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1881
Business Directory
Paris
The
county seat of Monroe Co., was first settled in 1831,
incorporated as a village in 1837, and is located on the
middle fork of Salt River, in Jackson twp. Central part of the
county. It is a station on the M. K. & T. Railroad, now
known as the Kansas and Texas line of the M. P. Railroad, 46
miles south west of Hannibal, 26 east of Moberly, and 172
north west of St. Louis. The village contains 6 churches:
Christian, Presbyterian, 2 Baptist, and 2 Methodist.
Educational facilities are afforded by the public schools for
white and colored children. Amongst the hotels here the Glenn
House is the only first class one, and has ample accommodation
for the traveling public. Two newspapers are published here:
the Monroe County Appeal is a wide awake Democratic weekly,
has a large circulation, and besides a good family newspaper
is first class advertising medium; the Mercury Printing Co.
was established in 1848, and its paper, the Mercury, is
published weekly, is a fearless Democratic organ, and is a
first class county newspaper n every particular. Livestock and
tobacco are the principal shipments. Pop., census of 1880,
1602. Land ranges in price from $10 to $80 per acre, the
surface of the country being about equally divided between
timber and prairie. Tel., W. U. Ex. U. S. Mail, daily. J. H.
Holdsworth, postmaster.
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ALEXANDER
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A.
M.
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Lawyer
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ALEXANDER
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Cicero
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Grocer
And Agent U. S. Express
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ARMSTRONG
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A.
D. F.
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Books
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ARMSTRONG
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Junius
J.
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Justice
And Mayor
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ASHCRAFT
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N
& Co.
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Wagonmakers
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BASHAW
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T.
P.
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Attorney
At Law
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BASKETT
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Wm.
R.
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Sewing
Machines
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BASSETT
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George
B. & Co.
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Lumber
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BASSETT
& EUBANK
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General
Store
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BEAN
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Daniel
O.
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Harness
Maker
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BIRKIT
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S.
P & Co.
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Grocers
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BLAKEY
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Wm.
D.
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Tobacco
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BODINE
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R.
N.
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Lawyer
And Abstracts Of Titles
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BOWER
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Gustavus
M.
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Lumber
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BRACE
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Theodore
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Circuit
Judge
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BROUGHTON
BROS & CO
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Bros
& Co: Benjamin B. & Thomas B. & H.C.
Kenyon
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Woolen
Mills
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BUERK
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Thomas
& Bro.
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Boots
And Shoes
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BURNETT
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Thomas
E.
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Marble
Works
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CAMPBELL
& WILSON
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Blacksmiths
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CARVER
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Miss
A. E.
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Milliner
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COMBS
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Wm
L. Co.
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Surveyor
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CRAIG
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Rev
W. B.
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Baptist
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CROW
BROS & CO
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George
W. & F.D. Crow And J.C. Hinkle
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Flour
Mill
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CRUMP
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Samuel
H.
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Barber
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CRUTCHER
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Thomas
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County
Clerk
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DAWSON
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Mrs.
E. J.
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Milliner
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DYSART
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B.
G.
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Physician
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FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
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D.H.
Moss, President, John S. Conyers, Cashier, W. F.
Buckner, Ass't Cashier
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GANNAWAY
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Thomas
B.
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Druggist
And County Treasurer
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GLENN
HOUSE
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Richard
B. Worrell
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Hotel
Proprietor
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GOETZ
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Charles
G.
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Tobacco
And Cigars
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GORE
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Abner
E
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Physician
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GOSNEY
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Nathan
G.
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Sewing
Machines
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HALES
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Thomas
P.
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Restaurant
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HARLEY
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T.
G. & Bro.
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General
Store
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HOCKER
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T.
H.
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Constable
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HOLTZCLAW
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Frank
L.
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Druggist
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HOWELL
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John
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Physician
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JACKSON
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James
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Sheriff
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LEWIS
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Jesse
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School
Commissioner
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LOEWENSTEIN
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M.
B.
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Clothing
And Dry Goods
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LONG
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Albert
B.
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Grocer
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LONG
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Henry
P.
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Druggist
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MCNUTT
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E.
G. B.
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Books
And Insurance Agent
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MAJOR
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D.
E. & Bro.
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Grocers
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MARGRAITOR
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Francis
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Grocer
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MARSH
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Thomas
J.
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Meat
Market
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MATCHET
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J.
F. & Co.
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Blacksmiths
And Wagonmakers
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MERCURY
PRINTING CO
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A.
G. Mason, Pres. T. P. Bashaw, Sec. Joe Burnett,
Supt.
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MONROE
COUNTY APPEAL
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Rodes
& Blanton, Proprietors
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MONROE
COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION
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MORHART
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George
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Harness
Maker
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MORRIS
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H.
C.
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Harness
Maker
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MOSS
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George
W. & F.D. Crow And J.C. Hinkle
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Physician
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MOSS
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J.
T.
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Photographer
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MOUNTJOY
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Rev
J. W.
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Christian
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PEIRSOL
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J.
C.
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Lawyer
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PITTS
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Frank
L.
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County
Collector
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PITTS
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Thomas
W.
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Harness
Maker
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POAGE
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Wm.
K.
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Clothing
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POAGE
& CALDWELL
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Hardware
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POOL
& BODINE
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Grocers
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PORTER
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Mrs.
F. E.
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Restaurant
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POWERS
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Rev.
Milton
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Presbyterian
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REILY
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Samuel
M.
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Dentists
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REYNOLDS
& BRYAN
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Hardware
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RICHARD
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Alexander
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Barber
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ROBINSON
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James
A.
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Dry
Goods
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ROBINSON
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Nelson
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Shoemaker
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ROBINSON
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Temple
B.
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Lawyer
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RODES
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T.
T.
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Real
Estate Agent
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RODES
& BLANTON
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ROSE
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Louis
& Son
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Boots
And Shoes
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ROSE
& HARLOW
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Misses
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Milliners
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SANDERS
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George
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Restaurant
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SANFORD
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Joseph
T.
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Lawyer
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SCOTT
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Robert
M.
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Proprietor
Virginia House
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SELBY
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Charles
G.
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Saloon
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SHAW
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Theodore
S.
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Lawyer
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SIMPSON
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Josiah
D.
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Jeweler
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SLADEK
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Henry
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Baker
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SMITH
& ASHCRAFT
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Wagon
Makers
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SPAULDING
& SPEED
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Furniture
And Undertakers
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SUMMERCAMP
& COLLINS
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Druggists
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VAUGHN
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O.
P.
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Agt
M. K. & T. Railroad
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WEST
& SCOTT
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Dentists
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WETMORE
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Edward
T.
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Livery
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WORRELL
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James
L.
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City
Marshal
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WORRELL
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Richard
B. Worrell
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Proprietor
Glenn House
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WYMAN
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Daniel
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Livery
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