paul Pinkert, pres; Heb Storiem, sec
Gerhardt & Kolb                          (Arthur W Gerhardt, Clarence G Kolb), garage
Gold                        E. S.        sec and treas, Big Stone Lake Chatauqua Assn.
Gold                        E. S.        sec, Gold Bros. Brick Co.
Gold                        E. S.        sec, Gold Bros. Security Co.
Gold                        J. A.        pres, Gold & Co. State Bank
Gold                        J. A.        pres, Gold Bros. Security Co.
Gold                        L. A.        sec and treas, Big Stone Commercial Club
Gold                        L. A.        sec, Big Stone Light and Power Co.
Gold                        L. A.        treas, Gold Bros. Brick Co.
Gold                        L. A.        vice pres, Gold Bros. Security Co.
Gold & Co.                               (Jas A and Lee A Gold), grain elevator
Gold & Co. State Bank                    (Capital $25,000, Surplus, $5,000), J A Gold, pres; G K Clark, cashr
Gold Bros. Brick Co.                     G K Clark, pres; E S Gold, sec; L A Gold, treas
Gold Bros. Security Co.                  J A Gold, pres; L A Gold, vice pres; E S Gold, sec; real estate and farm loans (See adv.)
Hall                        W. D.        treas, Big Stone City Creamery Co.
Heffernan                   Jno          pres, Big Stone City Creamery Co.
Hotel Minnewarmett                       Boyd & Boyd proprs (Simpson Park)
Jacobs                      Frank        billiards
Johnson                     Jno          livery
Kolb                        Clarence G.  see Gerhardt & Kolb
Kuderling                   Otto W.      grain elevator
Lauster                     Wm.          mngr, City Opera House
Lauster Bros.                            (Geo and Wm), gen store
Nelson                      Nels S.      gen store
New Big Stone                            Geo E Stevens propr, hotel
Nobles                      Jno M.       r r, exp and tel agt
Phillips                    Louis L.     notions
Pinkert                     Paul         pres, Farmers Elevator & Fuel Co.
Rott                        Jas. A.      phys
Schnacke                    Kate A.      gen store
Steiner                     Jacob D.     agt, Big Stone Lumber Co.
Stevens                     Geo. E.      propr New Big Stone
Stoll                       Jno          gen store (Rosen MN)
Stolpman                    Franz        hardware (Rosen, MN)
Storiem                     Heb          sec, Farmers Elevator & Fuel Co.
Trapp                       Paul         shoes
Trapp                       Rose M.      milliner
Waseka                      Wm. J.       meats
Werner                      Martin A.    blksmith
Wilson                      Jos. A.      feed
Zaback                      Edw. A.      barber