{"product_id":"lodi-california-spot-kash-dry-goods-company-1898-billhead-8-x-5-5","title":"Lodi California Spot Kash Dry Goods Company 1898 Billhead 8 x 5.5","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"474\"\u003eThis 1898 billhead documents a transaction from the Spot Kash Dry Goods Company in Lodi, California, reflecting commercial retail activity during the late nineteenth-century growth of San Joaquin Valley communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"971\"\u003eDry goods stores operated as central retail institutions in developing Western towns, supplying clothing textiles, household fabrics, linens, and general merchandise to both local residents and agricultural populations. Lodi expanded rapidly during the period through farming, rail access, and regional commerce, with surviving merchant paperwork offering valuable insight into the business infrastructure supporting everyday life in Northern California before the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1486\"\u003eThe document features the distinctive Spot Kash company logo at upper left alongside handwritten accounting entries dated January 7, 1898. Light commercial stationery styling and sparse layout emphasize the utilitarian character of small-town business records from the era, while the handwritten ink entries preserve period merchant bookkeeping practices associated with California retail trade. The 8 x 5.5 format displays well for collectors of Western business ephemera and early California commercial history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1488\" data-end=\"1777\"\u003eThe item shown in the listing is the exact item the collector will receive. We have tens of thousands of items to choose from. Shipping will always be combined (or refunded) to save you as much money as possible. Please contact us with any questions, or visit our store page for specifics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everything Ephemera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52977287135416,"sku":"20250803","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/8740\/6008\/files\/57_b5df5d6c-3b7a-468a-9231-c138f894e9a8.jpg?v=1772955192","url":"https:\/\/everythingephemera.com\/products\/lodi-california-spot-kash-dry-goods-company-1898-billhead-8-x-5-5","provider":"Everything Ephemera","version":"1.0","type":"link"}