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Busy Oxford 1898

The first edition of the Oxford Journal and Cumberland Advertiser was June 22nd, 1898.
Here are a list of Oxford businesses that placed ads in that edition. (Oxford Journal Wednesday, June 24, 1998)

.A..E. Smith - groceries dishes, restaurant
A.S. Ross Thompson - all kinds of woodwork
Arch Dunsmore - insurance
Alex MacPherson's Oxford Saw Works
Alex Ross -fashionable tailor
American Furniture Company-house, church or school furniture
Bertha Tait - millinery and dressmaking
Brannon & Company-clothing and groceries
C.E. Stewart - blacksmith
Cumberland Manufacturing Co. - manufacturers of furniture and building materials
Dunsmore Brothers - groceries
Ernest W. Reid - boots and shoes
H.A. Patton - first class hardware store
H.S. Smith - insurance
Harold A. Amos - manufacturer of fine open and top carriages, wagons
Henry Jeffers - harness maker
Hills & Dunsmore - churns
James Highet's Shoe Store
J.C. MacDonald - physician and surgeon
John.C.(Jock) Reid - bakery and groceries
J.W. Pritchard, R.F. Black - butchers
Lem. Bent - groceries
Lizzie J. Reid, Oxford Millinery
McCauslan Jewellery Store
Mrs. D. D Coulter, Ellis St.
Oxford Foundry and Machine Co.
Oxford Journal - for your job printing
Oxford Manufacturing Co. (Woollen Mill)
Peter Slade - dress good and groceries
P. Geary - tailor
R.F. Stewart - blacksmith
S. McCormick - blacksmith
S. Skanter & Co.- dry goods and clothing
Sam B. Patton, South Oxford - dry goods and groceries
The Misses McCormick - dressmakers
Thornwaite's Harness Shop
Wm. Dunsmore - stoves, hardware
Wm. Simpson - harness maker




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