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C. H. J. JONES

Mr. Jones is a former resident of Harrisburg, where for several years he conducted the restaurant business and was an active spirit in local affairs.  For the past twelve years he has resided in Erie, engaging in the hotel and catering business.  Mr. Jones has purchased a comfortable home and is devoting some time to the raising of chickens, by which he contemplates the establishment of a lucrative business.  He is enterprising and progressive.

Source: Transcription from the book, Pennsylvania Negro Business Directory, published in 1910; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 26 January 2026.






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