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Lowell, Aug. 17, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have been using the Preservative and find it “fills the bill” every
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TAYLOR & KOPF.
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Hanover, Penn., Dec. 53, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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GEO. W. THOMAS.
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Whitewater, Wis., Dec. 5, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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THIELE & GOODHUE.
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Waverly, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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A. GEHRES.
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North Vernon, Ind., July 16, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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H. C. VAUGHT.
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Sandwich, Ills., July 10, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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C. P. WALTER.
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Gridley, Ill., March 5, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. GILMORE.
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Waverly, Iowa, March 14, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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WOODRING BROS.
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Fairfield, Iowa, March 15, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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GIBSON & BECK.
And again, on April 15, 1884:
CRANE & ALLEN:
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GIBSON & BECK.
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Grand Rapids, Wis., Sept. 20, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I was at the Wisconsin State Convention of Undertakers, and I find that
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M. C. WARREN, SON & CO.
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Lebanon, Penn., Aug. 31, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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D. A. FRANTZ.
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Peotone, Ills., July 26, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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HENRY FEDDE & SON.
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Arcade, N. Y., July 14, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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W. W. DAVIS.
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Washington, Jan. 12, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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ZANEIS & MILLER.
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Ottawa, Sept. 22, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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S. ZIMMERMAN.
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Jamestown, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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THEO. VANDUSEN & BRO.
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Grand Ledge, Mich., March 9, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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WEST BROS.
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Monticello, Jan. 20, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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M. BEIDERWOLF.
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Newton, Kansas, April 3, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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KAUFMAN & HOEFS.
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Camden, N. J., Feb. 28, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please forward to me immediately another carboy of the Preservative just
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F. S. SIMMONS.
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Belvidere, Ills., Oct. 21, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have had excellent success with your Preservative, and think it the
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L. C. WILLARD.
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Beardstown, Ills., April 24, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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W. F. MOHLMAN.
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Broadhead, Wis., May 29, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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PAYNE & PAYNE.
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Scranton, Pa., May 23, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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A. R. RAUB.
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Plymouth, O., May 19, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative is a good one and I will use no other as I have never
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JOHN BEELMAN.
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Fall River, Mass., June 14, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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for it.
E. S. RAYMOND.
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Frederick, Md., July 14, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have been using the Preservative, and it has proved successful in
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A. T. RICE & SONS.
And again, Sept. 26, 1886:
CRANE & ALLEN:
We are well pleased with your Preservative, and will continue to use it.
A. T. RICE & SONS.
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Bloomington, Ill., Dec. 10, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative gives us satisfaction and for preparing bodies for
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it exclusively hereafter.
J. L. WOLCOTT.
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Kalkaska, Mich., Oct. 7, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have used the Preservative with Excellent success and we shall be
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CLARK BRO’S.
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Bainbridge, Ind., June 12, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have been using your Preservative for some time and find it gives
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J. S. BLACK.
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Great Falls, N. H., July 18, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We enclose check for amount to balance. We have been using the
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A. D. FAUNCE & SON.
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Bay City, Mich., Oct. 1, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I will say this, having tried a number of fluids, I find your
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H. F. SHANNON.
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Philadelphia, May 1, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please send us a large carboy of your Preservative at once.
E. S. EARLY & SON.
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New York City, April 14, 1884.
[TELEGRAM.]
CRANE & ALLEN:
Send me a pkge. of the Preservative.
CHAS. A. BENEDICT,
60 Carmine St.
And again, Jan. 10, 1885:
CRANE & ALLEN:
Send at once two pkges. Preservative.
CHAS. A. BENEDICT.
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La Porte, Ind., Aug. 3d., 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have had good success with your Preservative as you will see by the
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“The bodies of Mrs. Rose Stern and Frank Malloy when brought to the city
were given in charge of Mr. Weir, undertaker, and by him prepared for
burial. That of Frank Malloy was taken to South Bend, and there kept
until Sunday afternoon. Although held so long and moved so many times,
so perfect was the preservation and so natural the expression that it
was remarked: ‘He is not dead, but sleeping.’ Every one who beheld Mrs.
Stern’s countenance will bear testimony to its perfectly life-like
appearance, and that she lay as if asleep in her casket on the morning
of the funeral. Taking into consideration the extremely hot weather; the
manner of death and the length of time before burial, the perfect state
of preservation the bodies were in was remarkable and a credit to Mr.
Weir, who has both skill and good taste as an undertaker.”
We shall continue to use your Preservative, having had such remarkable
success with it.
WEIR BRO’S.
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Erie, Penn., March 7, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative proved entirely satisfactory, but while using it I was
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When used I will if I buy any, get yours as I think it far superior to
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W. J. QUINN.
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Polo, Ill., Aug. 14, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have just opened a branch undertaking establishment at Milledgeville,
Ill., and I shall need another outfit of instruments and a pkge. of the
Preservative. Although it costs more than some other Fluids, I consider
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M. SNYDER.
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Peoria, Ill., Nov. 18, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative is a good one, but I got onto another kind, I think
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GEO. F. TOBIAS.
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Hoyleton, Ill., March 30, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I had a bad case a few days ago in which I used your Preservative to my
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of your Embalming Instruments.
WILLIAM ROLF.
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Memphis, Tenn., July 6, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have found your Preservative to be all you claimed for it as it has
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P. M. STANLEY.
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West Newton, Pa., July 6, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Ship another carboy of the Preservative. I would have given the order
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S. M. SCHROYER.
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Ellicottville, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Enclosed find money order, which please credit me on account, I have
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Q. E. RUST.
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Spencerport, N. Y., June 22, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have been using some other fluid lately, but it does not restore the
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D. L. WALKER.
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Van Wert, O., May 26, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I expect to use your Preservative right along as it gives the best
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W. L. RANK.
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Delphi, Ind., July 6, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please send us by express a carboy of the Preservative, same as last. It
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BRAGUNIER & COX.
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Brookfield, Mo., Sept. 19, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Enclosed is draft for last bill, and we will send to you for more of the
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L. S. BOWDEN & SON.
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Cobleskill, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative has given me perfect satisfaction in every instance,
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JOSIAH BORST.
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Salina, Kansas, Oct. 29, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Insomuch as your Preservative has always filled the bill, we shall
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KILIAN & WILLIAMS FURN. CO.
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Nelsonville, Ohio, Aug. 25, 1882.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I can say that your Preservative is the best Embalming Fluid I have ever
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W. C. SIDMAN.
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Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 24, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have used your Preservative with very satisfactory results. It does
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any Undertaker.
B. H. SOPER & CO.
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Michigan City, Ind., June 28, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We are in receipt of the Preservative, and I will say as the Undertaker
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20 years, and say without fear or favor to any one that the Excelsior
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W. H. SMITH,
Of ROBINSON & SMITH.
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Menasha, Wis., June 24, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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T. D. PHILLIPS.
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Earlville, Ills., Aug. 30, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We are well pleased with your Preservative.
BARNARD & RADLEY.
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Fowler, Ind., June 3, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
The Preservative has given good satisfaction, and when I am in need of
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T. A. BALDWIN.
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Pinckney, Mich., Nov. 30, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please find enclosed draft to cancel bill of instruments. The outfit is
far superior to what I expected, and I am well pleased with it.
L. H. BEEBE.
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Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
When we get out of the Preservative we certainly will order, as it has
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BERK, FRY & CO.
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Utica, Pa., March 3, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We like your Preservative very well, and will order more when what we
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BAKER & YARD.
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Canton, Mo., Feb. 6, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative is the best article for embalming purposes that I have
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WILLIAM QUEER.
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Highland Park, Ills., Aug. 20, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Excelsior Preservative is all that can be desired, and works A No.
1 in every case. I never had a failure or anything like poor success
with it in all the years I have used it. It is the boss.
EDWARD MEYNERS.
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Norwich, Conn., Jan. 14, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
The Preservative works very well indeed, so that when we are out we
shall want more of you.
HENRY ALLEN & SON.
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Frankfort, Ind., June 15, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Find enclosed draft for $60.00, invoice of April 16th. We appreciate the
good qualities of your Preservative, and it has in every instance given
us entire satisfaction.
CHARLES L. WIRT.
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Traverse City, Mich., March 29, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative has always given the best of satisfaction, and I would
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SAM’L ANDERSON.
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Cascade, Iowa, Oct. 23, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have given your Preservative a thorough trial, and find it all that
you claim it to be.
BEATTY & BROWN.
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Mondovi, Wis., Aug. 12, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have used the Preservative with entire satisfaction, and I consider
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J. E. CHENEY.
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Larwill, Ind., Jan. 1, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have used your Preservative with the very best of success in every
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W. S. SMITH.
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Little Falls, N. Y., April 23, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I will say that in our opinion there is no better Embalming Fluid in the
market than the Excelsior Preservative. Were it not for the fact that we
manufacture and sell our own Fluid, we should most assuredly place our
order with you.
H. A. TOZER & CO.
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Oak Harbor, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
As soon as I use up all of the Preservative I have now, I shall
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HENRY THEIN.
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Princeton, Ky., April 18, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I like the Preservative very much, and have recommended it to other
parties. I think Currey & Dabney, of Dyersburg, Tenn., sent for some by
my recommendation.
A. C. THOMPSON.
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Susquehanna, Pa., Feb. 15, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please send another package of the Preservative at once. I kept the body
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very warm and foggy. I consider your Preservative an A No. 1 article.
O. T. SMITH.
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Gallatin, Tenn., July 2, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have been using your Preservative and are pleased with it, and shall
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W. C. BLUE & SON.
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Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, April 6, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Will return carboy to have it refilled with the Preservative, as it is
all that is desired and gives perfect satisfaction.
H. T. BIRD.
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Anna, O., June 11, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have given your Preservative a good trial lately. I had a case of a
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nights, while the weather was very warm and soft, and the body was kept
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cloths, without injecting the cavities. It was certainly a surprise to
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J. L. APPLEGATE.
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Grand Rapids, Ohio, May 6, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I am well pleased with the results from using your Preservative, and I
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J. HACKENBURGER.
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Emlenton, Pa., Feb. 10, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We are very well satisfied with your Preservative, and know of no reason
why we should try any other Fluid, as there could not be anything
better.
GIERING & MARTIN.
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Waukesha, Wis., Jan. 31, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I am very well satisfied with the Preservative, and shall continue to
use it.
CHAS. GASPAR.
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Kenton, O., Sept. 24, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Send me a carboy of your Preservative. I have a number of gallons of
other Fluid, but I prefer yours.
W. F. DAMON.
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Waterville, N. Y., May 5, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I am acquainted with D. C. Whitten & Co., of Utica, N. Y., and they
recommend your Excelsior Preservative for preserving bodies, very
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JNO. SMITH.
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Bristol, R. I., June 26, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have met with complete success by using your Preservative the past
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GEO. W. SIMMONS.
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Sycamore, Ohio, June 2, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have used your Preservative for seven years now, and have had good
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J. STAUM & SON.
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Corry, Pa., Sept. 2, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have used your Preservative for years, and always with the very best
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Y., to use it, and he will send you an order.
E. L. KING.
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Red Key, Ind., June 25, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative has given us good satisfaction, and we think it
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J. CROWELL & SON.
And again, from Summitville, Ind., Jan., 1888:
CRANE & ALLEN:
Have removed here from Red Key and are in the Undertaking business. We
used your Preservative formerly and liked it very much. What are your
terms now? We want some of it.
J. CROWELL & CO.
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New York City, May 3, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Enclosed check for amount of bill. We find the Preservative to be very
good indeed.
CLAWSON & HAWKS.
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Hillsdale, Mich., Nov. 5, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
The Preservative still gives the best of satisfaction. We have used it
constantly a number of years—our first purchase of it from you was in
July, 1877—and we never had a failure with it yet.
DONAGHY & HOWE.
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Warren, Pa., Jan. 8, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have use your Preservative a long time, and always found it to give
perfect satisfaction.
P. GREENLUND,
_Formerly of_ GREENLUND BROS.
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Hampton, Iowa, Dec. 4, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative has given good satisfaction, and I shall want more of
it in the near future.
A. M. GRAY.
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Peoria, Ills., Dec. 17, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I like your Preservative very much, and must have some more of it soon.
J. J. HUNT.
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Bourbon, Ind., July 28, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Allow me to say that the Excelsior Preservative is the best Embalming
Fluid I ever used. I have got a corpse on hand now, and have had it
since the 20th, and it is keeping splendidly with your Preservative.
WENDALL H. SUTCH.
And again, from Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 28, 1885:
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have sold out to E. Mendenhall, and there was in stock a package of
the old elegant juice (the Preservative), which I recommended to Mr. M.
as being the best thing he could use, and I have no doubt you will have
his order for more of it.
WENDALL H. SUTCH.
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Union, N. Y., April 21, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have been using the Preservative for some time, and am very well
pleased with it. I shall send for another supply soon.
K. W. SPENCER.
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Lanark, Ills., May 17, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Enclosed is draft for last bill. We are offered “Fluids” for a song in
comparison to price of yours, but yours has not left us disappointed
when relied on for embalming, and we have had a number of bad cases
which it has kept all right, and longer if it had been necessary. We
shall continue with your Preservative.
WM. STRICKLER.
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Pella, Iowa, March 26, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
The Preservative is all right, and I saved some hard cases with it last
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WILLIAM VERROS.
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HOLMES & CO.
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Decatur, Ills., March 10, 1885.
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CRANE & ALLEN:
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H. GOODRICH.
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E. T. HALL.
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CRANE & ALLEN:
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WRIGHT & PHILLIPS.
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Gallipolis, O., Jan. 31, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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HENRY J. ASHLEY.
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CRANE & ALLEN:
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WM. LESLIE.
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CRANE & ALLEN:
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MULLER & COCKBURN.
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Weedsport, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1886.
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Anthony, Kansas, July 18, 1885.
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E. G. MERRILL,
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JACOB MISENER.
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H. A. PLETCHER.
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W. McKEAN.
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THOS. MARTIN.
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CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. W. DARRIN.
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CRANE & ALLEN:
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H. H. MARSHMAN & CO.
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C. KAHLER.
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A. A. MATTHEWS.
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CRANE & ALLEN:
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M. H. MILLER.
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Index to Letters.
PAGE.
Abbott, J. L., Northfield, Vt., 68
Albaugh & Lanum, Circleville, O., 62
Albright, J. W., E. Liverpool, O., 61
Allen, Henry & Son, Norwich, Conn., 112
Allington, J. W., Webster City, Ia., 60
Anderson, S., Traverse City, Mich., 112
Andrews, R. T., Thomaston, Conn., 65
Applegate, J. L., Anna, O., 114
Argabrite, S. L., New Carlisle, Ind., 127
Ashley, H. J, Torrington, Conn., 135
Atkinson Bros., Pecatonica, Ill., 82
Augustine, S. G. & Son, Racine, Wis., 120
Bacon, C., Baraboo, Wis., 76
Bailey, M. H. & Co., Chillicothe, Ill., 82
Bainbridge & Hause, Clinton, Mich., 99
Baker, S. S., Chebanse, Ill., 63
Baker & Yard, Utica, Pa., 111
Baldwin, T. A., Fowler, Ind., 111
Barmore, D. R., Spirit Lake, Iowa, 99
Barnard & Radley, Earlville, Ill., 111
Barnes, James, Grand Haven, Mich., 74
Barrett, D., New Martinsburg, O., 74
Bartle, F. C., Dodgeville, Wis., 129
Bassett, E. F., Seymour, Conn., 80
Bauder, S. E., Birmingham, O., 83
Bauer, Wm., Weyauwega, Wis., 91
Baxter, D. A., Rochelle, Ill., 85
Beard, T. & Co., Hudson, Wis., 63
Beatty & Brown, Cascade, Ia., 112
Bechstein, Chas. & Co., Mancelona, Mich., 81
Beebe, C. B., Beaver Dam, Wis., 95
Beebe, L. H., Pinckney, Mich., 111
Beelman, John, Plymouth, O., 104
Beiderwolf, M., Monticello, 103
Belden, J. T., Marengo, Ill., 69
Benedict, Chas. A., New York City, 106
Berk, Fry & Co., Dayton, O., 111
Bird, H. T., Mt. Pleasant, Ia., 114
Bishop, A. F., Mineral Point, Wis., 74
Black, J. S., Bainbridge, Ind., 106
Blue, W. C. & Son, Gallatin, Tenn., 114
Bone, D. M. & Co., Petersburg, Ill., 91
Booth, J. I. & Son, Groton, N. Y., 64
Borst, Josiah, Cobleskill, N. Y., 109
Bowden, L. S. & Son, Brookfield, Mo., 109
Bowers, J. S., Waterloo, Ind., 99
Bradrick & Son, Chariton, Ia., 99
Bragunier & Cox, Delphi, Ind., 109
Brewster & Co., Middlebury, Vt., 56
Bringhurst, R. R. & Co., Philadelphia, 96
Bucher, H., Lisbon, Ia., 65
Buckhart, J. & Son, Sandwich, Ill., 54
Bullard, J. B., Decatur, Ill., 132
Bullock, G. W., Burr Oak, Mich., 85
Buren, A. B., Jamesport, Mo., 64
Burket Bros., Creston, Ia., 91
Burpee, N. A. & S. H., Rockland, Maine, 132
Camp, J. H., Bement, Ill., 131
Canfield, J. H., Harrison, Mich., 134
Casebolt, S., Ashland, Ky., 123
Catlett, E., Woodbury, N. J., 129
Chaffee, F., Chicago, 71
Chamberlin, R., Republic, O., 83
Chamberlin, S. S. & Son, Joliet, Ill., 60
Chandler, W. M., Salem, Mass., 72
Chase & Churchill, Weeping Water, Neb., 123
Cheney, J. E., Mondovi, Wis., 112
Churchill, G. W. & Son, Eaton, O., 72
Clark Bros., Kalkaska, Mich., 105
Clarke, W. H., Edgerton, Wis., 60
Clausen, P., Albert Lea, Minn., 90
Clawson & Hawks, New York City, 116
Clement, A. T., Clarinda, Ia., 82
Cochonour, M. G., Casey, Ill., 89
Cohee & Spaugh, Hope, Ind., 54
Comley & Bird, Frankfort, Ind., 61
Compton, C. W., Newark, N. J., 122
Conn, G. B., Greensburg, Pa., 96
Conover, J. H., Van Wert, O., 131
Corell, W. J. & Co., Bloomsburg, Pa., 83
Cornelius, F., Darlington, Wis., 131
Cottingham, S. D. & Co., Noblesville, Ind., 121
Couts, Jno. F., Clarksville, Tenn., 84
Cowan, J. S., Delphos, O., 89
Cox & Reed, Hastings, Neb., 81
Crandell, S. C., Westfield, N. Y., 57
Crawford, A., North Bend, Neb., 127
Crawford, Wm., Franklin Grove, Ill., 120
Cree, R. S., Nunda, N. Y., 89
Cring, John, Portland, Ind., 130
Cropper, E. S., Zionsville, Ind., 89
Crowell, J. & Co., Summitville, Ind., 116
Crowley, J. & Son, Hamilton, O., 60
Crumbie, Thos. J., Chester, Pa., 90
Culp, George, Nokomis, Ill., 124
Dain, John F., Oswego, N. Y., 126
Damon, W. F., Kenton, O., 115
Danahy, T. J., Lexington, Ky., 69
Danforth, C. W., Ovid, Mich., 121
Darrin, J. W., Corning, N. Y., 77, 138
Davey, B. T., Dodgeville, Wis., 136
Davidson, Wm., Titusville, Pa., 119
Davis Bros., Morris, Ill., 67
Davis, J. M., Alma, Neb., 78
Davis, W. W., Arcade, N. Y., 102
Davis & Hover, Ada, O., 86
Deckman, Geo., Malvern, O., 67
Delano & Cooley, Ripon, Wis., 56
Demple, Geo. A., Bonaparte, Ia., 67
Dexter, E., Danielsonville, Conn., 122
Diggins, Geo. E., Marengo, Ill., 52
Dillman, A. C., Bryan, O., 69
Dinning, E., McKenzie, Tenn., 56
Disbrow, Benj. L., Trenton, N. J., 55
Dolph & Ickes, Elmore, O., 134
Donaghy & Howe, Hillsdale, Mich., 116
Donnelly, Chas. & Co., Covington, Ky., 69
Drake, W. H., Morrisonville, Ill., 128
Drescher, F. E., Greensburg, Kan., 120
Dunklee & Easterly, Anamosa, Ia., 70
Dunlap & McGoodwin, Danville, Ky., 79
Dunlay, W. J. & Co., New Britain, Conn., 120
Dunn, L. D., Meadville, Pa., 78
Early, E. S. & Son, Philadelphia, 106
Edgcomb & Ballard, Cortland, N. Y., 49
Edwards & Corlett, Newton, Kan., 49
Eiker & King, Fort Dodge, Ia., 128
Eldred, H., Gardner, Ill., 86
England, Barr & Co., Lebanon, Ky., 86
Ervin, S. J., Parker City, Pa., 128
Fay, H. W., Marlboro, Mass., 94
Fedde, Henry & Son, Peotone, Ill., 102
Feiten, John, Mishawaka, Ind., 94
Feith, N., Cairo, Ill., 58
Fernald & Co., Austin, Minn., 58
Field, L. & Co., Clinton, Mass., 50
Fies, William, Marion, O., 120
Fillmen, Jas. M., Pottstown, Pa., 58
Fisher., A. C., Concord, N. H., 118
Fletcher, R. B., Cortland, N. Y., 58
Fowler, O. S., Maynard, Mass., 134
Francis, J. B., Canandaigua, N. Y., 120
Frantz, D. A., Lebanon, Pa., 102
Frear, J. S., Binghamton, N. Y., 67
Frink, Daniel, Watertown, N. Y., 94
Frost, E. N. & Son, Athens, Pa., 94
Gable, W. H., Hartford City, 133
Gamble, L. D., Perry, Ia., 97
Gardner, W. P., Gilman, Ill., 54
Gaspar, Chas., Waukesha, Wis., 115
Gehres, A., Waverly, O., 100
Gentry, J. M., Louisiana, Mo., 77
Gerstle, F. W. & Son, Cincinnati, 76
Gibson & Beck, Fairfield, Ia., 101
Giering & Martin, Emlenton, Pa., 114
Gilmore, J., Gridley, Ill., 101
Goodrich, H., Howell, Mich., 133
Goodwin, Samuel, St. Thomas, Ont., 76
Gray, A. M., Hampton, Ia., 116
Greene, W. Harvey, Rochester, Mich., 75
Greenlund, N., Warren, Pa., 55
Greenlund, P., „ „ 116
Gustin, E. & L., Denver, 71
Haas & Wassom, Peru, Ill., 128
Hackenburger, J., Grand Rapids, O., 114
Hackman, H., Staunton, Ill., 83
Hackman, N. H. & Co., Cincinnati, 73
Haines, A., Middlebury, Ind., 135
Hall, E. T., Titusville, Pa., 131
Holst, J. F. & Bro., Memphis, Tenn., 75
Hancock, C. H., Seymour, Ind., 137
Hansen & Huck, Kenosha, Wis., 78
Hardy, H. W., Lincoln, Neb., 97
Hargrave Bros., Rockville, Ind., 78
Harrouff, J. A., Atchison, Kans., 77
Hawley & Sayer, Danbury, Conn., 73
Henry, G. S., Avilla, Ind., 133
Herriff & Reed, Kent, O., 125
Hershey Bros., Gettysburg, O., 78
Hess & Houston, Virden, Ill., 135
Hildabolt, H., Germantown, O., 84
Hinton, T. J., Flemingsburg, Ky., 73
Hiss, Sebastian, Plainfield, Ind., 59
Hodge Bros., Paris, Ill., 134
Hoeft & Tucker, Berlin, Wis., 124
Holaday, D., Ottawa, Kans., 133
Hole, R. & W. M., Salem, O., 70
Holmes & Co., Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 127
Horn, C. W., Tiffin, O., 128
Hosmer, M. W., Burlington, Vt., 79
Houston, J. E., Beloit, Wis., 84
Howard, M. D., Jordan, N. Y., 85
Howard & Dinsmore, Carlisle, Ky., 84
Howland, H. F., Streator, Ill., 63
Hoy, A. L., DuBois, Pa., 65
Hudson & Tippett, Shawnee, O., 79
Hunn, F. S., Omaha, Neb., 133
Hunt, J. J., Peoria, Ill., 117
Hurlburt, Geo. R., Dansville, N. Y., 63
Jacoby & Ryerson, Wilton Junction, Ia., 77
James, J. P. & Co., Greenfield, Ind., 70
Janesville Furn. Co., Janesville, Wis., 65
Jardine & Hance, Succasunna, N. J., 123
Johnson, W. S., Carthage, 124
Jones, Rob’t H., Memphis, Tenn., 75
Kahler, C., New Washington, O., 139
Kampp, Conrad, Wheaton, Ill., 67
Karstens, C. N., Nebraska City, Neb., 52
Kaufman & Hoefs, Newton, Kans., 103
Keesling, C. B., Pendleton, Ind., 126
Kenney & Dillon, Hartford, Conn., 68
Kepner, J. P., Cicero, Ind., 136
Kilian & Williams Furn. Co., Salina, Kan., 109
King, E. L., Corry, Pa., 115
Knox, C. B., Rock Island, Ill., 125
Kolb, F., Reinbeck, Ia., 136
Kranbuehl, J. T., Dysart, Ia., 138
Kremer & Oplinger, Wadsworth, O., 66
Labbitt, Henry, Galesburg, Mich., 61
Laird, James A., Weedsport, N. Y., 137
Lake City Furn. Co., Lake City, Minn., 52
Lake, John, Baltimore, Md., 61
Lambson, C. K., Westfield, Mass., 135
Landis, D. Y., Wooster, O., 66
Landis, E. S., Coatesville, Pa., 51
Lash, N. G., Montpelier, 59
Latimer & Hamilton, Detroit, 124
Lawler, J. A., Eau Claire, Wis., 62
Lawrence, A. B., Warsaw, N. Y., 51
Lenhart, John S., Peru, Ind., 139
Leslie, Wm., Rich Hill, Mo., 136
Lindsay & Wackman, Oregon, Wis., 57
Lindsey, Jno. & Son, Mt. Sterling, Ky., 59
Lloyd, John, Worcester, Mass., 66
Logan, D. L., Moundsville, W. Va., 58
Long, F. M., West Chester, O., 56
Long, Geo. J., Coal Centre, Pa., 62
Luger Furn. Co., Fargo, Dak., 59
Luke, Robert, Wheeling, W. Va., 66
Lyke, H. F., Oconomowoc, Wis., 89
Lyon, Geo. C., Fair Haven, 66
Lyon, John W., New York City, 126
Lyons, J. L., Greenfield, Mass., 53
McCormick, J. & Son, Mt. Vernon, O., 68
McCurdy, J. B., Oskaloosa, Ia., 64
McDermott, J. H., Lowell, Mass., 50
McDonnell, A., New Hampton, Ia., 73
McKean, W., Forest, O., 138
McKee, A. A., McLean, N. Y., 50
McKinstry, Jno. & Son, Beaver Dam, Wis., 137
Manville, Geo. E., Willoughby, O., 80
Marsh, H. E., Rockford, Ill., 50
Marshman, H. H. & Co., Jackson, O., 139
Martin, Thos., Palmyra, Mo., 138
Mason Bros., Frankfort, Kans., 136
Matthews, A. A., Erie, 139
Matthews, N. C., Winchenden, Mass., 74
Means & Leach, Quincy, O., 73
Meister, Oscar, Chicago, 53
Merrill, E. G., Anthony, Kans., 137
Merritt, Stephen, New York City, 49
Meyners, E., Highland Park, Ill., 112
Miller, E. S., Reading, Pa., 53
Miller, Jacob, West Milton, O., 57
Miller, J. H., Edgerton, O., 93
Miller, M. H., Tipton, Ia., 139
Misener, Jacob, N. Manchester, Ind., 137
Mitchell, N. B., Oconto, Wis., 81
Mitchell & Beck, Wilmington, Del., 94
Mohlman, W. F., Beardstown, Ill., 104
Muller & Cockburn, Stillwater, Minn., 136
Murrell, Jos. P., St. Louis, 50
Murray, B. E., Boston, 93
Myall & Riley, Maysville, Ky., 96
Nelson, C. C., Cassopolis, Mich., 87
Noel & Arthur, Altoona, Pa., 96
North, M. D., Vassar, Mich., 140
Oakes, J. T. & Co., Pulaski, Tenn., 88
Oblander Bros., Bushnell, Ill., 92
Ocheltree, J. R., Homer, Ill., 140
Ogden, J. H., Massillon, O., 91
Olinger, J. W., Santa Fe, N. M., 85
Osborn, G. & Sons, Michaelsville, Md., 87
Partridge & VanDusen, Jamestown, N. Y., 62
Patterson, A. & J. W., Braidwood, Ill., 71
Patterson, J. H., River Falls, Wis., 140
Paul, Geo. Chandler, Philadelphia, 70
Payne & Payne, Broadhead, Wis., 104
Payne, E. W., Villisca, Ia., 139
Pease & Bright, Wakeman, O., 83
Perry, Chas. L., Boston, 52
Phillips, T. D., Menasha, Wis., 110
Phlipson, Jno., Fox Lake, Wis., 92
Pierce, E. C., Blair, Neb., 91
Pickett, J. W. & Co., Mt. Blanchard, O., 60
Pletcher, H. A., Columbus, O., 138
Postlewait, S. C., Chicago, 51
Price, I. M., Sunbury, O., 71
Queer, William, Canton, Mo., 111
Quinn, W. J., Erie, Pa., 107
Rank, W. L., Van Wert, O., 109
Raub, A. R., Scranton, Pa., 104
Raymond, E. C. & Co., Plymouth, O., 88
Raymond, E. S., Fall River, Mass., 105
Reichel, Geo. P., Macon, Mo., 88
Rice, A. T. & Sons, Frederick, Md., 105
Rice, Geo. W., Pontiac, Ill., 88
Richards. C. M., Wellston, O., 52
Ritter, Joel, Coopersburg, Pa., 75
Rolf, William, Hoyleton, Ill., 108
Rulon, Jno. C., Philadelphia, 75
Russ, Fred H. & Co., Chicago, 61
Russell, Peter & Son, Ottawa, Ill., 51
Rust, Q. E., Ellicottville, N. Y., 108
Ryan, John F., St. Louis, 90
Salisbury, A., Oregon, Ill., 90
Salm, Morton & Co., Sidney, O., 88
Scherer, Armbruster & Co., Galena, Ill., 98
Schiela, J. F. & Bro., Mt. Vernon, Ind., 86
Schroyer, S., West Newton, Pa., 108
Seeber, J. D., Chenango Forks, N. Y., 87
Shannon, H. F., Bay City, Mich., 106
Shaw, G. N., Muir, Mich., 123
Shoop, J. S. & Son, Richmond, Mo., 119
Shriner, F., Monroe, Wis., 121
Shurtleff, H. C., Philadelphia, 125
Sidman, W. C., Nelsonville, O., 110
Simmons, F. S., Camden, N. J., 104
Simmons, Geo. W., Bristol, R. I., 115
Slater, A. T., Argos, Ind., 119
Smith, E. M., Chambersburg, Pa., 119
Smith, James, Barry, Ill., 87
Smith, Jno., Waterville, N. Y., 115
Smith, O. T., Susquehanna, Pa., 113
Smith, W. H., Michigan City, Ind., 110
Smith, W. S., Larwill, Ind., 113
Snyder, M., Polo, Ill., 107
Soper, B. H. & Co., Oshkosh, Wis., 110
Spencer, K. W., Union, N. Y., 117
Spielman, J. R., Hagerstown, Md., 98
Spikes, William, Oshkosh. Wis., 119
Stagg, J. H., Harrodsburg, Ky., 97
Stanley, P. M., Memphis, Tenn., 108
Staum, J. & Son, Sycamore, O., 115
Stevens, Hering & Co., Charles City, Iowa, 122
Stewart, R. H., Natchez, Miss., 54
Stocum, J. & Son, Bath, N. Y., 123
Stonehill, J., Dunkirk, O., 90
Strack, C. A., York, Pa., 122
Strickler, Wm., Lanark, Ill., 117
Stropel, C., Lancaster, O., 97
Sutch, Wendall H., Los Angeles, Cal., 117
Taylor & Kopf, Lowell, 99
Thein, H., Oak Harbor, O., 113
Theile & Goodhue, White Water, Wis., 100
Thomas, Geo. W., Hanover, Pa., 100
Thompson, A. C., Princeton, Ky., 113
Thorn, G. S., Akron, O., 121
Thornton & Hargrave, Higginsville, Mo., 98
Tobias, Geo. F., Peoria, Ill., 108
Townsend, L. P., Hulmeville, Pa., 77
Townsley, F. M., West Milton, O., 120
Tozer, H. A. & Co., Little Falls, N. Y., 113
Treat, M. P. & Co., Clinton, Wis., 122
Van Arsdale, J. H., Castile, N. Y., 129
Van Cleve, Jas. G., Trenton, N. J., 118
Van Dusen, Theo. & Bro., Jamestown, N. Y., 103
Van Fleet, J. P., Towanda, Pa., 118
Van Liew, J. L., Dover, N. J., 124
Vaughan & Hinman, Fremont, Neb., 95
Vaught, H. C., North Vernon, Ind., 100
Verros, William, Pella, Ia., 118
Vose, G. B. & Bro., Mendon, 118
Wagoner, A., Hudson, N. Y., 97
Walker, D. L., Spencerport, N. Y., 109
Walter, C. P., Sandwich, Ill., 100
Ward, E. D., Lake Village, N. H., 131
Warren, M. C., Son & Co., Grand Rapids, Wis., 101
Watrous, C. W., Windsor Locks, Conn., 92
Watters, S., Leipsic, O., 121
Weed, T., Westfield, Ind., 123
Weir Bros., La Porte, Ind., 107
West, B. F., Beaver, O., 130
West Bros., Grand Ledge, Mich., 103
Wetherholt, G. J., Gallipolis, O., 135
Whisler & Cox, Marion, Ind., 129
Whitcomb Bros., Oxford, Mich., 95
Wicklin & McMackin, Fairfield, Ill., 98
Wilcox, J. E., Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 132
Wilen, Wm. & Son, Martinsburg, W. Va., 130
Willard, L. C., Belvidere, Ill., 104
Williamson & Son, Bradford, O., 130
Wilson, Wm., Bluffton, O., 132
Wilson, Wm. L., Rushville, Ind., 93
Winans & Platner, Pittsfield, Ill., 131
Wingerter, B., Waynesburg, O., 92
Wirt, Chas. L., Frankfort, Ind., 112
Witter, Geo., Storm Lake, Ia., 92
Wolcott, J. L., Bloomington, Ill., 105
Wood, Thos. H., Murfreesboro, Tenn., 98
Woodring Bros., Waverly, Iowa, 101
Wright, A., Kilbourne City, Wis., 135
Wright Bros., Rushsylvania, O., 127
Wright, N. C., Liberty Cent., O., 80
Wright & Phillips, Muncie, Ind., 134
Wuchter, J. H., Wadsworth, O., 98
Young, E. D., Knoxville, 132
Young, H. F., Necedah, Wis., 125
Young, J. F., Vinton, Ia., 93
Younger, J. W., Milan, Tenn., 129
Zaneis & Miller, Washington, 102
Zell, Geo. M. & Son, Waynesville, O., 95
Zimmerman, D. F., Geneseo, Ill., 128
Zimmerman, S., Ottawa, 103
Zimmerman, S. P., Mt. Pleasant, Pa., 124
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained.
2. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.