De Smet, Kingsbury 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://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm DE SMET. Pop 1,150. Kingsbury county. An incorporated city and county seat on the C & N W Ry 34 miles e of Huron. Has Catholic, Congregational, Episcopal, Lutheran and Methodist churches, 2 banks, 3 hotels, 4 grain elevators, an opera house, water works and a gas plant. Two weekly newspapers the News and the Kingsbury County Independent are published. Ships grain, produce and live stock. Land is worth $50 to $75 per acre. Exp Am. Tel W U. Saml B Dwight P M. Last Name First Name Business Abbott Chas. H. vet surgeon Altfillisch L. F. cashr, Germania State Bank Altfillisch Louis F. ins agt Altfillisch Otto sec and treas, Waters Land & Loan Co. Andrews F. M. vice pres, De Smet National Bank Andrews Frank M. ins agt Andrews Bros. (Walter S and Jno R), clothing Barrows Jos. mngr, De Smet Water Works and Gas Plant Boost & O'Hara (Robt A Boost, Peter O'Hara), real est Bostrom Arthur E. phys Botsford Lumber Co. Wm J Koehler agt Brewer Fred L. notions Chase Roy harness Clark Fred S. mngr, Farmers Cash Store Close Henry gen store Cole Eli pres, Germania State Bank Collins Thos. J. gen store (Mathews) Colwell Fred blksmith Cooledge Eva G. notions Cozy Theatre Jno Richardson mngr Crane Vance civ eng Crawford Donald A. county judge, Kingsbury County (see adv.) Cummins Fred W. barber Cummins Geno A. billiards Dawley Chas. L. real est De Smet National Bank (capital $25,000, surplus $25,000, undivided profits $10,000), F M Andrews, vice pres; O P Williams, cashr De Smet News Carter P Sherwood pub De Smet Opera House Ignatius J Miller propr De Smet Water Works and Gas Plant Jos Barrows mngr Doyle Jno meats Dyar Bert A. phys Ely Chas. E. conf Endersby Ira J. blksmith Farmers Cash Store Fred S Clark mngr, gen store Farmers Co-operative Assn Edw N Morgan agt, grain elevator Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. Jno Hasche, sec; Iver Grotto, treas Fields Alex restaurant Flindt Jas. J. conf Floran Nettie (Mrs.) pianos Floto Fred billiards Friedbauer Jno F. shoemkr Germania State Bank (capital $25,000), Eli Cole, pres; L F Altfillisch, cashr Grand Hotel John H Neinstadt propr (see adv) Green Ernest F. States Attorney for Kingsbury County (see adv.) Grotto Iver treas, Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. Hall Jno H. dentist Hamilton Henry J. grocer Hanson Lloyd M. dentist Hasche Jno sec, Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. Hazel Orin H. livery Henney Wm. H. farm impts Hunt Frank M. restaurant Hunter Wm. J. restaurant Jergensen Peter agt, Wm I Thompson Johns Gulussa G. produce Keller Jas. A. blksmith Kingsbury County Independent Fred W Wright pub Kingsbury Hotel Jos Yeaman propr Koehler Wm. J. agt, Botsford Lumber Co. Krumvieda Lewis E. plumber Landgraf Frank meats Lark Fannie L. (Mrs.) restaurant Lark Morton cigar mnfr Loftus Danl H. gen store Mallery & White (Geo E Mallery, W Ellwyn White), drugs Mateer Hazel milliner Mausbach Peter J. real est McKibben Clifford S. photogr McMartin Wm. auctioneer Miller Ignatius J. hardware Miller Ignatius J. propr, De Smet Opera House Miller & Verley (Frank Miller, Walter Verley), garage Morgan Edw. N. agt, Farmers Co-operative Assn Munger Orin V. barber Neinstadt John H. propr Grand Hotel (see adv) Nelson Carl J. tailor O'Hara Peter see Boost & O'Hara Pettit Edw. E. saloon Purintun Jos. O. abstracts Randklev Peter A. propr Syndicate Hotel Rice Byron A. agt, G W Van Dusen & Co. Richardson Jno mngr, Cozy Theatre Riedel Henry M. auctioneer Robinson Elmer M. grain elevators Robinson Wm. M. hardware Ruth Thos. H. vet surgeon Sasse Pharmacy (Merle E tadtand Elizabeth Sasse) Schaub Frank gen store Schultz Carl cementwkr Sherwood Carter P. pub De Smet News Sloan Jas. J. plumber Smith Dakota T. notions Stinson Henry Y. r r, exp and tel agt Stormont Jno saloon Syndicate Hotel Peter A Randklev propr, rates $2 and $2.25 per day, sample rooms, steam heat, gas lighted, new and up-to-date Tackaberry Nathaniel E. cigar mnfr Tennies Jos. A. gen store Thompson Wm. I. Peter Jergensen agt, grain elevator Tinkham Chas. H. furniture Van Dusen & Co. G. W. Byron A Rice agt, grain elevator Van Hook Dale barber Verley Walter see Miller & Verley Warren William H. attorney at law Waters Land & Loan Co. (capital $50,000), A N Waters, pres; A M Waters, vice pres; Otto Altfillisch, sec and treas White Arch F. painter White W. Ellwyn see Mallery & White Williams O. P. cashr, De Smet National Bank Williams Oliver P. ins agt Wilmarth Delbert W. grocer Wright Fred W. pub Kingsbury County Independent Yeaman Jos. propr Kingsbury Hotel