Last week for Xmas shopping and historic notes
Forty years after New York first lit streets electric lights appear as a milestone. Plymouth Mass hosts tercentenary visitors for the Pilgrim landing. U S S Florida with Sec Bainbridge Colby due at Rio de Janeiro. Textile workers face a 2212 percent wage cut today. Miss Florence Nichols sails for Lucknow to head Asia’s Isabella Thoburn College. Princeton and Indiana debate on federal anti strike laws. Agriculture chief calls hearing on Cuba and related regions for citrus fly quarantine. Bread price cut prompts 2 for 15c deal at City Bakery. 18 ft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Plymouth
Mass
U. S. S. Florida
Bainbridge Colby
Rio de Janeiro
New England
Florence I. Nichols
Lynn
Lucknow
India
Asia
Isabella Thoburn
Bloomington
Ind
Princeton University
Indiana University
Meredith
Washington
Cuba
West Indies
Canal Zone
Costa Rica
Ceylon
Java
Philippines
This Date in History Highlights 1766 to 1890 Events
A compact chronology notes 1766 prayers in Ireland for the English king, 1845 Peel returns as Prime Minister, 1849 Queen's College Belfast opens, 1870 Lyons National Guard commander Arnand slain, 1881 Garfied widow flanking privilege, 1883 Niagara Falls cantilever bridge debut, 1887 log raft loss near Nantucket, 1890 Succi ends 45 day fast. Then an ad from Munholland Danwitz Furniture Co. in Monroe Louisiana promotes Christmas bargains and weekly specials on select oysters and salt water fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Robert Peel
England
Queen's College
Belfast
Arnand
National Guard
Lyons
Garfield
Niagara Falls
Bay of Fandy
New York
Nantucket
Giovanni Succi
New York City
Local Classifieds and Advertisements Snapshot
An assortment of small ads and notices includes Danwitz Furniture Co. on land sale references, a cheese making note on fermentation and bacteria, Ouachita Mattress Co. contact in West Monroe, an ad for clean beds in Monroe, Purina poultry and animal foods, and Monroe Seed indicates a local listing.
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Ouachita Matress Co
West Monroe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Est Monroe Baptist Church
West Monroe Post Church
Star Soap
Sane Armour’s
Prince Albert Tobacco
Maxwell House
Powers’ Help Yourself Grocery
Monroe
Crane
Hytone
Keith
Durham
Quinby’s
Reich
Faser’s Drug Store
DeSiard Street
Monroe, Louisiana
Hudson
R. L. Prichard
Campbell
P. & Gay
City Bakery
LYNCH
Munholland-Danwitz Furniture Co
Joe Messina
Mon
Roe
Aenete
Ferd Levi
DeSiard St
Antil
Griffin Studio
South Grand Street
Crawford
South Fifth Street
Purina
S. J. Rivoire
Pope Hardware Co
Rayners Garage
Waltner Street
Imo
Rayner
Walnut Street
Phoenix Drug Store
Manholland-Danwitz Furniture Co
Joe
Royal Confectionery
Santa Claus
West
Jacobs
Fearst & Kramer
Nyal
U.S. Jewelry and Optical CO
Louisiana Optical Ca
Nicholas Norman
Optometrist
DeBiard Street
EL Dorado
Alexandria
Smith Brothers
Claude Rosenblum
Jacob's
Whitman's
Diiling’s
Ion
Chase Amman Drug Company
Rexall
Gardner
Paige
Cole Aero
Whitfield Motor CO
South Grand St
Conklin
City Drug Store
Rexall Store
West Monroe, Louisiana
Texas
Yours Truly
F. C. Sammons
Mer. Monroe
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