Chapter XX: Appendix: To Our Customers (2)
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A. T. CLEMENT.
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Chillicothe, Ills., Sept. 17, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We received last month from you the package of the Preservative, and last week I had my first case of embalming—an old man who died from dysentery, and the friends wanted the body kept until relatives arrived from Kansas. I had never used any Fluid or seen any embalming done, but had got posted from your Manual by reading it over. The doctors said that it would be of no use to try to keep the body without ice, as it would be “as black as your hat” in 24 hours, in such weather; but I told them it could be kept all right if I could have my way, and after a while the friends consented to it, but procured some ice so as to have it ready. I followed out your instructions exactly, using about a gallon of the Preservative, and at the time of the funeral the body looked as natural as life.
M. H. BAILEY & CO.
And again, Dec. 17, 1883:
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please find enclosed draft to balance account. When we have used the Preservative all up, we will want some more of it, as we would not want to be without it now.
M. H. BAILEY & CO.
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Wakeman, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have about half of the last shipment of the Preservative, but you can ship us another. We have never had it fail us and have given it some severe tests. We embalmed two bodies last summer in the hottest weather, that went into Nebraska and Colorado, and they were received in splendid shape, after being transported for days in hot cars.
PEASE & BRIGHT.
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Birmingham, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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S. E. BAUDER.
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Bloomsburg, Penn., Feb. 13, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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W. J. CORELL & CO.
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Republic, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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R. CHAMBERLIN.
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Staunton, Ills., July 9, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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H. HACKMAN.
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Clarksville, Tenn., Dec. 29, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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JNO. F. COUTS.
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Carlisle, Ky., Sept. 15, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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HOWARD & DINSMORE.
And again, Aug. 19, 1887:
CRANE & ALLEN:
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HOWARD, DINSMORE & ADAIR.
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Germantown, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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H. HILDABOLT.
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Beloit, Wis., March 1, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. E. HOUSTON.
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Jordan, N. Y., June 18, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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M. D. HOWARD.
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Santa Fe, N. M., Sept. 6, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. W. OLINGER.
And again, Aug. 18, 1884:
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. W. OLINGER.
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Burr Oak, Mich., Nov. 24, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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G. W. BULLOCK.
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Rochelle, Ills., April 16, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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D. A. BAXTER.
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Lebanon, Ky., May 21, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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ENGLAND, BARR & CO.
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Gardner, Ills., Oct. 7, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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H. ELDRED.
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Ada, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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DAVIS & HOVER.
And again, Nov. 22, 1885:
CRANE & ALLEN:
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DAVIS & HOVER.
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Mt. Vernon, Ind., April 9, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. F. SCHIELA & CO.
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Chenango Forks, N. Y., June 1, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. D. SEEBER.
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Michaelsville, Md., Oct. 20, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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G. OSBORN & SONS.
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Barry, Ills., Aug. 18, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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JAS. SMITH.
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Cassopolis, Mich., July 29, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I want to write you about our first case of embalming. It was the wife of a prominent citizen, and it was desired to keep the body until the arrival of friends from Virginia. She died of a heart difficulty, and at the time of her death was so black her own relatives would not have known her. We went to work with the Preservative and followed the instructions of your Manual, and the appearance of the body improved every day, and at the end of five days many people said it was the handsomest corpse that they had ever seen. We were a little anxious ourselves about the results, it being our first case, but we are receiving congratulations from everybody. We now see that there should be no difficulty in any person taking your Manual of Instructions and the Preservative and doing a good job of embalming just as well the first time as any.
C. C. NELSON.
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Pulaski, Tenn., Feb. 18, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. T. OAKES & CO.
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Sidney, O., June 1, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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SALM, MORTON & CO.
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Plymouth, Mass., July 25, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Enclosed find check for $102.00, the amount due you for Preservative. We are using it fast now, and like it very much.
E. C. RAYMOND & CO.
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Pontiac, Ills., July 22, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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GEO. W. RICE.
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Macon, Mo., June 17, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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GEO. P. REICHEL.
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Oconomowoc, Wis., March 4, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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H. F. LYKE.
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Nunda, N. Y., June 3, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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R. S. CREE.
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Casey, Ills., April 28, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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M. G. COCHONOUR.
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Delphos, Ohio, April 28, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Enclosed find check for last bill, and send another package of the Preservative. I used the last I had last Sunday on a very large body, over 300 lbs. weight—a very bad dropsical case. The body was considerably turned when I was called, as the death occurred the day before, but it kept nicely. The Preservative never went back on me in a single case.
J. S. COWAN.
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Zionsville, Ind., July 21, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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E. S. CROPPER.
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Office of the Morgue, }
St. Louis, Mo., June 7, 1883. }
CRANE & ALLEN:
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JOHN F. RYAN,
_Supt. of Morgue_.
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Chester, Penn., May 25, 1882.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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THOS. J. CRUMBIE.
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Oregon, Ills., Dec. 1, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please find draft enclosed, which credit me on account. Your Preservative is as good as I want.
A. SALISBURY.
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Dunkirk, O., July 31, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I preserved a body with your Preservative, and kept it from June 22d to July 12th in good condition.
J. STONEHILL.
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Albert Lea, Minn., April 16, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I am pleased with your Preservative, and will agree with you that it will not pay to save a few dollars and get a poor article.
P. CLAUSEN.
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Petersburg, Ills., Jan. 25, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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D. M. BONE & CO.
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Weyauwega, Wis., April 14, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have had good success with your Preservative. Last September I embalmed a large body and had to wait until relatives came from the west, so I kept the body a week and then received a dispatch that they could not get here as soon as expected, so the body was kept two days more and was in perfect condition at the time of the funeral.
WM. BAUER.
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Creston, Iowa, Dec. 13, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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BURKET BROS.
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Massillon, O., Nov. 7, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have been buying some other kinds and have been using them, but will not buy any more of them, as I have found none as reliable as your Preservative.
J. H. OGDEN.
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Blair, Neb., Aug. 15, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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E. C. PIERCE.
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Bushnell, Ills., Dec. 11, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
You need not be afraid that we shall not buy of you, for we have used your Preservative a great many years and have never had a failure with it yet. We would be glad to recommend it to any Undertaker, if you want to refer anyone to us.
OBLANDER BROS.
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Fox Lake, Wis., Aug. 21, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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JNO. PHLIPSON.
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Waynesburg, Ohio, April 12, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I am well pleased with the Preservative, and have built up quite a reputation as an Embalmer with it, as I never have had a failure when using it, and I have been using it now a good many years. I want nothing better.
B. WINGERTER.
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Storm Lake, Iowa, Sept. 6, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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GEORGE WITTER.
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Windsor Locks, Conn., Oct. 11, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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C. W. WATROUS.
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Rushville, Ind., March 6, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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WM. L. WILSON.
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Boston, Mass., Aug. 10, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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B. E. MURRAY.
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Edgerton, O., July 10, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have had always good results from the use of the Preservative, one particularly, lately, of a lady who died with cancer in the face, but I made it presentable and without any odor by the use of the Preservative.
J. H. MILLER.
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Vinton, Iowa, May 17, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. F. YOUNG.
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Wilmington, Del., June 30, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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MITCHELL & BECK.
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Watertown, N. Y., May 12, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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DANIEL FRINK.
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Mishawaka, June 5, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I send the empties back to-day; please fill and return one of them with the Preservative. I also send a jug that has some of another kind. I have no use for it and don’t wish any more of it if it is cheaper. Therefore you can make use of it if you can. I am satisfied now that yours is the best.
JOHN FEITEN.
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Marlborough, Mass., Jan. 28, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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H. W. FAY.
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Athens, Penn., Aug. 19, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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E. N. FROST & SON.
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Fremont, Neb., July 7, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We shall order more of your Preservative as soon as we have used up what we have of it, as it gives perfect satisfaction.
VAUGHAN & HINMAN.
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Waynesville, O., May 4, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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GEO. M. ZELL & SON.
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Oxford, Mich., Dec. 26, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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WHITCOMB BROS.
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Beaver Dam, Wis., Jan. 26, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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C. B. BEEBE.
And again, Aug. 25, 1883:
CRANE & ALLEN:
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C. B. BEEBE.
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Philadelphia, March 6, 1883.
[TELEGRAM.]
CRANE & ALLEN:
Send at once fourteen gallons Preservative.
R. R. BRINGHURST & CO.
Also letter, June 20, 1885:
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please find herewith check for $168.75, amount in full to date. Please send another shipment of the Preservative.
R. R. BRINGHURST & CO.
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Greensburg, Penn., May 29, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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Resp’y,
G. B. CONN.
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Maysville, Ky., March 28, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Send quick a carboy of the Preservative, same as last. It is the best of all we have experimented with, which has been quite a number of kinds.
MYALL & RILEY.
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Altoona, Pa., May 15, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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NOEL & ARTHUR.
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Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 19, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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H. W. HARDY.
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Perry, Iowa, Jan. 11, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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L. D. GAMBLE.
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Harrodsburg, Ky., March 3, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. H. STAGG.
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Lancaster, O., June 25, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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C. STROPEL.
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Hudson, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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A. WAGONER.
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Hagerstown, Md., July 30, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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Galena, Ills., July 31, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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SCHERER, ARMBRUSTER & CO.
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Murfreesboro, Tenn., Oct. 2, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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THOS. H. WOOD.
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Fairfield, Ills., Jan. 29, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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WICKLIN & McMACKIN.
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Wadsworth, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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Higginsville, Mo., June 25, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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THORNTON & HARGRAVE.
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Spirit Lake, Iowa, March 3, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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D. R. BARMORE.
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Clinton, Mich., Feb. 10, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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BAINBRIDGE & HAUSE.
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Waterloo, Ind., Dec. 26, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. S. BOWERS.
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Chariton, Iowa, Oct. 27, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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BRADRICK & SON.
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Lowell, Aug. 17, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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TAYLOR & KOPF.
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Hanover, Penn., Dec. 53, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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CRANE & ALLEN:
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CRANE & ALLEN:
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A. GEHRES.
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North Vernon, Ind., July 16, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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H. C. VAUGHT.
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Sandwich, Ills., July 10, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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C. P. WALTER.
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Gridley, Ill., March 5, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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J. GILMORE.
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Waverly, Iowa, March 14, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We are never without a package of your Preservative, which we consider really the only reliable Fluid in the market.
WOODRING BROS.
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Fairfield, Iowa, March 15, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We think your Preservative the best of anything of the kind we have ever used, and it gives the best of satisfaction.
GIBSON & BECK.
And again, on April 15, 1884:
CRANE & ALLEN:
As far as your Preservative is concerned, we have used it six or eight years and have found no equal to it, and shall continue to use it.
GIBSON & BECK.
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Grand Rapids, Wis., Sept. 20, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I was at the Wisconsin State Convention of Undertakers, and I find that your Preservative is used by a majority of the Undertakers of the State. I find it myself to be the best of all.
M. C. WARREN, SON & CO.
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Lebanon, Penn., Aug. 31, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I must say that your Preservative has done the work it was represented to do and makes the subjects look as natural as life, and I would vouch for Crane & Allen’s Fluid above any other in market.
D. A. FRANTZ.
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Peotone, Ills., July 26, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I want to tell you what I have done with your Preservative. I kept a body this week four days, extremely hot—100 deg. in the shade most of the time—and when I closed the casket, the body, which was a case of blood poisoning, looked better than when she died. Another case, of a very fleshy man: I was called some time after death and found body bloated and smelling very bad, also turning dark. I treated it with your Preservative, and at the funeral he looked as white as in life—no smell, and bloating all gone down. I am better pleased with the Preservative than I ever expected to be.
HENRY FEDDE & SON.
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Arcade, N. Y., July 14, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We would cheerfully recommend your Preservative to Undertakers. By “we” I mean Mr. Ladd and myself, as he has been the one to use it, and with perfect success.
W. W. DAVIS.
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Washington, Jan. 12, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We will order again soon. We have been testing your Preservative by the side of other Fluids; that is, using yours first on a case, and another Fluid on the next, and so on alternately, and we find that your Preservative is all right. We would rather have it than any Fluid that we know of.
ZANEIS & MILLER.
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Ottawa, Sept. 22, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I had a large quantity of Fluid on hand when your Preservative was received, but I have been using yours lately and am very well pleased with it and shall order more when out.
S. ZIMMERMAN.
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Jamestown, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have been trying some other kinds of Fluids, but do not find any that give as good satisfaction as yours, and we shall confine ourselves to its use after this.
THEO. VANDUSEN & BRO.
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Grand Ledge, Mich., March 9, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We like your Preservative first-rate and shall use it altogether when we need anything of the kind.
WEST BROS.
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Monticello, Jan. 20, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
When in need of any Fluid I will gladly send you an order, as I believe that your Preservative is just the thing. I have been using it now for a number of years, and cannot find anything as good.
M. BEIDERWOLF.
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Newton, Kansas, April 3, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We bought out Messrs. Schoonover & Sage some time ago, and have been using your Preservative got of them and we are satisfied it is the best we ever saw or used. It works charmingly, and has not failed to give satisfaction in any case. No trouble to keep a body any length of time. Please send us a carboy of it at once.
KAUFMAN & HOEFS.
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Camden, N. J., Feb. 28, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please forward to me immediately another carboy of the Preservative just like that you sent me before, as I am very well pleased with it.
F. S. SIMMONS.
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Belvidere, Ills., Oct. 21, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have had excellent success with your Preservative, and think it the best there is and am much pleased with it.
L. C. WILLARD.
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Beardstown, Ills., April 24, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have tested four different kinds of Fluids within the last year, and I find upon comparing them all together that your Preservative is the most reliable. You may send me a package of it.
W. F. MOHLMAN.
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Broadhead, Wis., May 29, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We are perfectly satisfied with your Preservative. We have tried several kinds and find yours is unsurpassed in doing the work complete, and it justifies the merits attributed to it.
PAYNE & PAYNE.
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Scranton, Pa., May 23, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
In regard to the Preservative, I would say that it is a good Embalming Fluid, and I have had good success with it and can recommend it to be first-class.
A. R. RAUB.
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Plymouth, O., May 19, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative is a good one and I will use no other as I have never found anything to equal it.
JOHN BEELMAN.
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Fall River, Mass., June 14, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I received the two set of instruments and like them very much, everything about them being in all respects handy and compact and in every way first-class. I have had very satisfactory and flattering results with your Preservative, and have found it to be all you claim for it.
E. S. RAYMOND.
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Frederick, Md., July 14, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have been using the Preservative, and it has proved successful in every case.
A. T. RICE & SONS.
And again, Sept. 26, 1886:
CRANE & ALLEN:
We are well pleased with your Preservative, and will continue to use it.
A. T. RICE & SONS.
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Bloomington, Ill., Dec. 10, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative gives us satisfaction and for preparing bodies for long shipment it is the best of any fluid in the market. We commenced using it in 1877, and occasionally since then we have tried a number of other fluids, but our experience is that we can find nothing to equal the Excelsior Preservative for any embalming purposes, and mean to use it exclusively hereafter.
J. L. WOLCOTT.
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Kalkaska, Mich., Oct. 7, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have used the Preservative with Excellent success and we shall be pleased to give you an order for more as soon as our stock of it runs out, as it is entirely satisfactory.
CLARK BRO’S.
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Bainbridge, Ind., June 12, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have been using your Preservative for some time and find it gives perfect satisfaction in every respect and shall want more of it soon.
J. S. BLACK.
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Great Falls, N. H., July 18, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We enclose check for amount to balance. We have been using the Preservative and are very much pleased with it.
A. D. FAUNCE & SON.
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Bay City, Mich., Oct. 1, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I will say this, having tried a number of fluids, I find your Preservative the best of any in the market. This is only my opinion, but I believe it all the same.
H. F. SHANNON.
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Philadelphia, May 1, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please send us a large carboy of your Preservative at once.
E. S. EARLY & SON.
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New York City, April 14, 1884.
[TELEGRAM.]
CRANE & ALLEN:
Send me a pkge. of the Preservative.
CHAS. A. BENEDICT,
60 Carmine St.
And again, Jan. 10, 1885:
CRANE & ALLEN:
Send at once two pkges. Preservative.
CHAS. A. BENEDICT.
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La Porte, Ind., Aug. 3d., 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have had good success with your Preservative as you will see by the enclosed newspaper clipping:
“The bodies of Mrs. Rose Stern and Frank Malloy when brought to the city were given in charge of Mr. Weir, undertaker, and by him prepared for burial. That of Frank Malloy was taken to South Bend, and there kept until Sunday afternoon. Although held so long and moved so many times, so perfect was the preservation and so natural the expression that it was remarked: ‘He is not dead, but sleeping.’ Every one who beheld Mrs. Stern’s countenance will bear testimony to its perfectly life-like appearance, and that she lay as if asleep in her casket on the morning of the funeral. Taking into consideration the extremely hot weather; the manner of death and the length of time before burial, the perfect state of preservation the bodies were in was remarkable and a credit to Mr. Weir, who has both skill and good taste as an undertaker.”
We shall continue to use your Preservative, having had such remarkable success with it.
WEIR BRO’S.
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Erie, Penn., March 7, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative proved entirely satisfactory, but while using it I was persuaded to try another kind of which I have a large supply on hand. When used I will if I buy any, get yours as I think it far superior to any I have yet used, and I have tried nearly all.
W. J. QUINN.
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Polo, Ill., Aug. 14, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have just opened a branch undertaking establishment at Milledgeville, Ill., and I shall need another outfit of instruments and a pkge. of the Preservative. Although it costs more than some other Fluids, I consider it as cheap as the cheapest, and I know just what it will do.
M. SNYDER.
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Peoria, Ill., Nov. 18, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative is a good one, but I got onto another kind, I think after using both I would prefer yours for several reasons and am not going to use the other any more.
GEO. F. TOBIAS.
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Hoyleton, Ill., March 30, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I had a bad case a few days ago in which I used your Preservative to my full satisfaction and hereafter I shall always use it. Send me the price of your Embalming Instruments.
WILLIAM ROLF.
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Memphis, Tenn., July 6, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have found your Preservative to be all you claimed for it as it has given perfect satisfaction wherever I have used it. Send another supply, same as I got before.
P. M. STANLEY.
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West Newton, Pa., July 6, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Ship another carboy of the Preservative. I would have given the order before, but had some other fluid I wanted to dispose of first. I like the preservative best of any I have yet used.
S. M. SCHROYER.
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Ellicottville, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Enclosed find money order, which please credit me on account, I have used your Preservative as long ago as in 1878 and it gives the best satisfaction of anything I ever used.
Q. E. RUST.
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Spencerport, N. Y., June 22, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have been using some other fluid lately, but it does not restore the color as nice as your Preservative and I shall hereafter use yours.
D. L. WALKER.
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Van Wert, O., May 26, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I expect to use your Preservative right along as it gives the best satisfaction. I never had it fail me yet.
W. L. RANK.
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Delphi, Ind., July 6, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please send us by express a carboy of the Preservative, same as last. It gave us very good satisfaction, and we do not want to change for anything else if we can help it.
BRAGUNIER & COX.
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Brookfield, Mo., Sept. 19, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Enclosed is draft for last bill, and we will send to you for more of the Preservative before we are out, as we consider it the best.
L. S. BOWDEN & SON.
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Cobleskill, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative has given me perfect satisfaction in every instance, and I consider it to be No. 1.
JOSIAH BORST.
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Salina, Kansas, Oct. 29, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Insomuch as your Preservative has always filled the bill, we shall continue using it in preference to any other.
KILIAN & WILLIAMS FURN. CO.
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Nelsonville, Ohio, Aug. 25, 1882.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I can say that your Preservative is the best Embalming Fluid I have ever tried and will do all that you claim for it, and I will order some more soon.
W. C. SIDMAN.
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Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 24, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have used your Preservative with very satisfactory results. It does all you claim for it, and we would take pleasure in recommending it to any Undertaker.
B. H. SOPER & CO.
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Michigan City, Ind., June 28, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We are in receipt of the Preservative, and I will say as the Undertaker of Michigan City that there is no use for any other Fluid for me. I have one case that I have kept several days now, through this hot, rainy weather, full of thunder showers, that is just like wax. Although a comparatively young man—of only 43 summers—I have been an Undertaker for 20 years, and say without fear or favor to any one that the Excelsior Preservative is the “stuff that knocks.”
W. H. SMITH,
Of ROBINSON & SMITH.
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Menasha, Wis., June 24, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
When in want of any more Fluid you will surely hear from me. I have not used any except your Preservative for the last five years, and as long as it proves as good as it has in the past, I will not chance any other kind. I have tried it in all kinds of cases and find it all O. K.
T. D. PHILLIPS.
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Earlville, Ills., Aug. 30, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We are well pleased with your Preservative.
BARNARD & RADLEY.
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Fowler, Ind., June 3, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
The Preservative has given good satisfaction, and when I am in need of more will order of you.
T. A. BALDWIN.
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Pinckney, Mich., Nov. 30, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please find enclosed draft to cancel bill of instruments. The outfit is far superior to what I expected, and I am well pleased with it.
L. H. BEEBE.
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Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
When we get out of the Preservative we certainly will order, as it has given us perfect satisfaction.
BERK, FRY & CO.
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Utica, Pa., March 3, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We like your Preservative very well, and will order more when what we have of it is used.
BAKER & YARD.
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Canton, Mo., Feb. 6, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative is the best article for embalming purposes that I have ever seen or heard of, and you may rest assured that when I get out of it will send you an order for more, as I don’t want to be without it.
WILLIAM QUEER.
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Highland Park, Ills., Aug. 20, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Excelsior Preservative is all that can be desired, and works A No. 1 in every case. I never had a failure or anything like poor success with it in all the years I have used it. It is the boss.
EDWARD MEYNERS.
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Norwich, Conn., Jan. 14, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
The Preservative works very well indeed, so that when we are out we shall want more of you.
HENRY ALLEN & SON.
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Frankfort, Ind., June 15, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Find enclosed draft for $60.00, invoice of April 16th. We appreciate the good qualities of your Preservative, and it has in every instance given us entire satisfaction.
CHARLES L. WIRT.
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Traverse City, Mich., March 29, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative has always given the best of satisfaction, and I would use no other.
SAM’L ANDERSON.
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Cascade, Iowa, Oct. 23, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have given your Preservative a thorough trial, and find it all that you claim it to be.
BEATTY & BROWN.
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Mondovi, Wis., Aug. 12, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have used the Preservative with entire satisfaction, and I consider that it has been of great value to me.
J. E. CHENEY.
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Larwill, Ind., Jan. 1, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have used your Preservative with the very best of success in every case and with the best of satisfaction to my customers, and I would recommend it to anyone in the profession if they want something they can rely upon.
W. S. SMITH.
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Little Falls, N. Y., April 23, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I will say that in our opinion there is no better Embalming Fluid in the market than the Excelsior Preservative. Were it not for the fact that we manufacture and sell our own Fluid, we should most assuredly place our order with you.
H. A. TOZER & CO.
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Oak Harbor, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
As soon as I use up all of the Preservative I have now, I shall certainly order more, because I cannot get along without it; I _must_ have it.
HENRY THEIN.
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Princeton, Ky., April 18, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I like the Preservative very much, and have recommended it to other parties. I think Currey & Dabney, of Dyersburg, Tenn., sent for some by my recommendation.
A. C. THOMPSON.
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Susquehanna, Pa., Feb. 15, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Please send another package of the Preservative at once. I kept the body of a man who was killed while in perfect health, while the weather was very warm and foggy. I consider your Preservative an A No. 1 article.
O. T. SMITH.
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Gallatin, Tenn., July 2, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have been using your Preservative and are pleased with it, and shall place another order with you.
W. C. BLUE & SON.
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Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, April 6, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Will return carboy to have it refilled with the Preservative, as it is all that is desired and gives perfect satisfaction.
H. T. BIRD.
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Anna, O., June 11, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have given your Preservative a good trial lately. I had a case of a man who died in good health, and I kept the body four days and four nights, while the weather was very warm and soft, and the body was kept in good condition by bathing with your Preservative and using saturated cloths, without injecting the cavities. It was certainly a surprise to me, and I am satisfied I could keep a body with the Preservative any length of time by full embalming with it.
J. L. APPLEGATE.
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Grand Rapids, Ohio, May 6, 1886.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I am well pleased with the results from using your Preservative, and I have found nothing that answers the purpose as well.
J. HACKENBURGER.
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Emlenton, Pa., Feb. 10, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We are very well satisfied with your Preservative, and know of no reason why we should try any other Fluid, as there could not be anything better.
GIERING & MARTIN.
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Waukesha, Wis., Jan. 31, 1887.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I am very well satisfied with the Preservative, and shall continue to use it.
CHAS. GASPAR.
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Kenton, O., Sept. 24, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Send me a carboy of your Preservative. I have a number of gallons of other Fluid, but I prefer yours.
W. F. DAMON.
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Waterville, N. Y., May 5, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I am acquainted with D. C. Whitten & Co., of Utica, N. Y., and they recommend your Excelsior Preservative for preserving bodies, very highly. I have used a number of kinds, and of course I want the best.
JNO. SMITH.
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Bristol, R. I., June 26, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have met with complete success by using your Preservative the past season, and I like it very much; it proved a success in every case.
GEO. W. SIMMONS.
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Sycamore, Ohio, June 2, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
We have used your Preservative for seven years now, and have had good success. It is the best that we ever tried.
J. STAUM & SON.
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Corry, Pa., Sept. 2, 1885.
CRANE & ALLEN:
I have used your Preservative for years, and always with the very best results; and I have recommended my friend, Wm. Peacock, of Gowanda, N. Y., to use it, and he will send you an order.
E. L. KING.
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Red Key, Ind., June 25, 1883.
CRANE & ALLEN:
Your Preservative has given us good satisfaction, and we think it splendid.
J. CROWELL & SON.
And again, from Summitville, Ind., Jan., 1888:
CRANE & ALLEN:
Have removed here from Red Key and are in the Undertaking business. We used your Preservative formerly and liked it very much. What are your terms now? We want some of it.
J. CROWELL & CO.
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New York City, May 3, 1884.
CRANE & ALLEN:
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