Parker, Turner Co., SD - 1909 Business Directory This file contains a listing from "South Dakota State Business Directory", published by The Gazetteer Publishing Co., Denver, CO in 1909. Information transcribed by Joy Fisher. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. 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 PARKER A wide-awake and progressive town. County seat of Turner county, on the Chicago & Northwestern and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rys., 24 miles southwest of Sioux Falls. Is a beautiful little city, situated on the banks of the Vermillion river. Has a fine high school, six churches, a flour mill, five elevators, one cold storage, one creamery, five general stores, three hardwares, two groceries, two harness shops, two drug stores, two banks, city waterworks, gas light plant, two main lines of railroad, one on the north side and one on the south side of the city. Population 1,500. Last Name First Name Business Baptist Church Rev J F Bryant pastor Barkley W. H. harness and saddlery Beardsley & Hicks real estate Begeman Simon harness, shoes Braasch & Conrad transfer, dray and express line Brown E. L. attorney Brown G. D. (Rev.) pastor, Methodist Episcopal Church (First) Bryant J. F. (Rev.) pastor, Baptist Church Carnahan W. F. sec Parker Produce Co Catholic Church (St. Christine) Rev T T Monoghan priest Chase & Co. J. W. hardware Christopher see Thompson & Christopher Citizens Bank F C Danforth pres, J A Danforth vice-pres, J W Watson cash, Nelson Sanford asst cash City Roller Mills F A Grieve & Co props Clark W. E. clothing Clisby F. L. cash First National Bank, city treasurer, mgr Parker Gas Co Clisby F. L. pres, Lord & Clisby Clisby R. L. sec, Lord & Clisby Collar A. O. second hand goods Collins Lovell F. general merchandise Collins T. F. county surveyor Conrad see Braasch & Conrad Cooke L. W. physician Cottage Hotel Jno Merritt & Son props Cotton J. D. postmaster Cowell J. J. (Mrs.) restaurant Danforth F. C. pres, Citizens Bank Danforth J. A. vice-pres, Citizens Bank Darby C. P. mgr, J T Scroggs Doughty W. S. sec, Parker Commercial Club Doughty & Co. hardware & notions Edmunds J. W. county judge Evans A. J. ice dealer Fancher Carrie (Mrs.) millinery Farmers Elevator Co. Peter Meier mgr First National Bank L K Lord pres, F L Clisby cash, K I Shager asst cash Fleeger L. L. attorney-at-law, states attorney Founanack & Keyes dentists German Evangelical Church German Lutheran Church German Methodist Church Rev J Loeck pastor Gifford W. H. farm implements, mgr Hanford Produce Co. Goff Co. C. R. dry goods and shoes Grebel A. L. groceries Grebel A. L. pres, Parker Commercial Club Grieve & Co. F. A. props The City Roller Mills Hackett Chas. F. pres, New Era Printing Co. Hackett Chas. F. (Jr.)sec, New Era Printing Co. Hanford Produce Co. W H Gifford mgr Hanson Dan E. clerk courts Harris A. H. drugs Hicks see Beardsley & Hicks Horton L. E. barber Hotel Wentworth F J West prop Huntting Elevator Co. Jackson O. P. photographer Johnson Geo. B. chief fire department Johnson & Sons J. B. marble and granite works Jones C. L. city auditor Jones & Jones lawyers Kalayjian D. S. physician Kendall J. E. insurance Keyes see Founanack & Keyes Kidder W. D. photographer King W. H. publisher King's Parker Press Leader, sec State Board of Charities and Corrections, headquarters of Board King's Parker Press Leader (w) W H King publisher Leahy Frank bakery Leahy J. W. dray line Lester J. G. jeweler Loeck J. (Rev.) pastor, German Methodist Church Lord L. K. pres, First National Bank Lord & Clisby loans, abstracts and insurance, F L Clisby pres, L K Lord vice-pres, R L Clisby sec and treas Ludwig H. F. osteopath Martinson & Son H. general merchandise McGregor J. H. dray line Mead N. P. physician Meier Peter mgr, Farmers Elevator Co. Melvin & Peterman physicians Merrigan A. J. barber Merritt O. M. auctioneer Merritt & Son Jno proprietors Cottage Hotel Methodist Episcopal Church (First) Rev G D Brown pastor Miller B. L. painter Moeller Paul mgr, Schoeneman Bros. Co. Monoghan T. T. (Rev.) priest, St. Christine Catholic Church Murphy J. J. county auditor Nelson Mercantile Co. general merchandise New Era (w) New Era Ptg Co pubs, C F Hackett ed. New Era Printing Co. C F Hackett pres, C F Hackett Jr sec Newby I. H. mayor of Parker Noble N. surveyor Nuttle Chas. W. furniture and undertaker Palmer B. J. pianos, organs and phonographs Parker Bottling Works soft drinks Parker Commercial Club A L Grebel pres, W S Doughty sec Parker Creamery C Schaeffer & Sons, props Parker Gas Co. (inc) F L Clisby mgr Parker House H J Still prop Parker Produce Co. (inc) W F Carnahan sec Parker Roller Mills F A Grieves & Co props Peterman A. L. physician Peterman see Melvin & Peterman Peters C. L. groceries Pfeiffer H. C. general merchandise Presbyterian Church Rev O P Rider pastor Pugsley Bros. plumbers and hardware supplies Rector C. W. county treas Reedy Grain & Elevator Co. A D Wier mgr Roddell Ed blacksmith Roper Hardware Co. agricultural implements and hdw Sage M. E. dray line Sanford Nelson asst cashier Citizens Bank Schaeffer & Sons C. props, Parker Creamery Schmitt Philip blacksmith and wagonmaker, mfr Schmitt's New Lever Eccentric Hayrack Clamps Schmitt's New Lever Eccentric Hayrack Clamps Phillip Schmitt manufacturer. See advertisement Schoenenman Bros. Co. bldg material & Coal, P Moeller mgr Scroggs J. T. elevator, C P Darby mgr Shager K. I. asst cash, First National Bank Shanks J. C. livery and sheriff Sheldon W. H. real estate Simmons D. veterinary surgeon Sletten S. C. register of deeds Smith T. V. feed yard Snyder J. L. blacksmith Stenger O. S. cigar manufacturer Steninger Jno railway, express and telegraph agent Steninger see Stewart & Steninger Stewart & Steninger auto repair shop Still H. J. prop Parker House Stoddard K. B. real estate Swanson & Marxen jewelers and opticians Sweep Fred agent C, M & St P Ry Swenson Joseph county superintendent schools Thompson & Christopher elevator Vail W. L. restaurant Volkenaar F. W. county coroner Wagener C. A. meat market Watson G. C. restaurant Watson J. W. cashier Citizens Bank Wendt E. A. real estate West F. J. proprietor Hotel Wentworth Wier A. D. mgr, Reedy Grain & Elevator Co. Wilburn O. R. billiards Wipf Drug Co. M J Wipf, manager Wood W. R. lumber and coal Young Mary (Mrs.) millinery