The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-05
THE 0LDEN TIMES.
Twenty-one Years Ago this rlonth Ia
Aberdeen and Brown County.

aberdeen and Brown County.
From files of the Aberdeen Pioneer)
Local items in the issue of til. Pio-
neer for this week twenty-one years
ago were Of little interest to the pres
ent day reader SO the space is given to
a brief review OF the business situa-
tion in Aberdeen at that time. The
names of firms aud individuals in
business are given below with their
locations.
Mueller 4 Witte, hardware, in the
building now occupied by the Gund
saloon, corner of Main St. and Rail-
road Ave.
J. & M Fishbein, hardware, Main
ST., in building now occupied by NJ.
D. Widdis' feed store.
Jumper & Bliss, general merchan-
disc, near the corner now occupied by
the Northwestern Bank building or
the Mead block as now called.
Rice Bros. s. Boyden general mer-
chandise, corner of First Ave. and
Lincoln st. where the City Hall form
erly stood and now part of Court
House Square. This firm later moved
onto Main ST., building the store now
occupied by Bennet's drug stock then
the best store building on the street.
Only one drug store, that of r. A.
Mills, seems to have been in Aberdeen
at that time. 1t occupied shack
where the present Mills drug store
now stands. This shack was the first
frame building put up on Main St.
Mr.. Mills had the lumber drawn from
Milbank for its construction. It is
still in existence, having been moved
back against the rear OF the American
House, Pat Daley's old hotel. It is
used for a wash room. The building
was too small to be dignitied by the
name drug store but was commonly
called the ''pill box.''
| E. H. Alley, flour and feed dealer
occupied store which he built, after
wards used by Al. Ward as a restau.
rant.
From the time Mr.. Alley opened up
his business until he sold out two years
a afterward, he was assisted in the con.
Quoting of it by S. M. Salisbury.
The Bank of Aberdeen, Bliss s. jun.
per, advertised ''the only fire and
burgular proof safe in the city,
This bank stood where e. O. Mead
built the store-room recently occupied
; by j. r. Keliy's job printing business
The Brown County Bank, McChesney
Graves s. Vinton, occupied the build
{ ing now D. G.Gallet,s jewelry store.
Garland & Randall with stock O
general merchandise and furnitur,
occupied the building where Gregory
& Heasty are now.
a Brewster & Kincaid had a harness
!, shop near where the Aberdeen hote
stands.
The Pioneer Meat Market kept b.
: Shuler & Stowell had just been open
!, ed in the building in which this pape
is now. published
= The hotels we're the Sherman, Proud
v hotel, now Park hotel, the Howlan
house, now used by Ward Bros. Cc
for a stable, and the Sod hotel of RS
Ellis, who was just starting the mar
!. ufacturing Of candy. Aberdeen's hrs
landlord was John Brock who had.
: tent where the Milwaukee depot no,
stands.
The physicians who advertised wer
J: W. Summers and Z. +. Diefendoi
and the lawyers were Charles e. Reet
NJ. j. Gordon, N. T. Hauser, Hudso
& Bladding.
81 Alex Burleigh advertised to d
= blacksmithing and I. Sannd ders as cal
penter and builder.
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