Want the low-down on Wayne County businesses 140 years ago? Stop by and take a look at this gazetteer loaded with interesting facts on all of the towns that made up Wayne County in 1867-68. Long lists detail shopkeepers, blacksmiths, farmers, and other business people in towns, villages, and hamlets in the county.
There are also stamp duties, postal rates and regulations, law maxims, interest rates, and a 20-year calendar. Information about "the states, their settlements, etc." is also included. You can even get some ideas on "How to Succeed in Business" in 1867-8.
The directory advertises Mrs. Bristol's Baby Soother, manufactured by Arbuckle & Co. "sole manufacturers" and sold for 25 cents. Newark businessman, D. C. Bristol, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Stationery, Fancy Goods and Dye Stuffs, offers a reassuring statement, "Physician Prescriptions carefully compounded." And if you were living in the area 140 years ago, you might have purchased blinds, sashes, or doors from A. C. Bartle on Palmyra Street.
This directory provides hours of pleasurable browsing for those interested in the "good ole days." You're invited to stop by and take a look at it some Thursday morning.
