The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-26
T2AER. BUSINESS, ETC.

THIS Village Of nine hundred inhabi
tants has not slumhrrcd for the last year
the shipments of grain having reached
The large figures of nearly Il half million
Of bushels. Glow has sent off l0O,OW
I,.ShclS. West Wilson 100000 bushels.
Borfcn 10000 bushels. Andrew 5 Will
500 cool 100 ,001 bushels, and the Farm
,rs Eicvat " the rest.
ANDREW $. WILSON
enc Of the cn'crprisinS grain buyers Ct
Iowa, is only Il Young man, yet he is fun
of business tact and shrcwdnc&s, having
taken advantage of Tie markets through
tie season, AMI made no failures in slip
mcnts at the proper time, yet buys up to
the highest prices.
II. c. FIERCE
i, building IN elevator at the west end OF
the railroad track, which will be finished
in few days. He is successful buyer.
WEST WILSON
bought out the BoutOn Elevator, and is
re pairing u3 the building, so that with
his warehouse, he viii make business
lively the coming season.
The upw brick hotel which will cost s.
:,oJ is going forward rapidly-has reached
,hc second story, and in time will be an or
namcnt to the place.
Stevens & McCIary's block is very
handsome buildiag, a two-story brick
with stone faciHgs oyer the windows and
, sioors.
rrEF:I,,S & sIosS
nave had their mil running about five
weeks. This mill has ali the new I'M
nruvcmcnts. machinery IN perfect order,
md the result is, the best flour in the
county Mr.. Lee kins has been in this
line of busi"esS ail his life, so that he
understands the art of making good flour.
. They exchange four fer wheat.
Tracr has seven dry goods stores; the
leading one,
Iui;TIi;"IFLD & BRO,
who employ four clerks 1.-TWO gcrmm),
have Il splendid lot of all kinds of Swiss
goods, Mohairs, A'pacos, and fancy goods
10 please the village bellies. Their goods
arc cheap, as competition is doing close
business on margins here. The firm is Il
strong one, mailing originally from CAM
la, and they own the Merchants Hotel,
y .ch is Il large building OF thirty rooms, |
one of the best in the State, as to table |
{ mforts, etc. We must not forget to
saw that the above firm sell Buclls Land |
j.. made boots and positively the |
best in the market, for they are tanned in
cold iiquor-warranttd to wear or they
will rcfuad the money.
!uG.;Y 4 AyEEI;L
lead far ahead in Notwithstanding cstal-
lishcd their house in August, 1874, they |
how largo amount Of sales in that time.
1r. Highly had eight years experience in
4,cd4r Rapids, and has many genial quail |
isics. Mr.. Avcril. made teaching Il pro
fession in Illinois, but concluded to
change business, when he went into part
ncrship with Nj libby. Mr.. AveriIl is
much liked by his large circle of custo-
ruers They are selling sugars remark
ably low.
Il. {. rIE CE & co,
dealers in dry goods, youths and child !
,rens' cJothi3g; also. l4ske millinery and
trimming 81 speciality The house is well |
sustained by big trade, and is oac Of
tue most fashionable resorts ful the ladies.
BEsTs LIEsT aUEANT
has been doing a tine Business through
the season His ice CREAM, candies, lem
onade, etc, are sH7y tootlIsome and pop
ular.
The Congregational CFsaTch is receiving
its finishing touches and looks us IL taber
nacle should appear in forest of oaks
and ornamental trees Bgs.kingham has
no church left within 5tS hnruhsrs, nor any
store.
Buckingham is two asIhes and n half
north of 1'racr, was laid out in 1856, and
named after Geo. Buckingham of Con
pec.icut.
the Congregational q sarct, nD'm moved
into Tracr, was built in 1884, @nd the
good hearted Governor gave hbcraIy
toward It. lie also gave hundred dol
liars for IL library. This church was
among the earliest of the Plymouth
churches in Iowa, and eXe"ted large H.
fluence i'll the vicinity.
MS