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Mercantile apprentices Peter T. Watt, 28, Gilbert
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Marshall and Rengier's Hardware Store. In January 1959, Watt & Shand acquired Appel & Weber, a jewelry store, and in June 1968, it acquired Hager's
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and marble ornamentation. The oldest section of the building, facing East King Street, dated from 1898 and was designed by
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