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Th« Pm aai Pwatt ^To all whom it may concern, but moat especially my old friends, patrons and nelgb-bors of Delphos and vicinity, for fifteen long years I bate served yon as your photographer, in that time, strarge as it may seem, a generation has passed away. When I first commenced business here, men and women that were then in the bloom of man and womanhood are now showing the marks of age. The .smooth cheek *nd glossy hair fire giving wiy to tbs unmUthkable evidence of time; the one by beeontlfig a risk-led and careworn, the latter by being sprinkled with silver threads, while many others have passed into that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns. When first I came among you I made pictures of your babies, your Iad9 and misses, young gents and ladies. Now those babies have become young gents and ladies, and in many instances the then lads and misses, young gents and ladies, have married and for some years I have been making pictures of their children. Thus, forcibly bringing to our minds the rapidity with which we are being ushered through this world, and which it la impossible for us to realise, unless as in the present instance there Is something to bring it home to us In the roost forcible manner. At time has passed, making its many and varied changes, so it has become necessary from a physical point of view for me to make a change in my business. The picture business, when closely followed, is excessively detrimental to the healA, and I feel that my own is being rapidly undermined, so much so that I deem it absolutely necessary to make a change. I have engaged in the business of general grocer and provision dealer in the store room formerly occupied by G. G. Frankenberg as a bakery and confectionary store. If in the past my transactions with 'you have been such as to win yenr confidence and esteem, so it shrfll be in the future. If mistakes (which we are all liable to) occur, they shall be made right, and every one from the youngest to the oldest treated In the best possible manner. I have to assist me my old friend Sol. Clime, whose genial disposition has won for him hosts of friends. Also my son, Allie, will take n part in conducting the business. I candidly and sincerly thank you for your patronage in the past, also for the kindness and good will you have extended to me, and 1 sincerely hope that In the future I may merit and retain the same.Very RespectfullyE. R. Mathis.
Newspaper Details
Delphos Weekly Herald
Delphos, Ohio, US
Thu, May 15, 1879
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Bob E.
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