"Hotel Langford. Lighted by electricity. Heated by steam. Everything new. Sample room for traveling men. Near the passenger station. Baths--hot and cold. Rates, $2.00 per day. Susquehanna, Penn. F. F. Langford, propr."
Additional information provided by David Jasmund: "Looks like good old MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan borders and type.
The border is specifically from the Zigzag Combination Border Series 89 on p. 435 of the 1892 catalog [Specimens of Printing Types]. It states this design was patented June 29, 1880."
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Hotel keeper Owen Heisler Dash (1824-1900) used this business card in the 1870s or 1880s.
Central Avenue Hotel,
No. 831 Market Street, Philadelphia. O. H. Dash, proprietor.
Terms, two dollars per day.
Also, proprietor of Surf House, Atlantic City, N.J.
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"McCall's Ferry Hotel, C. F. Quade, proprietor. Opposite Columbia & Port Deposit Station. P.O. address: Bon View, Lancaster Co., Pa. The popular summer resort along the Susquehanna. Good fishing at all times. First-class accommodations."
A photo of the McCall's Ferry Hotel and links to other historical photos from the surrounding Martic Township area are available on the Conestoga Area Historical Society's Web site (thanks to Rita for locating the hotel photo).
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"Railroad Hotel, corner River and Front Sts., opposite steam boat landing and R.R. depots, Cleveland, Ohio. Geo. Thompson, proprietor. Meals, twenty-five cents. Passengers and baggage conveyed to and from the house, free."
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"Northwestern Hotel, Sioux City, Iowa. John Ross, proprieter."
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