1913: Immortal Monkey Of The Square

Do you remember seeing advertising for a pet monkey in the old comic books?  

Daredevil, Number 30; July, 1967.
Daredevil, Number 30; July, 1967

When I was a kid, I wanted a monkey, even if they were only sea monkeys. I didn’t know the sea monkeys were really brine shrimp, or that pet monkeys and alligators are only cute for a short time. They can become animals like you might see at a zoo. Like adolescent people, they sometimes grow to be surly, unpredictable and even violent. 

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1970: The No Tell Hotel Of Lafayette Square

The corner of Lafayette and Missouri Avenues shares the multi-address feature of the Sheble-Bixby house at Mississippi and Lafayette. It contains 2166 Lafayette Avenue, and 1700 and 1706 Missouri Avenue. While a single mansion, it was once the residential estate of local physician Dr Joseph Spiegelhalter and his six children. It was later the Missouri Hotel.

Globe-Democrat; September 1918
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