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John T. GILES Offers Rochelle Powders, for Acid Stomach, Nausea, or as a Gentle Purgative, 1855

John MERCER Advertises Farm, MD, 1830

William J. HOLCOMBE, Druggist, Virginia, 1830

Newburgh, NY Fire Department: Ringgold and Columbian Hose Companies, 1857    GOODRICH, McCUTCHEON, CHAPMAN, McKUNE

Newburgh, NY Fire Department: Niagara  Engine and Clinton Hook & Ladder Companies, 1857    WILSON, LOZIER, BREWSTER, DICKEY

Stephen W. DOWNEY, Attorney, Wyoming, 1897

John P. MILLER Manufactures Wagons, Carriages and Buggies, 1880

Royal Arch Chapter No. 95 to Meet, West Point, 1868    SHIPMAN, CAROTHERS

Malone Lodge in West Point Announces Meeting, 1868    STOUT, MAGBEE

F. S. MONROE Requests Return of Borrowed Iron Mortar, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1837.  Imagine having to take out a newspaper ad to get your stuff back!

Enjoy Your Cigar with O. T. WELLS, IN, 18974

Charles POTTER Offers Bulk Coffee for Sale, Memphis, 1855

L. R. SWIGART M. D., Laramie, 1897

Buy Dusters for the Family from Charles TILLINGHAST, Providence, 1855

Nellis CORTHELL, Attorney, 1897

KINGERY Auction at Brookville, 1878    McILNAY

Inn at Fitzwilliam to be Auctioned, 1812    GOLDSMITH, WILLIAMS, WINSOR, WRIGHT, PARKER, FAY

Unclaimed Letters in the Macon Post Office, 1876    Not yet indexed, but surnames include the following:  COOPER, COOK, DAY, DOSSEY, FRAZIER, GODWELL, GILL, HART, HARVEY, HAMMOND, HARLON, HOLLOMAN, HOLLAND, JOBSON, JOHNSON, NEWMAN, PRICE, PHILLIPS, PARKS, RITCHERSON, ROSTON, RICE, SIMMONS, SMITH, STONE, STEVENS, TILMAN, THOMAS, WALLACE, YOUNG, GLOVER, ADAMS, BESLEY, BREWER, BROOKINS, BRACKEN, BROWN, BURGESS, BOOTHES, BANKS, BROWN, BARKER, BOND, COLLINS, JACKSON, JONES, KELLEY, LAUNCE, LANE, MYRICH, MAHR, MALCOM, MAHONEY, McKILHANEY, MILIS, MACHNEE, NIXSON

Will MICHEL, Grocer, OH, 1881

German Society Ball, Charleston, 1897    BEHR, JOHANNS, VON EITZEN, HENNE, ALBERS

Rev. HODGE Offers Reward for Return of Mare, 1903

Watt BRADFORD, Manufacturer, TN, 1855

Charles GALE Announces Candidacy, 1880

J. L. KENNEDY & Co. to Hold Auction, GA, 1876

Col. REESE Offers Lot for Sale, AL, 1876

Dr. GLOVER Offers his Services, NY, 1850

Benjamin VINING Seeks Stolen Horse, Abington, 1812

William BUNNELL Offers Ink for Sale, Mobile, 1846

DUGAN & MOSELEY, Physicians & Druggists, MS, 1870

Santa Claus Soap, Made by N. J. FAIRBANK, Chicago, 1888