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| | Main Street, Vineyard Haven, MA - Site 29: Ernest Tilton's / The Vineyard Dry Goods |
 | | Edward Jones Cottle (1869-1897) was born in North Tisbury, the son of Edward and Martha (Tilton) Cottle of Tisbury and Chilmark. |
 | | In 1905, town records show that Tilton sold shovels and brooms for roadwork, as well as burners, chimneys and wicks for lighting, and nails, shovels, pails; in 1907 he billed the town for brooms, chimneys, and wicks; and in 1909 he sold hardware, brooms, burners and chimneys to the town. |
 | | In July 1913 Tilton was selling Eldridge maps in his hardware store, and the 1914 map of town lists his store as "Hardware and Crockery." He advertised varnishes in April 1921; "hardware and kitchen furnishings" in July 1925; "general hardware" in October 1925; and paints and hardware in 1927. |
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