Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 5

Lovell's Montreal directory for 1879-80 [microform] : containing an alphabetical directory of the citizens, a street directory, an advertisers classified business directory and a miscellaneous directory, to which is added directories of Coteau St. Louis … and village of St. Gabriel, 1879

40 lines. Read by computer on 24 September 2026. Printed page 3. See the scan on archive.org.

A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.

1THE STANDARD
2Life Assurance Company,
3CANADA HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL,
4151 ST. JAMES STREET.
6The STANDARD is one of the oldest and most extensive institutions existing in Great Britain for the Assurance of Lives.
82,247 New Proposals for Life Assurance were received during the year for nearly….. $7,000,000
9Total sum assured at 15th November, 1878, over……………………………………… 92,000,000
10Accumulated Funds invested in Mortgages, in England, United States and Canada
11 Government Securities, Lands, &c., upwards of……………………………………… 26,300,000
12Claims paid in Canada, over……………………………………………………….. 1,200,000
13Deposit in Ottawa for benefit of Canadian Policy Holders…………………………… 165,000
14Other Canadian Investments, over……………………………………………………. 1,000,000
16Prospectuses, Annual Reports, Tables of Rates, &c., can be obtained on application at the Head Office, Montreal, or any of the Agencies throughout Canada, where every information on the subject of Life Assurance will be given.
18W. M. RAMSAY, MANAGER,
19MONTREAL.
21RELIANCE
22Mutual Life Assurance Society.
23ESTABLISHED 1840.
24HEAD OFFICE FOR CANADA,
25196 St. James Street, Montreal, P.Q.
27The Directors have decided to invest all the Assets of this Branch in Canadian Securities, thus enabling them to offer lower rates and superior advantages.
28All Policies issued direct from this Office.
29The sum of $100,000 has been invested in Dominion Stock, and placed in the hands of the Receiver-General for the security of the Policy-holders.
30AGENTS WANTED.
31FREDERICK STANCLIFFE, Resident Secretary.
33T. J. DAWSON,
34Fancy Dry Goods & Parisian Millinery.
35The latest Novelties in the above Lines Constantly Received.
36PRICES VERY LOW.
37879 NOTRE DAME Street,
38AND
39210 ST. JAMES STREET, (up-stairs.)

The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.