FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
J. Charles | Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 12:00AM 
photo by Flickr User Portlyn Snapshots
Rise and shine FIPSters, and welcome to your day! In local who-gives-a-shit-news, the Hawk Cam is back, and in music news, Paul McCartney's son James wants to start The Beatles: The Next Generation (really the name), alongside the sons of John Lennon and Ringo Starr. I hope to God they say no.
ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1893):
So to shake things up a little bit here at the Almanac, I thought I'd feature some old-timey ads to learn a little bit more about the retailers that used to thrive in our fair borough. On April 4, 1893, The Brooklyn Eagle featured an ad for H.V. Monahan furniture. This homewares dynamo was located on 5th Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets (currently Park Slope's very own Mandees). The store's dumbass catch phrase was, "Everybody Trusts a Millionaire, We Trust the People." Trust is in an interesting word here, because as I dug deeper into the history of Monahan furniture, I found that they were previously located in two other spaces, both of which burned to the ground. Some say lightning never strikes twice... But, hey, for the time being, take advantage of Monahan's Piano sale: Pianos from $50-$350!
[FROM THE BROOKLYN DIALY EAGLE ARCHIVES]
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