Local Businesses Advertised On One Block
A 1900s page shows multiple shop listings including Kern's blacksmiths at Jackson and Grammont, First class Auto trimming on Ouachita faddie and Harness Co., 208 South Grand, a Meat Market at South Seventh and Grammont with Sunday delivery cutoff, P and Gina and Monroe Seed Co promotions, plus Bible gifts at The Racket Store and Red Letter Testaments from Smith Bros. LTD.
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Ouachita Faddie and Harness Co
South Grand Street
Nmas
Smith Bros., Ltd
Hemstitten Hemstitching and Pecot Work
Hemstitten hemstitching and pecot work neatly done by Singer Sewing Machine Co. Phone 172.
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Singer Sewing Machine Co
Lmo
Red Cloud Chees at Walker Bros. Gro. Co. 40 Cents
Red Cloud cheese described as the best New York cheese offered by Walker Bros. Gro. Co. at 40 cents per pound. Includes a note on fees.
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New York
Walker Bros. Gro. Co
Ouachita National Bank Stockholders Meeting Notice
Notice that the annual stockholders meeting of the Ouachita National Bank will be held in the bank office on Tuesday January fourteenth 1919 to elect directors for the ensuing year and consider other business. P C Willis cashier. Also various ads for local stores and seasonal goods follow.
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Ouachita National Bank
P. C. Willis
Peace Pay Envelopes Return Brings Hope to Families
Social workers report hope grows as soldiers and sailors return for Christmas and peace pay envelopes arrive. Wives mothers and children in Gotham cheer the sign of improving living conditions after wartime hardship and renewed prospects for the new year.
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France
Gotham
Christmas Welcome After War Ends In Town
In a town long scarred by war a grand Christmas spectacle unfolds as children gaze at reindeer displays and shop windows. The sentiment marks a hopeful return from wartime strains and the memory of a world war ending lingers with the holiday excitement.
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Santa Claus
Christmas feast plan floods the city with food and invites
Tons of turkeys and plum puddings flood town as festive fixers distribute supplies across streets. Thousands of out-of-town servicemen arrive to select meals at family tables or regiment halls, aiming to ensure no one goes hungry this Christmas in the metropolis.
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Christmas Board
First Class Man Appointed at Griffin Studio
At Last we secure Mr. W. B. Conat a man with years in top studios of the North and West. We can book only two more orders for Xmas delivery. Phone Six for appointment. 12 Griffin Studio.
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W. B. Conat
North
West
Griffin Studio Hours and Appointment Phone
Notice announcing new operating hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with weekday settings from 9 to 12 and 1 to 4. It invites phone appointments and provides telephone number 6 for Griffin Studio.
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Griffin Studio
Aerial Mail Schedule Starts Between New York and Chicago
The Post Office opens regular aerial mail service linking New York and Chicago. Mail from Chicago reaches Cincinnati where a pilot transfers to a new plane to continue to New York. A scout plane will follow a larger Handley Page to collect mail at smaller cities. Planes have wireless telegraph and heated suits for aviators.
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Washington
DD. C
Post Office Department
United States
New York
Chicago
Cincinnatii
Handley Page
Gifts to the Public: Pantheon and Carnegie Halls
The Pantheon in Rome was built by Agrippa at his own expense, likened to Carnegie Hall in New York. Both monuments reflect civic zeal by ultrawealthy citizens giving public access to private fortunes across centuries.
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Rome
Pantheon
Agrippa
Augustus
Carnegie
New York
C. Forbes
Boston
Hoover faith in average American businessman cited
The excerpt expresses a belief that drastic force is unnecessary for economic distribution and sane use of supplies. It emphasizes faith in the intelligence of the average American businessman whose aid is anticipated to remedy wartime evils.
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Herbert Hoover
New York News Letter Promises Lively Christmas Comeback
New Yorkers plan a festive Christmas as thousands of returning World War I fighters come home. Households color their homes with holly and evergreens to celebrate reunions and mark a hopeful end to wartime restraint.
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New York
New
Christmas Trees Signal End of Waiting for Peace
Darkened windows and bright branches of Christmas trees signal the ushering in of a promised return to peace on earth, marking a pause in long waiting and hard labor.
Settees Guarded by Sand Bags Use German Helmets for War Loan
Two settees at the entrance of the raileries gardens have been shielded with sand bags since last winter. They now bear thousands of captured German helmets to promote the French war loan.
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Raileries
Christmas Rush Swamps New York Stores With Holiday Trade
Streets filled with shoppers in the city’s shopping districts as crowds surge for gifts. Merchants report a revived holiday season, with bright window displays and lighting firms rushing to provide power for the renewed demand.
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Greater New York
Winnipeg’s Great Growth and Riel’s Reign
The notice recalls Louis Riel’s ten months of anarchy at Red River and Fort Garry forty nine years ago his first bid for power ending in flight while his rival’s second ended on the scaffold. It notes Winnipeg’s early absence of a city and the subsequent energy of Canadians who moved west and built a rich country.
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Louis Tiel
Red River
Fort Garry
Mnitoba
Riel
Winnipeg
Tucked in the Toes of the Stockings of Every Fighter
A fragment hints at a wartime detail about soldiers returning from combat. The text suggests a tradition or ritual involving stockings and toes as a sign of their homecoming, but no clear names, places, dates, or events are provided to specify who, where, or when.
Turd Rackleduffer’s Daughter Marries in Town Gossip
Captain Johnson reports from Tomlinville on a shopping trip and recounts Turd Rackleduffer’s oldest daughter’s marriage. The editor of the Torch of Liberty queries the groom’s identity while noting a humorous wartime-style scene of Jurd seen above a fence.
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Torch of Liberty
Jurd
Jord
Kansas City Star
Rush is Our Middle Name Delivering on Time
An advertisement proclaims Rush as the company’s middle name, promising prompt delivery of quality meats and urging readers to trust their service to get goods there on time. The colorful copy emphasizes reliability and reputation.
Casualties Reported by Army Across Regions
Washington December 14 The commanding general of the American Expeditionary Forces lists casualties by category. Died of wounds Died of accident and other causes Died of airplane accident Died of disease Wounded (degree undetermined) Wounded slightly Killed in action Wounded severely Missing in action. Ivy Courtney Walker La. William R. Garrett Shreveport La. George Dodson Jr Cheneyville La. David F. Smart Eros La. Luddy Der bonne Derry La. Widless J. Adams Gibson La. James L. Koepp Madisonville La. Mayce Sullivan Alexandria La. Verner L. Sawyer Jones La. Sidney J. Miguel Rayne La. Berlin Efferson Holden La. Willie Webb New Orleans La. John Phillips Richard Smith New Orleans La.
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Ivy Courtney
Walker
William R. Garrett
Shreveport
George Dodson, Jr
Cheneyville
David F. Smart
Eros
Nea Luddy Derbonne
Derry
Widless J. Adams
Gibson
James L. Koepp
Madisonville
Mayce Sullivan
Alexandria
Verner L. Sawyer
Jones
Washington
Pes
Hos
Commanding General of AEF Died of Wounds in Action
In Washington on December 15 the follow commanding general of the American Expeditionary Forces is listed among casualties. The report notes deaths from wounds and an entry for an air accident among the war dead. The figures include wounded and missing in action with various tallies.
War Casualties and Wounds List From Louisiana Names
A compiled roster lists soldiers with statuses from Louisiana towns. Died of wounds are John Hill Burnside Kirby Burrsferry Foret etc. wounded severely Anthony Savarese Jesse Cassell Magee Moore Scott Day Knox Harden Johnson. wounded undetermined Alfred Alabaro Waycott Durel Wheat Delcombe Williamson. missing in action Robert H. Gaynor.
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Dreaux
Baldwin
John Hill
Burnside
Kirby
Stephens Burrsferry
Telesphor Bourque Milton
Euclid A. Foret
Lockport
Southern Ghee
Houma
Anthony Savarese
New Orleans
Jesse Cassell
Woodsworth
Charlie M. Magee
Hackley
Moore Scott
Greenwood
Willie H. Day
Bastrop
George C. Knox
Calvin
Thad O. Harden
Many
Selby T. Johnson
Claibrone
Alfred Alabaro
Plaquemine
George T. Waycott, Jr
Caron Durel
Ponchatoula
John Wheat
Amite City
John A. Delcombe
Christopher Williamson
Hineston
Robert H. Gaynor
Plain Dealing
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Burton H. Wolf
DeSiard Street
Jackson
Kern’s
Jackson and
Grammont Streets
South Seventh and
Grammont
P. & J. Ingina
Monroe Seed CO
HemstitenTmig
Castoria
R. Powers
Washington and
Fourteenth Street
Jack Battaglia
Waldorf Cafe
C. B. Atkinson
Prop
Wexler’s
Grand Street
Duchess
Wexler’s Cigar Store
Will Atkinson
Smeth Bros., Ltd
Triumph
Iron Mountain Bakery
C. S. Dunn
Collens’ Pharmacy
Allen's Pharmacy
Smith Bros
Utd
Norris
Allens’ Pharmacy
Essen
Society Brand
Knapp
Manhattan
Adler
Vassar Union
Sig Haas & Sons
Dr. Sawyer
Nicholas Norman
Louisiana Optical Company
Optician
DeSiard St. Monroe, la
Aaron Parker
Cash Grocery
Myers & Green
Dixie Bedding Co. Ltd
Miller
Zeigin
S. Grand Street
Court House
JUST
Chocolate Shop Chocolates
California
Faser’s Drug Store
Monroe, la
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