Dell Rapids, Minnehaha 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 DELL RAPIDS. Pop 1,537. Minnehaha county. A city on the C M & St P Ry 20 miles n of Sioux Falls the county seat. Has Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Norwegian Lutheran churches, a public library, a hospital, an academy, a State Odd Fellows Home, 3 banks, a hotel, a creamery, a flour mill, 5 grain elevators, an opera house, municipal water, gas and sewerage systems. A weekly newspaper the Times-Tribune is published. The city is situated in a fine agricultural region and in the vicinity are quarries containing an excellent quality of granite, suitable for paving and building purposes. Land is worth from $75 to $150 per acre. Ships grain, live stock, flour and produce. Exp W F & Co. Tel W U. Fred C Bowles P M. Last Name First Name Business Anderson Palmer T. dentists, Wood & Anderson Barbour Fred W. harness Bent Edw. C. drugs Berge Gilbert M. barber Beto Wm. H. meats Blow Chas. H. flour Bowen Geo. vet surgeon Burke Lewis V. cashr, Home National Bank Butler Clarence A. phys Capesius Jno H. see Schreiner & Capesius Carnegie Library Eugenia Walker librarian Catlin Willard S. jeweler Cavanaugh Jno J. see Crisp & Cavanaugh City Water & Gas Works (municipal), Jas R Miller supt Co-operative Lumber Co. Cyrus A Williams mngr Colman Lumber Co. C. L. Louis J. Larson agt Cone Jas. T. see Nelson & Cone Cotter & Weber (Jos M Cotter, Wm A Weber), farm impts Crisp & Cavanaugh (Wm H Crisp, Jno J Cavanaugh), lands Dallson & Olson Clarence Dallson, Edw Olson), cement wkrs Dell Rapids Automobile & Supply Co. (Herman R and Aug W Mohrman, Ned Peterson) Dell Rapids Cemetery Assn. Henry Robinson, pres and sec Dell Rapids Hospital Martin M Grove and Jno B Eagen mngrs Dell Rapids Opera House O'Leary Bros. mngrs Dell Rapids Roller Mill Wm G Milne mngr Dell Rapids Telephone Co. Ora O Sawyer, pres; E J Elliott, Al O Williksen mngrs Dells Hotel Andr F Severson mngr Dells Hotel Co. Wm H Dockstader, pres; E J Elliott, sec Dieson Martin A. gen store Dockstader Wm. H. pres, Dells Hotel Co. Dougherty Peter W. see Robertson & Dougherty Eagan Jno B. phys Eagen Jno B. mngr, Dell Rapids Hospital Eide Ole H. photogr Elliott E. J. mngr, Dell Rapids Telephone Co. Elliott E. J. sec, Dells Hotel Co. Eulberg Karl vice pres, Home National Bank Farmers & Merchants Co-operative Creamery Co. Augustus Huntermer, sec and mngr Farmers Elevator Co. Wm W Luken agt Field & Slaughter Co. H J Ort agt, grain elevator First National Bank (capital $60,000, surplus and undivided profits $40,000), Henry Robertson, pres; Wm McK Housman, vice pres; Harry V Harlan, cashr; Lars K Larson and Robert E Kenefick, asst cashrs Glennon Herbert J. restaurant Gordon P. S. pres, Home National Bank Granite City Bank (capital $50,000, surplus and undivided profits $39,400), Ole H Smith, pres; Hendrik M Smith, cashr; N C Kline, asst cashr Griswold Jos. M. ice Grove Martin M. mngr, Dell Rapids Hospital Grove Martin M. phys Gustafson Ellen C. milliner Halls Jno A plumber Halvorson Halver cementwkr Halvorson Jno see H O Rime & Co. Halvorson Bros. (Harry and Leonard), blksmiths Hanson Amund garage Harlan Harry V. cashr The First National Bank Harlan Jno M. clothing Harvey Jno T. billiards Hegge & Larson (Oluf Hegge, Lars K Larson), ins agts Hermanson Herman J. furniture Holbeck Peter tailor Home National Bank (capital $50,000, surplus and undivided profits $5,000), Organized 1910; P S Gordon, pres; Karl Eulberg, vice pres; Lewis V Burke, cashr Houseman Wm. M. phys Housman Wm. McK. vice pres, First National Bank Huntermer Augustus sec and mngr, Farmers & Merchants Co-operative Creamery Co. Husaboe Wm. L. wagon mkr Irwin Jugurtha E. jeweler Johnson Carl J. hardware Johnson Edw. C. jeweler Jones Jno R. nurseryman Jorgenson Edw. J. agt, McCaull-Webster Elevator Co. Kaplan Elizabeth (Mrs.) millinery Kenefick Robert E. asst cashr, First National Bank Kline N. C. asst cashr, Granite City Bank Krause & Krause (Gustavus R and Homer G), lawyers Langsvehaug Ole O. blksmith Larson Lars K. asst cashr, First National Bank Larson Lars K. see Hegge & Larson Larson Louis J. agt, C L Colman Lumber Co. Larson Sever B. lands Light Bros. (Nathan and Ivan), gen store Lilly Thos. shoemkr Luken Wm. W. agt, Farmers Elevator Co. Lund Land Agency (Wm G Lund, Wm C Nisbet) Maule Jas. T. blksmith McCaull-Webster Elevator Co. Edw J Jorgenson agt McDermott Peter J. auctioner McFarland Wm. fuel McKee Geo. restaurant Mermain Sara milliner Miller Jas. R. supt, City Water & Gas Works Miller Martha matron, Odd Fellows Home Millerke Henry live stock Milne Wm. G. mngr, Dell Rapids Roller Mill Mohrman Aug W. see Dell Rapids Automobile & Supply Co. Mohrman Herman R. see Dell Rapids Automobile & Supply Co. Nelson Gunder shoemkr Nelson & Cone (Jas R Nelson, Jas T Cone), garage Newcomb Robt K. pool Nisbet Wm. C. real est Nisbet Wm. C. see Lund Land Agency O'Leary Bros. (Patrick, Edw and Jno), mngrs Dell Rapids Opera House Odd Fellows Home Martha Miller matron Olson Edw. see Dallson & Olson Ort H. J. agt, Field & Slaughter Co. Parker Wm. E. drugs Peterson Ned see Dell Rapids Automobile & Supply Co. Peterson Peter N. barber Pfister Fred grocer Prisch Warren grain elevator Putman Worthy A. notions Rime & Co. H. O. (Henry O Rime, Jno Halvorson), dept store Robertson Henry pres, First National Bank Robertson & Dougherty (Henry Robertson, Peter W Dougherty), lawyers Robinson Henry pres and sec, Dell Rapids Cemetery Assn. Rumrill Drug Co. Glen A Rumrill mngr Sawyer Burt R. dentist Sawyer Ora O. phys Sawyer Ora O. pres, Dell Rapids Telephone Co. Schreiner & Capesius (Jno B Schreiner, Jno H Capesius), gen store Severson Andr. F. mngr Dells Hotel Shoen E. S. barber Silkensen Jno R. hardware Simpson Ritchie Estate Mrs Ritchie Simpson mngr, stone quarry Smith Hendrik M. cashr, Granite City Bank Smith Ole H. pres, Granite City Bank St. Mary's Academy Presentation Sisters in charge Stanley Marvin W. meats Theofelos Michael conf Times-Tribune, The Victor C Wass pub Walker Eugenia librarian, Carnegie Library Wass Victor C. pub Times-Tribune Weber Wm. A. see Cotter & Weber Webster see McCaull-Webster Elevator Co. Williams Cyrus A. mngr, Co-operative Lumber Co. Williksen Al. O. mngr, Dell Rapids Telephone Co. Wood & Anderson (Vauhn A Wood, Palmer T Anderson), dentists