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George B. Hayes ran a dry goods store in Austin in the late 1860s. By 1873, the business became a jewelry store and was known as J. J. Hayes & Brother. The store survived into the next century, still being listed in a 1920 directory. Text and images from A History & Catalog of Minnesota Obsolete Notes & Scrip by R. Shawn Hewitt, copyright 2006. |