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HONISS
OPENED ino 1815
when
Women wore fnoop skirts, bustles, petticoats, corsets, cotton
Stockings, buttoned ´Shoes,'frilled cotton drawers.
They did the cleanıng, washing, ironing, raised bi9
families went to church Sundays and were too busy
to be șick..., Men wore whiskers, plug hats, ascot ties, red
flanel underwear chopped wood, bathed once a week
drank 10s whiskey, 5e beer, rode bicycles and buggies went in
for politics, worked /2 hrs. a day and livéd to a ripe
old oge... Stoves burned coal oil lamps, carricd
everytniny fram a needle to a plow, trusted cvery-
body- never took inventory, placed orders for goods a
year in ddvance and ALWAYS MADE MÓNEY.•
... and NOW
Women wear slk c or no) stockings, no corsets, an ounce
of underwear, have bobbed hair, Smoke, paint, powder
drink cock tails, play bridge, drive cars, have pet dogs
and go in for politics .... Men have high blood
pressure - wear no hats, little hair, shave their whiskers
play gotf, bathe twice a day, never go to bɛd the same
dây they get up, are misundɛrstood at home , play
the stockmarket, ride in deroplanes, drink poison
Work five hours á day, play ten and die young.
Stores have clectric lights, cash registers dnd
clevators. but never have what the Customer Wants,
trust nabody, take inventary daily, never buy in
advance, have overhead, markup, markdowns, quota
bu dget, adver tising, Stock control, annual and
semi- annual sales, end of month and anniversary sale
dollar day- founders dey, Rummage Sales, Economy
days and NVEVER MAKE ANY MONEY..
Copyrighted 1937, by Honiss Oyster House Co., Inc.
FAMOUS FOR THEIR SEA FOODS
Hartford, Conn.
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PHOENIX ASYLUM
PEARL
ST.
HARTFORD
NAT?
BANA
BANK
ST.
MAIN ST.
22
MFD.
CONN.
TRVSI
CO.
81D
OLO
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HONISS'S"
CENTRAL
ROW
"HONISS'S"
Known from Coast to Coast
SEAFOODS SPECIALISTS
22 State St. Hartford, Conn.
Visit Our Famous Dining Room
The above sketch shows the exact location of
Honiss's—Shellfish Specialists-Established 1845
