I have a copy of a receipt dated April 20th 1914 from HARBOURS, PITTS & CO signed by Jno H Pitts Pres. with an ad on the side for Hanford's Balsam & Myrrh, an external remedy for the Human System and Domestic Animals. The receipt was for a purchase made by Bill Ricketts for a coffin and other funeral items related to the death of his mother, Stacy Ricketts nee Sanders. This company was also the local undertaker in Cerro Gordo according to the death certificate of Stacy Ricketts Apr 21, 1914. ___________________________ Bob Ricketts {bobr@foresight.net} -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Annette Williams" <awilliams1@mindspring.com> > > David, I told you before that I have some old receipts from my great > grandfather John Riley McMahan. One of them is something you might find > interesting. The printed portion reads- ONE PRICE AND SPOT > CASH-HARBOUR'S-PADUCAH, KY. Our Guarantee, Each sale slip filled out is as > much our personal guarantee for the rightness of goods and prices as though > issued personally. We count this personal responsibility and the > confidence it begets as the basis of our success. E.B.HARBOUR In case of > Error or Exchange please present this Bill. BILL ON OTHER SIDE. > That is everything that is printed on the front. On the back, there are > some scribbled numbers. There are no printed lines or words on the back. > Handwritten on the front in pencil, above the ONE PRICE etc., it says EB > Harbour Cerro Gordo Tenn. Then on various parts of the front EB Harbour is > written five more times. These look like signatures. There are also > signatures that look like B.B. Pitts written about three times. (I guess > that would be the Barney Brownlow you mentioned) One of the Pitts > signature could be something different but it is hard to read. > Very curious. I'm not sure why there are so many signatures and why they > look as if a different person signed all of them. All the receipts I have > date between the late 1890's early 1900's. > > Annette Stricklin Williams > awilliams1@mindspring.com >