What was going on 100 years ago this week? The following link is provided by the Library of Congress and its Chronicling America service. CLICK HERE for a link to the St. Tammany Farmer edition of December 9, 1916. Some of the headlines are "Covington Council Establishes New Fire District," Only A Short Time Left In Which To Pay Your Poll Tax, and C. M. Liddle Talks About School Funds.
Here are some advertisements from that edition: