Beresford, Union 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 BERESFORD. Pop 1,335. Union and Lincoln counties. A city on the C & N W Ry 33 miles n of Elk Point the county seat. Has Catholic, Congregational, Free Methodiist, Danish and Norwegian Lutheran and Evangelical churches, 3 banks, 2 hotels, Norwegian Lutheran Orphan Home, a commercial club, a hospital, a creamery, a planing mill, 5 grain elevators, 2 flour mills, electric light plant and water works. Two weekly newspapers the News and the Republic are published. Ships grain, live stock, flour and produce. Improved land is worth $100 to $150 per acre. Exp Am. Tel W U.Wm Brady P M. Last Name First Name Business Abild Isabel osteopath Ackley G. G. cashr, Beresford State Bank Ackley Geo. G. ins agt Alsen Beresford & Emmett Telephone Co. Anton Hendricksen, pres; Andr Anderson sec. (Alsen) Alsen Co-operative Creamery Co. Andr S Anderson mngr (Alsen) Anderson Andr. sec, Alsen Beresford & Emmett Telephone Co. Anderson Andr. S. mngr, Alsen Co-operative Creamery Co. Asper Lewis cashr, First National Bank and General Insurance Beresford Booster Club S O Steensland, pres; W J Bulow, sec Beresford Cemetery Assn. J W Sladman, pres; J E Sinclair, sec and treas Beresford Flouring Mills Louis Wagner, propr Beresford News Johnson & Colby pubs Beresford Republic Halbert A Sturgis pub Beresford State Bank (Capital $50,000), Wm. Ontjes, pres; G G Ackley, cashr. Beresford Telephone Exchange (Maurice B Ryan) Birnie Jas (Jr.) meats Bode Louis M. lawyer Boller Fred see Schmid & Boller Bondhus Herman J. vulcanizer Bruehler & Bruehler (Geo J and Chas J), drugs Bulow W. J. sec, Beresford Booster Club Bulow Wm. J. lawyer Busler W. Elmer barber Carlson Marvid hardware City Hotel Wm. A. Storey propr City Water Works (municipal), Frank Shaffer supt Clausen Henry produce Colby Arthur S. see Johnson & Colby Cornelius Peter conf Deane Jno W. osteopath Duerst Abraham real est Eidsmore C. A. pres and mngr, Lincoln Gate Co. Elliott Arastus V. phys Elliott Henry F. osteopath Elliott & Co. A. V. (Arastus V and Cameron Elliott), garage Farand Sarah (Mrs.) milliner Farmers Elevator Co. E C Morrill agt First National Bank (Capital $25,000, surplus and profits $5,000), A O Tuntland, pres; Ole J Stene, vice-pres; Lewis Asper, cashr; A A Soderstrom, asst cashr Fredrickson Chas. C. cementwkr Frey Michael W. harness Frieberg August lawyer (See adv.) Fundingsland Osmond O. shoes Gardner Jno S. restaurant Hanson Hans P. M D, graduate Rush Medical College and Creighton University, Physician and Surgeon Headley Wm. dentist Hegnes Alb. cashr, Security State Bank Hegnes Alb. ins agt Hegstrom G. A. gen store (Leeville) Hendricksen Anton pres, Alsen Beresford & Emmett Telephone Co. Heule Anton J. pool Hostetler Wm. meats Hotel Beresford John C. Walsh propr (See adv) Jacobson & Co. C. H. gen store (Alsen) Jacobson & Peterson (Chris H Jacobson, Harold W Peterson), gen store Jacobson Bros. (Jacob and Oliver), drugs Jewel Theatre Jno Johannesen propr Johannesen Jno propr, Jewel Theatre Johnson Gust A. harness (Alsen) Johnson Walter cementwkr Johnson & Colby Carl W Johnson, Arthur S Colby) pubs Beresford News Keller Jno J. photogr Kirshbraun & Sons (Chas, Louis and Emil), produce Koskins Frank W. jeweler Kriebs Frank D. drugs Larson & Rasmussen (Fred A Larson, Edw A Rasmussen), clothing Lawless & Lawless (Jas and Jno), grain elevator Lemon Jno H. gen store Lincoln County Telephone Co. David Ray mngr Lincoln Gate Co. C A Eidsmore, pres and mngr, gate mnfrs Loffler Arthur D. agt, J H Queal & Co. Maher Jno W. vet surgeon Maher Wm. livery Mangan Ralph agt, Jas T Scroggs Mangan Hardware Co. Mamrk V Mangan mngr McKee & Co. (Frank P and Hattie H McKee), gen store Miller Chas. R. notions Muilenburg Gerrit J. produce Mullaney Jno J. Peter Riley agt, grain elevator Nelson Geo. A. tailor Nissen Christopher blksmith (Alsen) Nissen Fred blksmith Norwegian Lutheran Orphans Home Nels Nygard supt Ofstad Ole pres, Security State Bank Ontjes Wm. pres, Beresford State Bank Opland Jos. S. dentist Peterson Chris H. see Jacobson & Peterson Peterson Hans P. clothing Queal & Co. J. H. Arthur D Loffler agt, lumber Rasmussen Edw. A. see Larson & Rasmussen Rasmussen Otto E. planing mill Rasmussen Paul A. automoblies Rasmussen Bros. (Abel and Walter), harness Ray David mngr, Lincoln County Telephone Co. Reedy Grain Co. J. W. (Jno W and Jno L Reedy) Riley & Co. H. T. (Henry T Riley, Chris Jacobson), grocers Ryan Maurice B. with, Beresford Telephone Exchange Schmid Matthias L. livery Schmid & Boller (Arthur M Schmid, Fred Boller) barbers Scroggs Jas. T. Ralph Mangan agt, grain elevator Security State Bank (capital $25,000), Ole Ofstad, pres; Alb Hegnes, cashr Shaffer Frank supt, City Water Works Sinclair J. E. sec and treas, Beresford Cemetery Assn. Skaff Michael baker Sladman J. W. pres, Beresford Cemetery Assn. Slagle & Co. F. M. Chas B Henrich agt, lumber Smith Charlotte (Mrs.)milliner Smith Eugene D. musical mdse Smith Werter F. grocer Soderstrom A. A. asst cashr, First National Bank Soderstrom Nels feed stable Stakke Bros. (Knute O and Andr O), farm impts Steensland S. O. pres, Beresford Booster Club Steensland & Son S. O. (Svend O and Almer O), hardware Stene Ole J. vice-pres, First National Bank Storey Wm. A. propr City Hotel Strand Andr. M. blksmith Sturgis Halbert A. pub Beresford Republic Toohey Alex F. phys Toohey's Hospital A F Toohey, supt Toomey Jeremiah shoes Truax Jno F. r r, exp and tel agt Tuntland A. O. pres, First National Bank Tutt Alb F. furniture Ullman Wm. barber Vangsness Ingmar C. phys Veriity Walter phys Wagner Louis flour mill Wagner Louis propr, Beresford Flouring Mills Walsh John C. propr Hotel Beresford (See adv.) Warne Endre C. shoemkr Wass Jno N. furniture