Butcher, active 1897.
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William Harris, butcher
{Crammed in above the hog:} Rebuilt by Wm Harris 1897 {In a monogram lower d...
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{Crammed in above the hog:} Rebuilt by Wm Harris 1897 {In a monogram lower d...
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