Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1947], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1947
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 740


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In the meantime. W. T. Blackwell had moved to Durham to engage in the tobacco business. He was to the early development of the tobacco industry in Durham what Napoleon was to France, or Caesar to Rome. The Durham Bull got upon the map and in a few brief years his sonorous voice, like the shot at Lexington. was heard around the world. In 1872 the two small tobacco factories had grown into twelve.


James Buchanan Duke, becoming convinced that it was neither practicable nor prof- itable to compete with Bull Durham smoking tobacco, turned the vision of his great genius into the cigarette field, and from that day to the present hour the increasing volume of the tobacco industry has become the common property of mankind.


On April 10, 1869. almost exactly four years after Johnston surrendered to Sherman. Durham was born. There were only 258 inhabitants in the village, and the total muni- cipal revenue was $357.44. The largest taxpayer paid $40.62 in taxes. In 1870 there were probably less than 100 wage-earners in industrial pursuits in the town.


The tobacco industry grew at a very rapid rate, using large quantities of bright-leaf tobacco. While much of this type of tobacco was grown around Durham, it was sold at


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View of City Hall


tobacco markets in Richmond and other Virginia cities, and local manufacturers had to pay the cost of transporting the tobacco from Virginia to Durham, This condition made desirable the opening of warehouses for the sale of leaf tobacco in Durham, and resulted in this city becoming one of the largest bright-leaf tobacco markets in the world, now selling from 35 to 57 million pounds each season,


During all this time there were no banks in the town, practically all the banking being transacted in Raleigh, and on days of big sales at the tobacco warehouses it was necessary to obtain cash from the merchants in order to pay the farmer for his product. Such inconveniences could not long continue, and soon two banks were established.


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View of Main Street, Looking East


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The next step in the industrial and commercial history of the town was the bringing in of additional railway lines. By the cooperation of manufacturers, merchants, and the city and county governments, the Seaboard Air Line Railway, the Southern Railway, and the Norfolk & Western Railway were given access to this market. Later the Norfolk Southern Railroad and the Durham & Southern Railway were added to the railway lines serving the city, giving a total of five railway companies with seven lines radiating in every direction.


Durham had now grown into a very prosperous and thriving community, but its citi- zenship was not satisfied with having purely a commercial and industrial town. The peo- ple felt the need of better schools and, in 1885, after a heated political campaign, bonds were voted for public school buildings and a tax levied for maintaining a public school system. Today Durham has one of the finest public school plants of any city of its size, with physical property valued at more than $3,442,000, and with a personnel of teachers and management that gives it first rating among the cities of North Carolina.


In 1892, Trinity College, now Duke University, was brought to Durham through the philanthropy of Mr. Washington Duke and General Julian S. Carr. Today Duke Univer- sity has a physical plant worth $20,000,000, 5,011 students, a 575-bed hospital, and ranks among the leading educational institutions of the nation.


As the tobacco industry grew and prospered, certain persons used some of their divi- dends in establishing cotton mills, and this industry soon assumed a position of import- ance in the industrial life of the city. Later hosicry mills were established, until today Durham ranks as the first city of the South in the manufacture of full-fashioned hosiery. Other industries were added from time to time, including flour mills, fertilizer plants, iron works, woodworking plants, printing establishments, etc., until in a recent year there were engaged in industry over 16,000 wage-earners, producing $160,336,003 worth of manu- factured products annually. These industries pay into the Federal treasury approximately $70,000,000 each year. Durham today produces 24% of all the cigarettes made in the U. S.


In 1914 a program of civic improvement was undertaken, and although it was inter- rupted by the first World War, it has now reached the point where Durham has all the conveniences of a modern city, including complete sewerage, asphalt streets, paved side- walks, electric power, gas, the latest dial telephone service, Western Union telegraph service. American Telephone & Telegraph repeater station, insuring rapid long-distance telephone communication; a fine recreation program, and a system of water works with an impounding reservoir sufficient to care for the needs of a city of 100,000 people.


Malbourne Hotel


Any story about Durham would be incomplete without mention of the notable con- tribution which the Negro race has made to the industrial, commercial and civic develop- ment of the community. The progress the race has made here has been truly amazing. Under the leadership of E. R. Merrick, and later, C. C. Spaulding, and their associates. Durham's colored people have established industries, insurance companies, banks and other commercial businesses which would be creditable to any city. The labor which they furnish the city's industrial plants is intelligent and dependable. The high type of leaders among the colored people here has made Durham a conspicuous outpost in the advance- ment of Negro civilization.


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Duke University Stadium; Seating Capacity, 40,000; Scene of Rose Bowl Football Game, Jan. 1, 1942


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Part of the Main Quadrangle, Duke University, West Campus


One of the finest things about the founders of Durham is that material prosperity merely opened to them avenues of service to mankind. It has been said that more philanthropists have been produced in Durham than in any other city of the South. Watts Hospital, of 226 beds, was a gift to the city and county by Mr. George W. Watts. Lincoln Hospital, of 108 beds is largely the gift of Mr. Benjamin N. Duke. Duke Univer- sity is a living memorial to Mr. Washington Duke and his two sons, Benjamin N. Duke and James Buchanan Duke. Other philanthropists have remembered the city from time to time in ways that help in making Durham a good place in which to live and work.


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Durham is today the third city in North Carolina in point of population, having 70,000 inhabitants, and is second in industrial payrolls, and second in importance in the value of its manufactured products. It is far in the lead in its educational facilities, having an unexcelled public school system and Duke University within its corporate limits, and having within a radius of a few miles the University of North Carolina, Wake Forest College, Meredith College, North Carolina State College, Peace Institute and St. Mary's.


The colored people have in Durham, in addition to excellent public schools for their race, the North Carolina College for Negroes, the only college of liberal arts for Negroes supported by taxation in the state.


All these things have been accomplished by people not. especially favored by nature, but who by their determination, unconquerable will, tireless effort, and by their faith in mankind and in this community, have created a city that proudly takes its position as one of the representative cities of the new South and of America.


BRIEF FACTS ABOUT DURHAM, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED


Altitude: 406 feet above sea level.


Area: 12.8 square miles.


Automobiles:


Passenger cars in county Jan. 1, 1940.


14.415


Passenger cars in county Jan. 1, 194


15.150


Passenger cars in county Jan. 1. 1942


17.641


Trucks in county Jan. 1, 1940.


3.050


Trucks in county Jan. 1, 1941.


3,425


Trucks in county Jan. 1, 1942


3.849


All types of vehicles in county as of Dec. 31, 1944


16,400


Banks:


1940


1911


1942


1943


Capital, surplus and


(As of June 30)


(As of Dec. 31)


( As of June 30)


( As ot Dec. 31) $ 4,005.860.52


(As of Dec. 31)


undivided profits


$ 3.579,180.41


$ 3,650.512.84


$ 3,794,956.85


$ 4.267,406.51


Deposits


28,243,101.89


33.325,398.35


39,506.899.13


55,430,832.86


65,937,059.00


Total resources


31,987.254.75


37.215,869.75


43,485,575.78


59.682,138.90


70.450.558.39


Industrial Banks:


1810


1941


1912


1943


1944


Capital, surplus and


(As of June 30)


(.As of Dec. 31)


(.1 s of June 30)


(As of Dec. 31)


(As of Dec. 31)


undivided profits


$ 553.704.13


577.362.69


537.793.38


$ 598,788.72


619,515.87


Total resources


2.209.144.86


2.243.111.34


2,192,891.24


1,975,824.38


2.367,269.85


Deposits


1,5 3.812.61


1,596,600.13


1.194.797.18


1.310,986,19


1.707,188.99


Building and Loan Associations:


Year


No.


Assets


1940


4


$5,044,529.59


1941


4


6.182.953.83


1942


4


6,240,622.62


1943


4


6,303,779.81


1944


4


7,121,590.23


1943


4


8.638,783.29


Building Permits:


Year


No.


Value


1940


509


$1.637,033


1941


576


2,572,180


1942


461


1,451.693


1943


186


456.628


1944


163


481.597


1945


264


1,990,478


Churches: 97 churches, representing practically all denominations. Durham is noted for its many beautiful church edifices.


City Incorporated: The City of Durham was incorporated by act of the General Assembly, ratified April 10. 1869.


Civic Organizations: Rotary Club. Kiwanis Club. Lions Club. Co-operative Club, Civitan Club, Exchange Club, Altrusa Club, Business and Professional Women's Club, Pilot Club, Durham Merchants' Association, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Durham Chamber of Commerce.


Climate: Equable. Annual mean summer temperature. 71.3; winter. 48.3. 62% sunshine days. Annual rainfall, 47.19 inches. Annual snowfall, 10 inches. Prevailing westerly winds.


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Duke Hospital (for the Public) and Duke Medical School, Situated on the West Campus


Airplane View Showing East Campus, Duke University, and Part of City of Durham


Colleges:


Duke University Enrollment


1938-39


3,552


1941-42 3,493


1939-40


3,900


1942-43 4,000


1940-41


3,716


1943-44 5,011


Both universities conduct summer schools, which are largely attended.


There is also located in Durham the North Carolina College for Negroes, the only col-


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lege of liberal arts for colored people, supported by the State, in North Carolina. Enroll- ment for 1944-45, 673.


Convention Facilities: Hotel rooms with bath, 579; without bath. 221; total, 800. Max- imum capacity of lodging accommodations, 1,374 persons: capacity in excess of ordinary requirements, 700 persons. Assembly halls, capacity, 800; ballroom capacity, 500; twelve committee rooms, auditorium, seating capacity, 1,750; Armory Auditorium, seating capacity, 2,500.


County: Durham County was created by act of the General Assembly in 1881 from parts of Orange and Wake counties. While Durham is not a large county, it is the center of the famous bright-leaf tobacco belt. Between 35 and 57 million pounds of tobacco are sold each year on the Durham market. Tobacco is the principal money crop. although cotton, corn and truck crops also are important. Dairying has increased rapidly during the past few years. The county has good roads and splendid schools and churches.


Education: Durham is recognized as being one of the leading educational centers of the South. Its colleges and university, its public school system, its schools of music and business schools are rated among the best in the South by leading educators. (See Colleges and Schools).


Fire Protection: Durham has a well-equipped fire department, with four stations and paid personnel, giving Durham first-class insurance rating.


Government: Durham has had the council-manager form of government since May 4, 1921. It is admitted to be one of the best governed cities in the state.


Health: Durham has a well-organized board of health, with 49 employees, charged with the supervision of health conditions in the entire county. It has been remarkably successful in its work. The white resident death rate for 1944 was only 6.4 (colored resident, 8.1) to the 1.000. The death rate for both races was 6.9. The birth rate for white was 23.1; tor colored. 24.1; total, 23.4. Milk. meats, water, markets, dairies, hotels and eating places are carefully inspected.


Durham Public Library


Hospitals: Watts Hospital (public, white) is one of the finest hospitals in the South: value, $1.545.620; 226 beds; personnel of 94 physicians and 120 nurses; endowed by Mr. George W. Watts and partly supported by contributions from city and county. Lincoln Hospital (public, colored ) ; value, $250,000; 108 beds; personnel of all physicians in Durham who are in good standing, and 56 nurses: partly supported by contributions from city and county. McPherson Hospital (private-eye, ear, nose and throat); value, $103.000; 35 beds and personnel of 4 physicians, 6 nurses and 4 office girls. Duke Hospital, with 575 beds. representing an investment of more than $3,000.000, is said to be the best-equipped hospital in the world. It was opened on July 21, 1930. During 1932 the Duke Hospital Nurses' Home was completed at a cost of over $300.000.


Hotels: Durham is unusually well provided with hotel facilities. The Washington Duke is one of the finest hotels in the South, having been constructed at a cost of more than $1,750,000. It has 300 bedrooms, all with bath. The Malbourne Hotel-200-room capacity- is a fireproof hotel and newly furnished throughout. Other hotels are the Lochmoor, Dur- ham (4 units) and McArthur, and the Biltmore and Jones hotels for colored people. Hotel rates, $1 to $5 per day: European plan.


Industries: Durham is the second largest industrial center in North Carolina, its out- put of manufactured products being valued at $160.336,002 annually (U. S. Census of Manu- factures). It has large tobacco industries, manufacturing such well-known brands as Duke's Mixture and Bull Durham smoking tobaccos, and a great many brands of cigar- ettes, including the famous Chesterfield and Lucky Strike, and fifteen brands of Turkish cigarettes. It is the home of the Durham Hosiery Mills (manufacturers of Durable Durham Hosiery), and the Golden Belt Mfg. Co. (manufacturers of small bags and hosiery). There are also manufactured in Durham, Erwin and White Star sheetings and pillow cases; Virginia-Carolina fertilizers; Occoneechee. Peerless and Climax flours; blank books, cor-


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rugated boxes, wooden boxes, castings and iron products, harness and saddles, bread, ice, mattresses, brick, building materials, proprietary medicines, furniture, roofing, meat-pack- ing products and machinery. Due to proximity to source of raw materials, cheap electric power and its transportation facilities, Durham offers unexcelled opportunities for the lo- cation of industries. Durham is the home city of Camp Butner, where is now located the nation's largest Army general and convalescent hospital, in addition to other military units.


Location: Durham is situated in the geographical center of North Carolina, a few miles north of the center of population of the state. Its terrain is slightly rolling and is well drained.


Payrolls: The payrolls of Durham exceed $22,000,000 annually.


Population:


City of Durham


County of Durham


1890


5,485


1890


18.041


1900


6,679


1900


26,233


1910


18.241


1910


35,276


1920


21,719


1920


42,219


1930


52,037


1930


67,196


1940


60,135


194)


80,244


1946 est.


70.000


1944 es ..


100,000


Post-Office Receipts:


1933


$345,820.70


1342


$420,616.08


1933


354,936.11


1943


556,117.82


1940


351,341.15


1944


671,732.49


1941


409,266.19


1945


612,869.19


Public Utilities: Durham has public utilities furnishing bus service, gas, telephone and electric current service. These facilities compare favorably, both in cost of service and in efficiency, with those in other cities of similar size.


Public Services:


1941


1942


1943


1944


1945


Electric meters


17,138


18,104


19,233


19,800


20,651


Telephones


10,954


12,078


13,184


12,700


13,400


Gas ineters


2,869


3.074


3,209


3.400


3.780


Miles of paved streets


83


83


83


83


83


Miles of sidewalks


64


64


64


64


64


Miles of water mains


196.5


196.5


196.5


196.5


196.5


Miles of sewers. .


321


321


321


321


321


Number of water meters


14,000


14,000


13,381


13,415


13,571


Recreation: Community recreation, under supervision of the Playground and Recrea- tion Commission, supported by public taxation. Nine public parks, containing swimming pools, tennis courts, etc., 12 city playgrounds, and several large playgrounds maintained by industrial plants for the use of employees. Two 18-hole golf courses; magnificent country club; tennis and gun club; college football, baseball, basketball, track, boxing and wrest- ling. The schedules of Duke University and the University of North Carolina offer Durham citizens the opportunity of seeing some of the best college teams of the East and South in action. Both these universities have magnificent stadiums, that of the University of North Carolina seating 24,000, while the stadium of Duke University has a seating capacity of 40,000.


View of Hope Valley Country Club


Schools: The public school system of Durham is nationally-known for its equipment, high scholastic standards and progressive policies. Croft Secretarial School and Kennedy's Commercial School are fully accredited class "A" institutions.


City Schools Enrollment


1940-41


11,962


1941-42


11,552


1942-43


11,285


1943-44


10.475


1944-45


10.040


1945-46


10,177


Number of Schools: White, 14; colored. 7. Number of teachers, 367. Value of public school plant, $3,889,499.


Social Agencies: Young Men's Christian Association, Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation, Salvation Army, Red Cross, King's Daughters, Board of Charities and Public Wel- fare. Wright Refuge for Children, Junior League. Council of Social Agencies, Association for the Blind, Family Service Association, Council of Social Agencies, and Duke Legal Aid Clinic.


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View of One Eleven Corcoran Street, Constructed at a Cost of $1,000,000, in the Heart of Durham's Business District


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Durham County Court House


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Streets: Durham is today one of the best paved cities in the state. The white-way lighting system in the business district is admitted to be one of the best in the South.


Taxes and Valuation: In 1945 the city of Durham had an assessed valuation of $103,378,002, with a city tax rate of $1.55 on the $100. Property assessed on 75% of true value. The county of Durham had an assessed valuation of $159,000,444 and a county tax rate of 55c in 1944. Property assessed on 75% of true value. No property tax is levied by the State.


Theatres: 5 motion-picture theatres for white, and 2 for colored. Total seating capac- ity, 5,490.


Transportation: Durham has five lines of railroad, radiating in seven directions. It has two lines of the Southern Railway, the Seaboard Air Line Railway, the Norfolk & Western Railway, the Durham & Southern Railway, and the Norfolk Southern Railroad. These rail- roads afford unusually good freight facilities. Durham is on the National Highway and the Central Highway, the principal routes between the North and South and between the East and West. Excellent bus service is maintained between Durham and Raleigh, Hender- son. Oxford, Roxboro, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, Siler City and Danville, Va.


Water: Durham has an ample supply of pure water. An impounding reservoir com- pleted in 1926 stores 4,600,000,000 gallons, which, if used for no other purpose, would, at the present rate of consumption, supply the demand for a period of two years. There is no longer any danger of a water shortage. The water is excellent for domestic uses and is soft and free from iron, making it very desirable for industrial purposes.


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Duke University Chapel Tower


Out of Sight . Out of Mind Out of Business


The importance of keeping firm and product names in the public eye is recognized by all business men. It is astonishing to see how a firm or product, however meritorious, will slip into the limbo of the forgotten if not persistently advertised.


The City Directory is the natural medium for keep- ing a business or product name in the spotlight. Insist on being well represented in its pages.


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ABBREVIATIONS


distr distributor ! Meth


.....


Methodist


RyMS


...


Railway Mail Service


s or


S


South


san


sanitary


Sav


.. Savings


sch


school


mikt


market


se .


southeast


mldr


molder


ser


secretary


sergt


sergeant


ship


shipping


mono monotype sht mtl .. sheet metal


misner messenger sls .sales


mistr master smstrs ... seamstress


mtce


maintenance


soc


society


mtrn


motorman


solr


. solicitor


spl


multi


multigraph


special


miIs


. music



square


SS ..


.south side


sta


station


sta eng


stationary


engineer


sten


stenographer


stereo


... stereotyper


stmftr


..


steamfitter


str


setter


stvdr . stevedore


ofc


office


supt


. . superintendent


supvr


opp


opposite


supervisor


. .


operator


surg


surgeon


opr


optom


optometrist


SW


southwest


swtelmn ... switchman tab mach


tabulating machine


tchr


. teacher


tech


. technician


tel


telephone


teleg


telegraph


park


ter


terrace


tmkpr timekeeper


tmstr


teamster


tndr


tender


trans .. transportation trav traveling


trnmn trainman


treas


treasurer


tstr


tester


twp


township


typ .. typist


undwrtr .. underwriter Univ University uphol .... upholsterer US ... United States USA


United States Army USCG United


States Coast Guard


USMC .. United States


Marine Corps


USMS


I'nited


States Maritime


Service


USN


United States Navy


vet


veterinary


vulc


vulcanizer


w or W


West


whol


... wholesale


whsemn . warehouseman


recut . . receptionist wid widow


reprmn


. .


repairm'ın


wks


works


restr


restaurant


wldr


welder


or mechanical


ret


retail


WS.


... West side


Met Metropolitan Rev Reverend


meter rdr ..... .. meter


reader


Ry


Railway


ydmstr .. yardmaster


ABBREVIATIONS OF GIVEN NAMES


Abraham


Abr


Alexander Alex


Alfred Alf


Archibald Arch


Arthur Arth


Elizabeth Eliz


Eugene Eug


Frederick


Fredk


Patrick


Geo


Richard Richd


Robert Robt


Samuel


Saml


Solomon


Sol


Stephen


Steph


Theodore


. Theo


August


Aug


Michael MichI


Thomas


Thos


Benjamin 9-44


Beni


Catherine


Cath


George


James


Jas


Katherine


Kath


Margaret Margt


Patk


William Wm


ace accountant


adv .. advertising


agcy agency


agri ... agricultural


agt


al alley


alt .....


... alteration


American Am . ... . .


appr .. apprentice


apts apartments


archt architect


asmbIr ... assembler


Assi


..


assoc ........ associate asst assistant


atndt .. . attendant


atty


attorney


aud


alto antomobile


av


avenue


. telephone exp express


Bapt Baptist


bet


bey beyond


bgemn .. baggageman


bkondr bookbinder


bkpr bookkeeper


bldg building


hldr builder


blk


blksmith .. blacksmith


blrmnkr .. boilermaker


blvd


boulevard


br


branch


brklyr


... bricklayer


brkmn .... brakeman


brnr


.burner


CSP Christian gro


Science Practitioner


cabtinkr cabinetmaker


capt


captain


carp


carpenter


cash


cashier


Cath- Catholic


Cl


Church


hngr


hanger


clerk


inspr


inspector


clnr


cleaner


clo clothing


collr collector


com] ... commercial


conin .. commission


comnr .. commissioner


compt .. comptometer


condr . .


. .


confr


confectioner


Cong . Congregational cons consulting


contr


contractor


cor


corner


ct


court


custdn . custodian


ctr


del delivery


dep . deputy


dieta dictaphone


. dletitian


dir . director


dispr dispatcher


dist


district


dlr .... . . .


. .


dealer


mfr . . manufacturer


manager


mimeo . . mimeograph


mkr maker drive drftsmn .. draftsman drsmkr .. dressmaker e or E East mlnr milliner


elec electrical


electn


electrician


electro .. electrotyper elev elevator


emp


employee


eng . engineer engr engraver


Epise


Episcopal


equip


equipment


east side


exam


. examiner


exch exchange


exec . executive


fety factory


Fed


Federal


İlgi


flagman


fnshr


finisher


formn


foreman


forwn forewoman frt freight


ftr


fitter


furngs


fu. nishings


gdnr


gardener


gds


goods


genl


general


govt


government


pk


grocer pkr packer


houscholder pkwy parkway


hairdrst . . hairdresser pl place


plmbr


plumber


plshr


polisher


plstr


plasterer


pntr painter


PO postoffice


chauf . . chauffeur hosp hsekpr . . housekeeper hospital PS chen: chemist or Public School pres president chemical Hts Heights che ellief Presby . . Presbyterian prfrdr ... . proofreader


impIts implements


checker


inc


incorporated


civil


ins


insurance


instr


instructor


int rev


internal revenue jan janitor Jr


junior


jwlr


jeweler


kpr keeper


lab laborer


laby laboratory lbr lumber


lieut . lieutenant r .. resides or rooms


R C. . Roman


Catholic


litho


lithographer


Indrs


lanndress


rd


. road


RD .. Rural Delivery


real est. .. real estate


rec receiving


rep representative


wkr


worker


dept


department


mde


merchandise


incehanic


mech


lino linotype


Indry


laundry limited


Luth Lutheran mach machinist


Charles


Chas


Daniel


Danl


Joseph


Jos


principal


. private


prntr


printer


prod


produce


prof


professor


proprietor


prsfdr


.. press feeder


prsmn pressman


prsr . . presser


ptrnmkr patternmaker pub


..


publishing


publr


. .


publisher


purch ... purchasing


pass passenger


pdlr


.


peddler


pharm


..


pharmacist


photog . . photographer


phys


physician


nr


ns.


north side


nw northwest


@ ... property owner


n or N North


Natl


National


ne


northeast


near


osteo osteopath


furn furniture pat . patent




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