Names in Boston Directory and Oddities Noted
The Globe column exposes Boston directory quirks with humorous spellings and peculiar entries such as Beans Egge Pyes Onions Crumb Bones Salt Jelly Beers Coffee Milk Teas a Chicken three Goslings a Hawk Stockings Sock Cravatt Mittens four Dollars Hats Wigg and more. The New York World notes the Reno Journal report on opium smoking among Pacific coast Indians rising to near Chinese levels.
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Maryland
Buffalo Pitt
Stevens
WEBSTER FARM
Economist and
South Bend Chilled Plows
Caroline county
Shannahan & Wrighton Hardware Company
Geo. F. Stoan & Bro
LIGHT STREET
BALTIMORE, MD
PERTON
Denton
Orem & Co
Cambridge
JOHN W. CLARE
JOSEPH B. SETH
A. A. PASCAULT
W. BR
EMERSON, Or
C.M. OREM & CO
RELIABLE HOUSE
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the LEADER
M. J. Young
patel
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Masonic Building
W. J. BLACKISTON
Wheeler's Transportation Line
CHOPTANK
TUCKAHOE RIVERS
iece Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO
Wall St
New York
JAMES H. COULBOURN
COULBOURN & MOYER
WHOLESALE COMMISSION
North Front St
Philadelphia
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P. W. Downes
Denton National Bank
R. Godwin
Millsboro
Del
WH. Gadd
Dukes & Hocker
Millvalle
J. M. Woooters
Cordovan
John A
Nottingham
Capeville
F. Saulsbury
Dover
Golin, Bros. & Sons
Federalsburgy
Minnie Wheeler
Pier 6
Trappe
Buarnett’s
Clark's
Wright's
Medford’s
Windy Hill
Dover Bridge
Kingston
McCarty
Ganey's
Potter's Landing
Reese’s
Coward’s
Covey’s
Hillsborough
Baltimore
Potters’s Landing
Potter’s Landing
Medford's
Chesapeake
Pier 5
Burnett's
McCarty’s
Ganey'’ s
Potter’ Landing
Reese's
Coward’s Point
Hilleborough
Hillaborough
A. R. BEAVEN
Light St
G. STEvEss
Avent
Potter’ 3
J. P. Moyen
S. F. Crew
J. P.MOYER &GO
COULBOURN & MOYEN
WHOLESALE PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS
L. H. Gadd
Willis & Ree
Greensboro
A. G.Saulsbury & Bro
Ridgely
Percy & Foods
Salem
W. Ward
Earlville
3. Beck
Kent county
Mad
John Jump
Matthews
H. T. Nuttle & Bro
Andersontown
S. Beaver
Kratzerville
Jarrett Bros. & Kiem
North Third Street
Settler & Kvons
J. N. ducobs
Cashier National Bank
Greenville
E.R. Freed & Co
North Whaley
N. C. Evans
Everett
S. Bowser
Three Springs
J. M. Bassler
Myerstown
Tincum Co-Operative Dairymen’s Association
Point Pleasant
Furagan & Sons
East Waterford
Theational Bank of the Northern Liberties
Third and Vine Sts
RICHARD NICHOLS
Suavina Paror
SHOREY’S
W. Balto, Sr
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Clarendon
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BALTIMORE, MO
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OCCIDENTAL HOTEL
NEW YORK CITY
GEORGE
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W. H. COULBOURN
Seaford, Del
North Carolina
Heart & Sap
DENTON FLOUR MILLS
F. W. REDDEN
Denton Froun Mis
THOMAS HILL
Fayette and St. Paul Streets
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Manin street
George T. Melvin
HAMILTON EASTER & SONS
Baltimore St
J. 5
JOHNSON & CO
South St
John Swann
Western Md. College
Westminster, Md
Reisler
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Easton
EDWARD L. WILSON
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FIDELIA HILTOS
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M. Y. ASHBROOK
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DRS. STARKEY & PALEN
Pilleday
GREEN HOUSE
W. PRATT
F. PRATT
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Agricultural Alamal Aid Society
Denton, Caroline Co
OFFIC CHASE
JARRELL
J.B. FLETCHER
RT. CARTER
JAMES SWANN
E. GEORGE
R.J.JUMP
C.K. JARRELL
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WMITTEE
MEL SWANN
C.E. SARRELL
J. B. FLETCHER
R. T. CARTER
J. C. HARRIS
JAMES C. HORSEY
eseoseoress
Preston
Greensborour
Peninsula
C.E. JARRELL
ANNAPOLIS
BALTIMORE SHORE CINE & Ff. Truz Scuenude
Camden Station
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C. H.BLACKISTON
Emerson
U.S
U.S. E. R. Emerson
Jobber & Retailer
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JOHN DAILY
D* J. K.SAULSBURY
J. W. Bryant
RIDGELY, MARYLAND
T. Pouxy Freer
BRYANT & FISHER
ATTORNEYS-AT
Caroline
adenine
HOBBS
counties
MARSHALL
MUTCHLER
ATTIORNEY-AT-LAW
s Attorney
Masonic Hall
court house
GEORGE M. RUBRUM
R. LEWIS
RUSSUM & LEWIS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Caroline, Talbot
Queen Anne
W. TILGHMAN
HOWARD BRYANT, J.W
H. BRYANT
Arttus-at-Law
St. Paul St
J. E. TYLOR
EASTON, MD
William T. KELLY
Greensborough
Eaton St
C. Seymour
MERCHANT TAILOR
DENTON, MD
THIRD STREET
CARTER
FINN
CHESTER RIVER
STHAMBOAT CO
EMMA A. FORD
Chestertown
Ralph’s Booker’s
Quaker Neck Grey’s Inn
Queenstown
Kent Island
Pier 7
Light Street Wharf
B. S. FORD
Centreville
Corsica River
Grey’s Inn
Eastern Neck
CORSICA
Crumpton
Chester
Corsica rivers
Cheater
Wts
GEO. WARFIELD
Wiliam Wallace Cook
Pampas
Arabia
Don Manuel Rosas
republic
William Eleroy Curtis
Harper’s Magazine
Europe
Chicago News
Reno Journal
California
Yosemite valley
Chicago Herald
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