Neel’s Hardware Store (1872)
Notice
The undersigned has been appointed by the County Court of Bradley county, Standard Keeper and Sealer of Weights and Measures, and this is to notify all persons who have weights or measures, without seals upon them, to come forward and get them sealed, for if they buy or sell them without it, they will be subject to indictment. Office at NEEL’s Hardware Store.
Calvin DOUGLAS
[originally published June 14, 1872–4w] (page 3, col 3)
Source: Cleveland Banner (Cleveland, TN); 14 June 1872. Available online at Google News Archive.