The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26

is president. The mill gives en-
ployment to a large force of me
ana will cut from seven to te
million feet the present year.
Messrs. H. J. George and Lcui
Halverson compose the Virgini
Hardware company, one of th
leading firms in the town. Thi
firm has large and commodlou
salesroom with plenty of ware
house space. and carries a very
large stock of shelf and heav,
hardware, mining and mill sup
plies, sash, doors and blinds
paints. oils and varnishes, stoves
and tinware, fishing tackle, guns
f and ammunition, in short every.
thing embraced in the compre-
hensive term of a complete hard
ware store.
A popular firm is the Virginia
Cash Grocery Co. The firm is
Jacob Stein and E. J. O'Rourke
They have two groceries, one al
Eveleth and one at Virginia, Mr..
Stein looking after the business
at the first named place and Mr..
| O'Rourke at the latter. The Vir.
ginia store was started in 1895
and the Eveleth store last De-
cember. They are heavy buyers
and have large trade.
| One the strong and popular
business houses of Virginia IS the
hardware store of A. Hawkinson.
Mr.. H. occupies room 100 feet
long by 25 feet in width, and has
it fully stocked with hardware of
all kinds, mechanics tools of ev-
cry description. sash, doors and
blinds and other building mater
ial He carries a very complete
line Of stoves and ranges, ard a
comprehensive line of tinware.
Mr.. Hawkinson, to keep pace
with the development of land for
cultivation, carries a stock Of ag-
ricultural implements. He has
been in business here four years.
J. Mesberg occupies three large
business rooms joined by arches
with his stock Of hardware and
furniture. Each of these lines
carried is quite complete in vari-
ETY. and scope and one can fit a
home very completely from bis
large stock. NJ. Mesberg also
does an undertaking business.
He has a branch store at Eveleth
One who does not know Dr.
Stuart Bates does not know Vir
ginia His guiding hand IS fell
in many movement there, po
litical and otherwise. The doc
tor has charge of theDhospita
and is postmaster.
A very strong and popular firm
with steadily increasing trade
is Talboys G. Campbell who have
a large general store, occupying
a double room with stocks neatly
and Systematically arranged.
They carry dry goods, groceries,
gentlemen's furnishings, c]oaks
and, carpets. This store can be
commended for the fine appear.
ance ii makes, both in show win
dOws and in interior arrange
ment. Mr.. Frank Campbell is
manager of the Virginia store,
and Mr.. Talboys of the Eveletk
. store.
Virginia has a good bank, o.
which O. D. Kinney, of Duluth
is president, and E. z. Griggs
cashier. It does a general ban (
ing business, issues foreign anc
domestic exchange and pays in
|, terest on time deposits. The
bank also sells ocean steamship
tickets.
One of the places of popular
resort for the thirsty denizens O.
Virginia, or the strange: sojourn
! ing therein. is The Hub sample
room owned by R. Baker. He i!
f. pleasing to look upon, is cen
trally located, and has a choice
: line of goods.
: All the best old line fire insur
ance companies are Represented
! in the insurance agency of Johl
= Costin, with Office at Virginia
Mr.. Costin has a big line of in
surance placed in al! the Mesab;
range towns, and looks CAREFUL,
! after renewals and adjustment O
losses.
Virginia has a wholesale liquo
house-the Sattler Liquor Co.
wholesale liquor dealers. Thi
:. house commenced business abou
,, five years ago and has built u
quite an extensive jobbing bus
ness on the ranges.
The Merchants Hotel at vi,
ginia seems to be the genera