1895-08-90 - If you are in need of dental work, Drs. Duncan & Way will be at the Commercial Hotel in Lyle, August 19 and 20...
1896-05-22 - Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hildebrand of the Commerical Hotel, on Thursday may 21, a 14 pound daughter. Mother and child convalescing.
1900-05-04 sketches of Lyle businesses - William Logue, Commercial Hotel. "took hold of this hotel about 2 months ago"
1906-03-09 - The commercial hotel has a new hustler since Monday.
1926-05-21 - business directory. The Commercial Hotel & Cafe. Lewis E. Larson, Prop. Lyle, Minn.
1930-02-21 - Miss Blanche Berg is assisting at the Commercial Hotel at Lyle this week.
1932-03-25 - Obituary of C. A. Hildebrand - ... "At the age of 32 he left the farm and came to Lyle, where he owned and operated the Commercial Hotel until his retirement from business in 1914..."
1934-04-06 - "Redemption Extended on Lyle Hotel Mortgage" - Judge Norman Peterson, in district court extended the redemption of the mortgage on the Commercial Hotel at Lyle to March 1, 1935. The hotel belongs to Wallace W. Card of Grand Meadow. He acquired it through a trade. Originally the hotel had thirty one rooms and rented at $85 a month. The Lyle Farmers State bank holds the mortgage which has been reduced from $3,500 to $1,400. The judge appointed the Farmers bank trustee and stipulated that $25 from each month's rent must go towards paying off the taxes and insurance during the extension of the period of redemption. The balance of the rent is to be paid to Mr. Card, the owner.
1939-01-27 - The Dyrlands have rented the room in the Commercial hotel from Geo. Hartson, formerly occupied by Chas. Fossey, and will use it for a beauty parlor. They expect to move after about a month. Alterations are now in progress in the building.
1949-11-18 - The past few days we noticed the face or front and side of the old Commercial Hotel taken off and hauled to the back end of the lot for other purposes. Years ago the back end of the lot housed a building known as the "sample rooms". Traveling men came with trunks - trunks to town for merchants to select his seasons stock...