Shopping Saturday - David Marks' Store in Harrisonburg, 1857

The above advertisement was found in the September 16, 1857 edition of Harrisonburg's newspaper, The Independent.

David Marks was born on December 25, 1820 in Ingenheim, Rheinish, Bavaria, Germany.  U. S. census records for 1850 show him living in Harrisonburg with his occupation listed as merchant.

David Marks married Caroline Newman circa 1854.  Caroline was born on March 20, 1835 in Kaiserslautern, Germany.  She was the sister of Isadore and Henry Newman.

Children born to this marriage were:

Theodore David
Annette
Celestine
Sophia
Rosa
Estella
Lewis Newman

David Marks died on September 30, 1868 and Caroline Newman Marks died on January 21, 1899.  Both are buried in the Hebrew Rest Cemetery in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.

Shopping Saturday - Fleishman & Conn Store in Harrisonburg, 1855

Harrisonburg Independent - 6/28/1855

The above advertisement comes from recently found copies of The Independent which was published in Harrisonburg during the 1850s and 1860s.

Seen below is the front page heading of what appears to be one of the first editions.

Shopping Saturday ~ Cole and Company, Natchez

From the May 14, 1897 edition of the Tensas Gazette:

Courtesy of Chronicling America

Shopping Saturday ~ Jean's Cafe

Catahoula News-Booster, November 25, 1976

Shopping Saturday - Dunn's Grocery in Vidalia, Louisiana

Courtesy of Chronicling America

Dunn's Grocery was located in Concordia Parish which bordered Catahoula Parish's eastern side.  This advertisement appeared in the Concordia Sentinel on May 21, 1921. 

Shopping Saturday - Dixie Darlin' Deal

 

Catahoula News Booster - April 22, 1965

Shopping Saturday ~ Krause Feed and Seed

Fred Krause Feed and Seed Store - established in the early 1950s

Frederick Oscar Krause was born in Sicily Island on February 3, 1920 to the marriage of Henry Markham Krause, Sr. and Earle York.  He was a brother to Henry Markham, Jr. and Albert Earl Krause, Sr.   

His grandparents were Gotleib and Caroline Rotham Krause and Zebulon and Mollie Earle York, Sr.

Shopping Saturday ~ Jack's Place

Jack's Place was established in the early to mid-1930s.  The proprietor, Jack G. McNair was the son of John Grafton McNair and Jessie Chisum.

Jack and his brother, Thomas Chisum "Son" McNair operated Jack's Place for many years.

While Jack's Place was known for its beer, wine and whiskey offerings, it was also a place where the locals gathered daily to visit and catch up on the latest happenings on the Island.

In the photograph to the left, the village constable is seen standing in front of Jack's Place back in the 1930s.