***EARLY LAFAYETTE MOSS BROS.

Try some of those nice Soda Crackers, at Moss Bros. & Co's. on the first day of the new year and you will want more the whole year round.
Laf. Adv. 1/1/1898. 


Miss Louise Montaigne, who for the past several months was employed in the millinery department of Moss & Co.'s store, left for her home in Abbeville, Monday. Laf. Adv. 1/4/1905.

WELCOME GEORGE A. DEBLANC.

It gives us pleasure this week to introduce to the business public of Lafayette, Mr. Geo. A. De Blanc, and we refer our readers to his card in another part of the paper. Mr. De Blanc was a resident of our parish several years ago, having come here from New Orleans. He afterward moved with his mother and other members of the family, to the City of Mexico, where he lived for a number of years as a sub-agent of the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. About fifteen months ago he returned to Lafayette to accept a position with the lumber firm of Moss & Mouton and in his business capacity during this time has become well and favorably known. Latterly, Mr. De Blanc decided to embark in business on his own account and has every reason to expect his enterprise will be rewarded with success. Messrs. Moss & Mouton have transferred their coal business to him and to this has been added the other lines mentioned in his card. We commend Mr. De Blanc to the favorable consideration of the public of Lafayette, feeling certain he will be careful of the interests of all persons having business relations with him. Lafayette Advertiser 1/12/1895.




Moss Burglarized.

 Sometime after 12 o'clock last Friday night one of the show windows of the hardware department of Moss Bros. & Co.'s store was burglarized, three revolvers and a combination knife and fork having been the only articles stolen, as far as could be learned. On being apprised of the fact early Saturday morning Marshall Vigneaux immediately set in motion the usual machinery for capturing evil-doers with the result that Tuesday morning two burly negroes, not of this community, were delivered to him as being directly implicated in the theft. They were arrested in Lake Charles and as soon as was practicable after arriving here were given into custody of Sheriff Broussard by Marshall Vigneaux, on an affidavit made before Judge Martin, by Mr. F. E. Moss of the firm of Moss Bros. & Co. The stolen property has been recovered and will be held by the sheriff in evidence at the trial of these pillagers at the next criminal term of the district court. One of the negroes arrested made a full confession of the deed in which he implicates the comrade with him. The second negro, however, strongly disowns any connection with the affair.

 The ready apprehension of the miscreants should serve as another warning to evil-doers in this community, that they cannot easily escape the vigilance and clutches of our local police officers. Lafayette Advertiser 1/13/1894. 



Blanc Brothers' Photographs. 
 Moss Bros. & Co., with their usual intrepidity for securing the public attention, have obtained for display, two splendid photographs of Ernest and Alexis Blanc, the self convicted murderers of Martin Begnaud. The photographs are on exhibition in a show window and one or more persons may constantly be seen standing at this window, studying the physiognomies of the two young fiends. Lafayette Advertiser 1/16/1897.  

Landreth's 1897 garden seeds now on sale at Moss Bros. & Co.
Laf. Adv. 1/16/1897.

 Peerless, Burbank and other standard seed potatoes can be had of Moss Bros. & Co. Laf. Adv. 1/16/1897.

Moss Bros. & Co. sell first class flour at the lowest price.
Laf. Adv. 1/22/1898.



Miss Mathilde Richard has resigned her position with the Brown-News Co. and has accepted a position with the Moss Pharmacy as stenographer. She entered upon her new duties Friday. Lafayette Advertiser 1/25/1905.





You must be fond of nice table butter. The kind sold by Moss Bros. & Co. is perfectly delicious. Price 35 cents a pound.
Laf. Adv.1/26/1895.

Sweet peas and pansy seeds by the ounce or pound at the Moss Pharmacy.
Laf. Adv. 1/27/1904.


Hot chocolate with whipped cream at the Moss Pharmacy. Laf. Gaz. 1/27/1900.

ARE YOU FOND OF READING?

The reporter of The Advertiser dropped in at the Moss Pharmacy and found many interesting books, magazine and papers on the news counter, and he would like to call the attention of the readers of The Advertiser to some of these.

In the 10 and 15 cent books are the "Favorite" "Eagle" and the "A(unreadable letters)dia" libraries. The standard authors are represented (unreadable), DICKENS, BULWER, SHAKESPEARE, THACKERAY, ELLIOT, DUMAS, etc.


In magazine and papers are the following:

Puck, Etude, Century, McClure, Standard, Baby Land, Self Culture, Young Folks, Photo Era, Metropolitan, Cosmospolitan, Enfant Terrible, Music World, The Horseman, Vanity Fair, N. Y. Clipper, N. Y. Weekly, Catholic Herald, Sunday Reading, American Jewish, Jewish Messenger, Christian Herald, Harper's Monthly, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazar, Cabinet Maker, Review of Reviews, Scientific American, Nineteenth Century, Locomotive Engineer, Sportsman Magazine, Organist, N. Y. Sunday World, N. Y. Sunday Journalm, Ladies Home Journal, Frank Leslie's Monthly, Frank Leslie's Weekly, North American Review, Professional Photographer, Carpenter and Builder, N. Y. Family Story Paper, Woman's Home Companion, Painting and Decorating, Vick's Illustrated Magazine, Blacksmith and Wheelwright, Judge, Outing, Munsey, Donohoe, Demorest, Black Cat, St. Nicholas, Little Folks, Gattling Gun, Lippincott's, Life's Comedy, School Review, Literary Digest, Home Decorator and Nickel Magazine.

Over two-thirds of the above list of publications sell at 5 and 10 cents a copy, and the latest issues of any of them can always be found on the news counter of the Moss Pharmacy, Lafayette, La., Mr. Davis, the affable manager, informed the Advertiser reporter that new titles would be added from time to time, and that orders for any publication (American or foreign) would be filled on short notice and at publisher's rates. Also, subscription will be received for any publication in the world. Lafayette Advertiser 1/28/1899.

Prof. W. A. Bonnet has leased the photographic gallery over the Moss Pharmacy formerly occupied by Mr. Geo. B. Petty, and has been busy this week arranging and renovating the place preparatory to opening up for business.
Laf. Adv. 1/28/1899.


The latest and daintiest valentines for 1896 are now on sale at Moss Bros. & Co's. Sentimental and comic valentines to please every taste. Laf. Gaz. 2/1/1896.

The highest grade Soda Crackers can always be procured fresh and crisp at Moss Bros. & Co. Laf. Adv. 2/2/1895.

Prof. W. A. Bonnet will arrive to-morrow to open up his photograph gallery in the second story of the Moss building. He will be ready to do work in his line very soon after arriving. Laf. Adv. 2/2/1895.
Genuine Boston Peerless seed potatoes can be had at Moss Bros. & Co.
Laf. Adv. 2/2/1895.

Plain and Artistic Valentines in great variety at Moss Bros. & Co.
Laf. Adv. 2/2/1895.

Very pretty lace and novelty Valentines on sale at Moss Bros. & Co.
Laf. Adv. 2/2/1895.

Valentines! Comic Valentines! Sentimental Valentines! at Moss Bros. & Co.
Laf. Adv. 2/2/1895.