CITY DIRECTORY 1921, MITCHELL, DAVISON CO SD

MITCHELL CITY DIRECTORY 1921

THIS DIRECTORY IS MOSTLY RURAL TOWNS

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Betts, Davison, SD (1921 Mitchell City Directory, 
Mitchell Public Library
Archives, Davison County Historical Society)
Population 20, a station on the C M & St P Ry, 
6 miles west of Mitchell.
Mail by R F D #3 from Mitchell.

LName              F/M Name       Occup                Address
Ivey               Warren T       agt Farmers Co-op    RR 3  Mitchell
                                   Union Elevator
Konze              Nich           r esp & tel agt      RR 3 Mitchell
Lassagard          Thomas         mngr Robt.Burns      RR 3 Mitchell
                                  Lumber Co
Link               Oscar R        groceries            RR 3 Mitchell
Medworth           Medworth       blksmith             RR 3 Mitchell
Schneider          Dominick R     live stock buyer     RR 3 Mitchell

Ethan, Davison, SD 1921 (Mitchell Directory 1921, 
Mitchell Public Library
Archives, Davison County Historical Society)
Population 450, an incorporated village on the 
C M & St P Ry, 12 miles south of Mitchell, is 
governed by a board of trustees: pres M J Coyne;
members H T Zehnpfenning, Charles Donk; clerk 
J H Hohn; treas J J Walter. Has two banks, two 
elevators, creamery, good schools and Methodist 
Episcopal and Catholic churches. A weekly newspaper 
The Ethan Enterprise is published. Express, American 
Railroad, Telegraph, Western Union, mail daily, 
postmaster J L Donahue.

LName              F/M Name       Occup
Aldridge           Alb            mngr Hanford Produce
Annis              A Judson       .    .          .
Bauer              Alois          meats . .
Bauer              Dora           clk Geo Bauer
Bauer              Edward         clk Geo Bauer
Bauer              George         gen store
Bauer              Katherine      clk Geo Bauer
Bauer              Lena Mrs       Widow of Anton, milliner
Bauer              Mary           clk Geo Bauer
Bauer              Walter         clk Alois Bauer
Biscenius          Matilda        housekpr Rev G J Heinen
Breckenridge       Clyd L         cashr Security St Bank
Breckenridge       Fred C         asst cashr Security St Bk
Burger             Gertrude       tchr public school
Carlow             Albert         .     .     .     .
Carlton            William        mngr grain dept -farmers elevator
Childs             George E       groceries
Clement            Alfred         agt S D Grain Co
Clement            Earl V         mngr F M Hammer (est)
Cole               Lillian        clk F R Jones
Comstock           Charles T      .     .     .     .
Comstock           Clifford       laboratory
Comstock           Edity          waiter F C Fix
Cook               Edward         .     .     .     .
Coyne              Leo            clk J C McDonnell
Coyne              Michael J      .     .     .     .
Coyne              William        helper Farmers Elev Co
Craig              William        .     .     .     .
Crampton           Anna           widow of Thomas
Crampton           August         framer
Crampton           Carl           chainman
Crampton           Jno            .     .     .     .
Crampton           Leo P          laboratory
Crampton           Rose           .     .     .     .
Crampton           Thomas         laboratory
Cremer             Gerhard        mngr lumber dept-Farmers Elevator

DeJong             Garrett G      propr Comm Hotel,mng Burns Lmbr Co

Donahue            Jno L          postmaster
Donahue            Elizabeth T, Mrasst postmaster
Donk               Charles        .     .     .     .
Dunlavey           Jno            carpet
Erpenbach          William        .     .     .     .
Faust              Hubert B       clk F M Hammer (est)
Finkenbiner        Ira C          carrier R F D #2
Fix                Francis C      restaurant
Germscheid         Philip         farmer
Giesen             Fred           retired farmer
Grady              Charles F      farmer
Green              Orange F       (Green & Wittstruck) restaurant
Green              Robert         farmer
Green              Warren R       laboratory Green & Wittstruck
Gross              Gotfried P     blksmith
Hammer             Frank M        (est) Earl V Clement mngr, drugs
Hanson             Magnus         (Magnuson & Hanson)
Harrington         Susan          widow of Jno
Heiner             George J, Rev  pastor Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Helvik             Bert           r r exp & tel agt
Henderson          O E            agt Standard Oil Co
Hilgendorf         August C       laboratory
Hohn               Jno H          sec,treas Davison Co Coop Tel Co
Holt               Henry H        sec, treas Framers Union Produce co
Isaacson           Esther         clk Geo Bauer
Isaacson           Ingrid, Mrs    .     .     .     .
Jenks              George E       .     .     .     .
Jones              Ethel          clk Bauer
Jones              Fred R         gen store
Jones              William W      farmer
Kerkvliet          A C Mrs        .     .     .     .
Klotz              Frank          live stock dealer
Larson             Herman A       mngr Farmers Union Produce Co
Lassegard          Harry S        hardware
Laufenberg         Benjamin       laboratory
Laufenberg         Frank          carpet
Laufenberg         Josepha        .     .     .     .
Laufenberg         Severin        .     .     .     .
Lawrence           A Lloyd        asst Cashr Ethan State Bank
Leven              Matt           farmer
Lynch              Agnes, Mrs     cook O F Green
Lynch              Edward R       cook O F Green
McDonnell          James E        drugs
Magnuson           Nels           (Magnuson & Hanson)
Mahan              Leo C          furniture & harness
Malone             Edward         laboratory
Marking            Jno H          mngr Davison Co Co-op Tel Co
Maywald            Charles        harness; justice of peace
Moore              Esley          .     .     .     .
Mutziger           Catherine      widow of Nichooas
Muting             Henry          laboratory C M & St P Ry
Mutziger           Henry T        plasterer
Mylan              Genevieve      tchr Public Schools
Nearhood           Ezra           v pres Farmers Union Produce Co
Nortwed            Charles        laboratory
Nortwed            L H            .     .     .     .
O'Rourke           Daniel         .     .     .     .
Palmer             Bert           laboratory C M & St P Ry
Palmer             Edward         barber T M Tiff
Parks              W Kenzie       mngr hardware dept,Farmers Elev Co
Rabe               Joseph         .     .     .     .
Reeves             Silas          .     .     .     .
Reichert           Charles        laboratory C M & St P Ry
Reichert           Frank          janitor Public Schools
Reuland            Anne           tel opr Davison Co Co-op Tel Co
Rinearson          Arthur, Rev    pastor Methodist Episcopal Church
Rogers             Charles        laboratory Framers Elev Co
Rosenquist         Eva            widow of Ole
Rosenquist         Herman         laboratory
Rumbolz            David          .     .     .     .
Schurz             Clara          bkpr Ethan State Bank
Schurz             Conrad         hardware & farm impts
Setterstrom        Livert W       blksmith & Machinist
Sheeder            Isaac          .     .     .     .
Smith              Miss           prin Public Schools
Smith              Charles A      laboratory
Smith              George O       sec foreman C M & St P Ry
Smith              William        laboratory
Sprinkel           Clarence       laboratory Farmers Elev Co
Stainbrook         Alice          waiter F C Fix
Stainbrook         Columbus       laboratory
Stockdale          P Charles      physicianician
Stopfer            Henry          live stock dealer
Stopfer            James          clk Conrad Schurz
Strand             Swan G         .     .     .     .
Sullivan           Daniel         farmer
Sullivan           May V          tchr Public Schools
Tiff               Thomas M       barber
Titze              Alfred H       shoemaker
Tobey              Fred           mach Magnuson & Hanson
Trow               Helse          laboratory
Turner             Henry R        pres Farmers Union Produce Co
Walter             Jacob J        v pres Security State Bank
Weepie             Fred           Weepie Bros automobiles & garage
Weepie             Joseph         (Weepie Bros)
Weepie             Josephine      tel opr Davison Co Co-op Tel Co
Weepie             Neil           laboratory
Weiland            George         painter
Welch              Frank J        cashr Ethan State Bank
Williams           Lester H       pub Ethan Enterprise
Willis             George W       carrier R F D #1
Wittstruck         Chester        (Green & Wittstruck) clk F R Jones
Wittstruck         Lloyd L        laboratory Green & Wittstruck
Zehnpfenning       Frank          retired farmer
Zehnpfenning       Edward         billiards
Zehnpfennig        Eleanor        clk Geo Bauer
Zehnpfennig        Estella        tchr Public Schools
Zehnpfennig        Harry F        automobiles

Loomis, Davison, SD 1921 (Mitchell Directory 1921, 
Mitchell Public Library
Archives, Davison County Historical Society)
Population 100. A station and village on the 
C M & St P Ry, 7 miles north of Mitchell. Has a 
bank, Congregational and Nazarene Churches and good
schools, express, American Railroad, Telegraph 
Western Union, mail daily, postmaster Otto Runestad.

Loomis
Barker             Theodore S     farmer
Barthold           Mary Mrs       dressmkr
Betts              A H Jas Grace  mngr grain elevator
Brown              Edwin, Rev     pastor Congregational Church
Buck               Godfrey F      mngr Farmers Elevator Co
Collar             L W, Rev       pastor Pentacostal Ch of the Nazarene
Driver             Les            farmer
Dumek              Frank          laboratory C M & St P Ry
Grace              James          mngr A H Betts , r Mitchell
Kidd               Florence A, Mrs(Kidd & Son)
Kidd               Jesse A        (Kidd & Son)
Loghry             Loren L        billiards, restaurant
McClintock         Emma           prin Public Schools
Myers              Emmitt M       mngr Thompson Yards, Inc
Potter             Frank M        blksmith & machinist
Runestad           Otto           gen store; postmaster
Scanlan            Thomas M       r r exp anr tel agt
Taylor             Frank A        sec foreman C M & St P Ry
Thompson           Harry P        farmer
Thrift             William N      hardware
Watkins            Ora B          cashr Loomis State Bank
Wells              Genevieve      tchr Public Schools
Young              George S       laboratory C M & St P Ry

Mount Vernon, Davison, SD 1921 
(Mitchell City Directory, 1921, Mitchell
Public Library Archives Davison County 
Historical Society.
Population 650. An incorporated town on the 
C M & St P Ry 12 miles west of Mitchell. Is 
governed by a mayor and town council.
Mayor Grant Potter; councilmen, T B Haynes, 
G W Lawrence, L H Truax, Ludwig Ottem, M C Betts, 
E G Williams; clk, R L Cottingham; treas, 
J M Newell. Has two banks, three elevator 
companies, Catholic, Methodist and Norwegian
Lutheran churches, good schools and electric 
lights. A weekly newspaper, the Mt Vernon News 
is published. Express, American Railway, Telegraph,
Western Union. Mail daily.
Postmaster, Michael J Dougherty.

mvd
LName              F/M Name       Occup/ Misc
Allen              James L        laboratory
Altenow            Fred A         gen store
Anderson           Charles        laboratory
Anderson           Orville        laboratory
Anderson           William D      mngr Weller-Anderson Merc Co
Andrews            Herb           plumber
Anshutz            Homer M        roadworker
Arney              Jno L          agt Standard Oil Co
Asmussen           Hannah         widow of Jno, (Olson & Asmussen)
Atkinson           Charlotte      widow of William
Atkinson           Letha          .     .     .     .
Avery              William        .     .     .     .
Bailey             Isabel, Mrs    furn rooms
Bailey             Jno J          barber
Baker              Walter J       agt Reliance Elevator Co
Barks              G Earl         teller First Natl Bank
Betts              Martin C       .     .     .     .
Biefeldt           Fred           .     .     .     .
Black              Harvey W       retired farmer
Borsen             Charles        .     .     .     .
Boisen             Charles A      automobiles
Boisen             Clarence A     chf eng C B Woodard
Boisen             Clifford A     garage
Boisen             Mabel, Mrs     tel opr Mt Vernon Tel Co
Brainard           Claude L       restaurant
Brelend            Ole            farmer
Brennan            Ed             pres Farmers Elevator Co'
Bromwell           Addie          bkpr Western State Bank
Bromwell           James E        .     .     .     .
Bromwell           Mary           teacher
Bromwell           Myrtle         clk Dr T B Smiley
Brotten            Iver O         contr & builder
Brotten            Opal           student
Brown              Jno F          laboratory
Brown              William E      clk R E McPhee
Bucholz            G Adolph       mngr Farmers Union Mercantile
Bunt               Richard H      supt Public Schools
Burnett            Emanuel b      laboratory C M & St P Ry
Burns              Grace          waiter G W McDonough
Cain               Charles W      .     .     .     .
Cain               Hattie, Mrs    .     .     .     .
Carley             Percy W        road overseer
Charlesworth       Lillian        tchr Public Schools
Cherry             Hubert L       farmer
Cherry             Samuel T       farmer
Christianson       Joseph C       vet surgeon
Christianson       Samuel         (Christianson & Sanders)
Christopher        Elsie          .     .     .     .
Christopher        Katherine      widow of Jno
Comfort            Earl E         ladies ready to wear
Comfort            Jay M          gen store
Cooley             Lowine         tel opr Mt Vernon Tel Co
Cooley             William H      farmer
Cooper             Arthur T       painter
Corbett            Edward         janitor Public Schools
Cottingham         Erwin D        teller Western State Bank
Cottinghamj        Russell A      mngr Robt Burns Lumber Co
Dale               Jno            laboratory
Darmer             Alvin M        helper T H Darmer
Darmer             Sarah e        widow of Alex
Darmer             Thomas H       blksmith
Dercheimer         Jno            painter
Dexheimer          Mattie         tchr Public Schools
Dickinson          William M      road overseer
Dixon              Oness H        feed stable
Dougherty          James B        barber
Dougherty          George W       billiards
Dougherty          George W Jr    carp
Dougherty          Michael P      postmaster
Downs              George W       real est
Earl               Reuben H       auctioneer
Egge               Martin         .     .     .     .
Egge               Ole K          .     .     .     .
Egland             Jasper         agt Kirschbram & Sons
Eilert             Amanda Mrs     pantatorium
Eitreim            Henry T        ydman Robt Burns Lmbr Co
Ferber             Alb H          billiards
Fitch              Charles C      town marshal
Freeborn           Elizabeth      widow of Jas
Fridley            Cilbert H      eng Pure Ice Co
Furland            Jno E          pres Farmers Union Merc Co
Gassman            Mercedes       clk F A Altenow
Gibson             Archie         .     .     .     .
Gilfillian         Eva            tchr Public Schools
Godsave            William A Rev  pastor Methodist Episcopal Ch
Graff              Paul           .     .     .     .
Griffith           Jeanette Mrs   .     .     .     .
Gullickson         Lawrence       dray line
Hanson             Frank L        clk F A Altenow
Harris             Angelina Mrs   .     .     .     .
Harris             Ray E          cashr First Natl Bank
Harwick            Clinton H      contr and builder
Harwick            Robert M       carp
Haynes             Thomas B       farm impts, coal, harness
Hedden             Richard        thresher
Helgerson          Benny          .     .     .     .
Helgerson          Millard E      asst cashr Western St Bank
Hemmenway          Forest         thresher
Hemmenway          Hattie Mrs     tel opr Mt Vernon Tel Co
Herbst             William        .     .     .     .
Herring            Bonnie         widow of William A
Geuerman           Charles        cutter C G Johnson
Hoffmann           Margaret       housekeeper Rev J A Reilly
Holmes             Bertha         dom G W McDonough
Holtel             Edward         cutter C G Johnson
Hommersand         Alf            .     .     .     .
Hoppock            Clinton A      carrier R F D #4
Hoppock            Irene          clk P O
Hoppock            Lois           clk W H Ryan
Iliff              Charles H      clk Farmers Union Merc Co
Iliff              Lewis C        clk C M & St P Ry
Irish              Charles A      real estate
Johnson            Carl G         meats
Johnson            Edward         retired farmer
Johnson            Ernest J       harness
Johnson            Jacob          bee culture
Johnson            Jno A          sec,treas Farmers Union Merc Co
Keiser             Oliver K       carpet
Kelsey             Edmund T       auto supplies & storage
Kent               Fred H         farmer
King               Theodore F     .     .     .     .
Kittleson          Otie H         photogr & jeweler
Klungtvedt         Nels, Rev      pastor Norwegian Lutheran Ch
Knappe             Carl           sec Farmers Mutual Ins Co
Knudsen            Jno            clk J M Comfort
Jonze              Jno            .     .     .     .
Langford           Thomas         baker
Lawrence           C Howard       mech G W Lawrence
Lawrence           George W       automobiles
Lee                James O        physician
Lee                Katie          widow of Edward,helper G W Lawrence
Lewis              Grant E        laboratory
Lorang             Frank G        farmer
Lord               Edith Mrs      .     .     .     .
Lowe               Homer          laboratory
Lowe               Lena           clk Farmers Union Merc Co
Luglan             Verne          laboratory
Lungren            Peter M        painter
Lybarger           Robert S       carrier R F D #2
Lyman              Alb T          carrier R F D #2
McDonough          Adrian         student
McDonough          George W       propr Star Restaurant & Bakery
McDonough          Opal D         student
McEwen             Elbridge O     .     .     .     .
McPhee             Roy E          drugstore
Machlan            J Howard, Rev  .     .     .     .
Magness            Ben F          clk F A Altenow
Marble             Lorenzo        laboratory
Marcy              Fred H         carrier R F D #1
Martin             Harry          agt Hanford Produce Co
Meekins            Frank W        (Meekens & Ottem)
Meink              Otto           sec foreman C M & St P Ry
Metgger            Gottlieb       farmer
Moller             Fred           treas Farmers Mutual Ins Co
Morris             Stanley E      cashr Western State Bank
Newell             James M        pres First Natl Bank
Newton             Alberta        appr Mt Vernon news
Newton             Bert           mach W H Wagner
Newton             George         clk Farmers Union Merc Co
Newton             Jno            laboratory
Nicolasen          Peter P, Mrs   .     .     .     .
Oakley             Fred           rancher
Olson              Arthur H       (Olson & Asmussen)
Olson              Christina      widow of Erick E
Olson              Halvor H       .     .     .     .
Onstott            Loraine        teacher
Onstott            Samuel W       carpet
Ottem              Ludwig         (Meedins & Ottem)
Owens              William L      blksmith
Peterson           Walter A       mngr Scenic Theatre
Peterson           William A      r r exp & tel agt
Petrie             Elizabeth, Mrs .     .     .     .
Pilmer             William        .     .     .     .
Pollard            Alb E          clk Jos Pollard
Pollard            Joseph         billiards
Pollard            Susie          clk J M Comfort
Porter             Howard         mech C A Boisen
Potter             Grant          .     .     .     .
Powell             Jason G        .     .     .     .
Redick             Emerson G      mngr Fullerton Lmbr Co
Reed               Amy            .     .     .     .
Reed               Marion         .     .     .     .
Reier              Chris H        laboratory
Reier              Edward         agt Turner Creamery Co
Reier              Julius         .     .     .     .
Reier              Walter H       helper Turner Creamery Co
Reilly             James A, Rev   pastor St Michaels Catholic church
Reynolds           Frank J        .  .   .   .   .
Rich               Verne          plumber & sheet metal works
Riesch             Jno T          clk Weller-Anderson Merc Co
Rogers             Warren L       mngr Meekins & Ottem
Romanek            Adolph R       barber
Roos               A Leonard      laboratory Reliance Elev co
Roos               Jno R          drayman
Ruhberg            Thomas         (Ruhberg & Sorvaag) contr & builders
Ryan               William H      drugs
Sanders            Bert           (Christianson & Sanders)
Schrader           Alvine M       clk O H Kittleson
Schrader           Bertha         widow of Fred
Scott              Louis          farm impts
Seidlinger         Hazel          stengr First Natl Bank
Shone              Peter A        .     .     .     .
Shane              Samuel J       .     .     .     .
Sibley             Cyrus G        laboratory
Sibley             Earl           ydman Fullerton Lumber Co
Sibley             Fay            laboratory Farmers Elev Co
Smiley             Thomas B       physician
Smith              Guy H          pub Mt Vernon news
Smith              William R      mngr Framers Elevator Co
Snell              Vera, Mrs      .     .     .     .
Snook              Fred C         laboratory
Snowden            Ora H          roadworker
Sorvaag            Ole G          (Ruhberg & Sorvaag)
Sparrow            Ira            baker G W McDonough
Sparrow            William W      .     .     .     .
Strombeck          Perry F        salsn T B Haynes
Studer             Edgar A        dairy
Studer             Jno E          laboratory E A Studer
Sunde              Peter A        .     .     .     .
Swanson            Hulda          tchr Public Schools
Swanson            Nels           .     .     .     .
Teesdale           Matilda E, Mrs .     .     .     .
Thompson           Oscar L        undertaker Olson & Asmussen
Thorne             Lizzie, Mrs    cook G W McDonough
Thorne             Lloyd          laboratory Grant Williams
Tjomsland          Ben R          v pres Farmers Union Merc Co
Trotter            Jno G          asst cashr First Natl Bank
Trotter            Nettie         librarian Free Public Library
Truax              Lloyd H        mngr A A Truax grain elevator
Uehle              Matt           clk F A altenow
Wagner             Gerald         mach W H Wagner
Wagner             William H      garage & machine shop
Way                Carol          tchr Public Schools
Westfall           Cyrus          laboratory
Wheeler            T Alb          laboratory
Wildman            Clinton C      .     .     .     .
Williams           David T        mason
Williams           E G            .     .     .     .
Williams           Grant          live stock dealer
Williams           Mabel          bkpr Farmers Union Merc Co
Williams           Martha         tchr Public Schools
Williams           Ray T          cement contr
Wittig             Augusta        bkpr Olson & Asmussen
Wittig             William        farmer
Woodard            Charles B      electric light plant,propr M V Tel Co
Zeal               Frank A        road contr
Zeal               Jno            .     .     .     .


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