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[label reads] From Hazzard's Bookstore, Monongahela City, Pa. Dealers in Wall Paper and Blank Books.

Notes and Illustrations

While the Hazzard family was the publisher of the city's largest newspaper they also were the proprietors of several related businesses, including a bookstore. Here's an ad from the October 1, 1874 edition of the Monongahela Valley Republican:

Below is a "ghost sign" still appearing on the building once owned by the Hazzard family. Located on Main Street Monongahela, it is a silent reminder of Hazzard family and their businesses.