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Faunce's Store: Red Oak's Oldest Business Under Same Owner
Faunce's Store in Red Oak marks its 49th anniversary under the same management. Bertha Faunce began with the millinery department in 1921 and expanded to a modern ladies wear store at 307 Reed Street, later purchasing the current building after 1933 remodeling. The firm keys on exclusive high quality lines, long-serving staff, and diversified ventures including farming, dairy farms, three apartment buildings, and Faunceville village, reflecting Mrs. Faunce's broad influence and affection for Red Oak.
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Red Oak
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Ruth Coombs
Effie Freed
Florence Gray
Elizabeth Pfieffer
Faunce
Red Osk
Faunceville
Red Oak City
Lmits
Highway 48
Union
Iowa