A clients' name index to a ledger with entries January 1, 1875 through 1878, archived by the Southern Oregon Historical Society.
   
The entries are not in J. S. Howard's handwriting; newspaper accounts mention his teenage children Nettie and George clerking in the store. Entries January 1875 through May 1876 are headlined "Ashland," suggesting he operated a store in that town--a fact unremarked upon by the newspapers in that period. (Ashland didn't have a newspaper at the time.) His store after April 1, 1876 was on California Street in Jacksonville, Oregon.
   
See the notes on his merchandise at the bottom of the page. Compare with the ledger from his 1889-1891 Medford store, annotated here.


Acker, Morall & Co. 29, 35
Dr. Aikin 174
Cornelius Armstrong 126
George Armstrong 100
Mrs. Robert Armstrong 188
Ashland Woolen Mills 139
James Atwater 40, 42, 44, 45
A. Barneburg 146
Baldwin Beach 137
Beall Bros. 48
Thomas Beall 48
Vinton Beall 48
Beaver Creek Mining Co. 196
C. C. Beekman 47
Welborn Beeson 55
Joseph E. Beggs 99, 122, 168
J. H. Bell 11, 15, 16, 25, 26
M. Bellinger 165
R. Benedict 138
I. W. Berry 118
P. Berwin & Bro. 195
Mary Bilger 197
William Bilger 47
S. Booth 47
Sam Bowden 164
J. A. Boyer 169
F. A. Boyle & Co. 37, 38
Bremer & Bro. 78
Emily Brown 47
H. B. Bryant 7, 10, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 38
Bryant & Stratton 24
James Buchanan 11, 15, 25, 26
William Buck flyleaf
Peter Bushey 107
C. H. Calkins 102
Campbell & Strong 37, 38
D. Canty & Co. 136, 160
John J. Cape 25, 26
Dan C. Cardwell 132
James A. Cardwell 48
Mrs. James Cardwell 49
Maria Cardwell 130
J. L. Carter 81
John A. Carter 81
Joseph Cary 25, 26, 27
M. Caton 83
Mrs. Aaron Chambers 170
William Chambers 55
G. R. Chase & Co. 40, 44, 45
John Cimborski 55
William Clark 135
J. B. Coats 119
W. Cohen & Co. 172
J. D. Comstock 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 17, 19
Peter Cooper 1
N. Cope & Co. 30, 33
Corbett & MacCleary 79
Joseph Crain 125
W. E. Crocker 4
Dan Cronemiller 133
David W. Crosby 48, 104
Lance or Lame Culver 48
Dr. L. Danforth 101, 167, 190
Mrs. M. A. Danforth 190
Ida Danforth 75, 101
Dawson, Warren & Hyde 7, 9, 10, 17, 19
Bradley Dean 168, 200
Emil DeRoboam 149
Matt. Dillon 49
C. S. Dole & Co. 17, 20, 21
John Donegan 106
Patrick Donegan 74
Stephen A. Douglas 41, 45
Mrs. B. F. Dowell 193
Tim Dugan 181
Jim Dunn index
East River Bank 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 38
Ben Eaton 140
William Eaton 89
George Eliot 72
J. Eliot 135
Steamer Empire 29, 33, 35, 38
Falkenstein & Co. 84, 95
Mrs. N. Farmer 100
William Fehely 49, 108
E. R. Felton 21, 22, 23, 24
Fisher & Caro 121
Fleischner, Mayer & Co. 184
E. G. Folsom 1, 2, 3, 8, 9
Frank & Co. 128
Frankenthal & Co. 93
George W. Frey 112
John W. Gantz 10, 17, 18
Thomas Gianni 72
J. H. Goldsmith 39, 40, 45
L. Goldsmith & Co. 150
E. Golinsky & Co. 189
L. M. Gregory 170
B. B. Griffin 152
John Griffin 147
Pony Hampton 51
John Hanley 148
M. Hanley 131
Mrs. M. Hanley 119
Hanna, Reaser & Co. 29, 30, 34, 36, 37
Marian Harkness 88
Harris Bros., San Francisco 176
Charles Hart 113
Newt Haskins 100, 114
Hawkins 148
H. V. Helms 51
Ed Hendricks 107
Ward A. Hepburn 174
John D. Hinde 11, 15
R. W. Hoadley 36, 38
J. Hoff 100
J. H. Hoffman 52, 103, 178
Hog Pitt 110
Charles J. Howard 39, 40, 53, 192
George Howard 76, 100
James S. Howard 77
Stephen M. Hubbard 50, 75, 100, 133, 136, 201
J. H. Huffer 118, 177
Jesse Huggins 109
Hunt 52
Dan Hunt 164
James Hyzer 50, 167
Inlow Bros. 154
Ivison & Phinney 9, 10, 19
Dick Ish 125
Jacob Ish 127
A. T. Johnson 100
James Johnson 46
Hugh Johnson, tanner 92, 93
William Justus 149
Frank Kasshafer 54, 107
Thomas Kenney 151, 167
W. G. Kenney 54, 66
T. B. Kent 127
Kim (Chinaman) 165
H. Klippel index
Loomis Knight 109
Frank Krause 69, 127, 202
Kruse & Euler 96, 183
Eliza Langell 80, 129
Mary Langell 130
N. Langell 56, 129
A. Law 191
Chinaman Lenn [probably Gin Lin] 56
Literary Society 83
James Little 114
Logan, Wilson & Co. 32, 33
J. W. Lusk 42, 45
Lyons 55
G. Mace 58
Wesley Manning 58
A. Marks 151
S. Marks & Co. 134
L. S. P. Marsh 126
A. McCord 104
Issie McCully 81, 123, 137
J. C. McCully 74
T. T. McKenzie 49, 53
W. A. McPherson 116
Henry Mensor 158
George Merriman 132
Mrs. Merriman 140, 141
Michaels, Freedlander & Co. 102
Miller on Jackass Creek 175
D. C. Miller 88, 89
John Miller 57, 98, 115, 145, 162, 171, 186
Mr. Mills 187
Pliny Moore Co. 33
Charles Mosher 58, 69, 90
Col. Murray 138
James Neely 60
Nichols, Friedlander & Co. 102
Charles Nickell 59, 179
William Nickell 124, 153
F. M. Nickerson 60
Niles & Kinne 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
Matt Obenchain 89
George W. Oliver 68
Fred Overbeck 202
J. C. Overbeck 147
Pacific Jewelry Co. 169
S. S. Packard 8, 10, 17, 18
L. S. Paine 25, 27
Henry Pape Jr. 61, 111, 142, 156, 166
Henry Pape Sr. 61
W. H. Parker 64
Wiley Parker 63
P. D. Parsons 64
S. G. Payn 33, 34, 38
John Pearson 61, 91
Pellet & Fahrbach 116
John R. Penn 40, 41, 43, 45
H. F. Phillips 62, 87
Oscar Phillips 63, 87, 92
Walter Phillips 63
Pitt Hog 110
W. J. Plymale 50
Baronet Plymire 80
Porter, Oppenheimer & Slessinger 161
Presley 116
Ella Prim 197
Nubia Prim 197
Joseph Rapp 188
George Ratrie 80
J. H. Reed 65
E. B. Rockwell 4, 5, 6, 12
J. T. Roloson 110, 181
H. Rosenfeld & Co. 182
Aba Ross 100
Rothschild & Ehrenfort 94
Steve Routh 47
Rowland 154
Evi Sabring 177
Sachs Bros. 66, 77
L. & A. Sachs & Co. 105
Sol Sachs 67, 169
William K. Sadler 33, 36
Louis Saroni & Co. 185
L. L. Savage 120
Charles Schultz 82, 100
Schweitzer, Sachs & Co. 86
M. B. Scott 17, 20, 21
Sentinel office 69
Dan Shean 173
Dan Silva 163
Mrs. Skeeters 197
Slate Creek Ditch Co. 194, 201
Slate Creek Mining Co. 201
Ed Smith 72
Spencer on Butte Creek 68
R. C. Spencer 4, 5, 6, 12, 44, 45
Squaw Lake Ditch Co. 199
W. H. St. Clair 199
W. & J. Steinhart & Co. 159
Sterling Mining Co. 100
Charles Stetson 29, 31, 32
H. D. Stratton 1, 3, 7, 8, 23, 28, 30, 35, 38
Levi Strauss & Co. 97
Charles Thurman 83
Fred Tice 70
John Tice 70
Tobin, Davisson & Co. 183
Toy Long (Evans Creek Chinaman) 187
J. P. True 124
William M. Turner 71, 143
Chris Ulrich 111
Union Bank 7, 10, 17, 18, 22, 23
S. & D. Van Syckel 29, 37
Sam Vose 72
H. A. Waisman 82
J. Walker 44
Ham H. Walters 73
Ward A. Hepburn 174
Wasserman & Co. 158
J. Watkins 44
Weil & Woodleaf 175
John Weiss 73
Wetherby 144
Joseph Wetterer index
J. R. Wheeler & Co. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Whetstone 176
Robert Wilkinson 95, 117, 155
J. D. Williams 4, 5, 6, 12
William Williams 88
Mrs. William Williams 130
Mac Wilson index
D. L. Wing 42, 45
Chris Wise 73
Ham. Wolters 85
Wong Goon 199
Isaac Woods 73
S. W. Wright 87, 157, 180
J. B. Wrisley 198
Mrs. J. B. Wrisley 152, 198
Robert Wrisley 46
George H. Young 199


Notes:
    Howard stocked a narrow range of cooking staples and a wide range of clothing, sewing material, and notions.
    Items taken in trade: Hay, hams, pork shoulders, oats, peaches, seeds, horse, firewood, potatoes, apples, sausage, bedstead, butter, pork, flour, beans, lard, melons, dried apples, corn, beef, chickens
    Town and county "warrants" (government IOUs) accepted from: Dr. Danforth
    Labor and services taken in trade: Half-soling boots, advertising, shoeing horse, buggy (rental?), working off road tax, painting, rent, freight, cutting dress, sawing wood, unspecified "work," stage fare
   
Grocery and household items sold:
Alpaca Braid
Batting
Bead Lace
Bed Ticking
Belts
Blacking
Blacking Brush
Bluing
Bobbinet
Boots
Brooms
Butter
Buttons
Buttons, Pearl
Cakes
Calico
Cambric
Candles
Candy
Candy Toys
Cardboard
Cards
Chambray
Cheese
Chewing Gum
Cigar Holder
Cigarette Papers
Cigarettes
Cigars
Cinnamon
Citron
Clothespins
Cloves
Coal Oil
Coats
Coats, Rubber
Codfish
Coffee
Collars
Combs
Copy Books
Cornmeal
Cornstarch
Corset Steels
Corset Strings
Corsets
Cotton Flannel
Crackers
Crackers, Jenny Lind
Cravats
Cream of Tartar
Cuffs
Cups, Tin
Currants
Deck Cords
Drawers
Dress Goods
Dress Protector
Dress Trimming
Duck, Cotton
Eggs
Elastic
Embroidery
Envelopes
Faucets
Field Glasses
Figs
Firecrackers
Flags (Fourth of July)
Flour
Flowers
Frames, Cabinet Picture
Ginger
Gloves
Gloves, Kid
Gold Pin
Grenadine
Guitar Strings
Gum Wads
Gum, Strawberry
Gumdrops
Hairbrush
Hairpins
Halters
Handkerchiefs
Handkerchiefs, Lace
Handkerchiefs, Silk
Harmonicas
Hats
Hose, Pair
Ink
Jewelry
Jujube Lozenges
Jumper
Keg
Knives
Knives, Pocket
Lace
Lamp Burner
Lamp Chimney
Lamp Globe
Lamp Holder
Lemon Extract
Lemonade, Canned
Lily White [face powder]
Linen
Linen Coat
Linen, Table
Lining
Lye
Marbles
Match Safe
Matches
Memorandum Books
Mouthpiece [pipe?]
Mucilage
Muslin
Mustard
Napkins
Neckties
Needles
Note Paper
Nuts
Oil, Sweet
Oranges
Overalls
Overshirts
Oysters, Canned
Pants
Papeterie [stationery]
Parasols
Peanuts
Pen Holder
Pencils, Lead
Pepper, Ground
Pepper Sauce
Pickles
Pills
Pins
Pipe Stems
Pipes
Pipes, Silver-Mounted
Poker Checks [chips]
Potatoes
Prize Boxes
Raisins
Ribbon
Ribbon, Velvet
Rice
Rings
Ruching
Sacks
Safety Pins
Saleratus
Salt
Sardines
Seeds, Garden
Sheeting
Shirts
Shirts, Wool
Shoe String
Shoes
Silk Poplin
Skirt Protector
Slippers
Soap
Soap, Castile
Soap, Soft
Socks
Soda
Starch
Stockings
Sugar
Sugar, 133-lb. keg
Suit of Clothes
Surveying
Suspenders
Tarlatan
Tea
Thimbles
Thread
Tie, Lace
Tobacco, Cut
Tobacco, Fine Cut
Tobacco, Smoking
Turquoise
Twine
Umbrellas
Undershirts
Valentines
Veiling
Velvet
Vests, Ladies'
Violin String
Watch Chain
Watch Key
Wheat
Wicks
Writing Paper
Yarn, Worsted
Yeast Powder
Zephyr