News from Long Ago

  Government enacted closures are not new.

 101 years ago today, stores that were not 

of urgent necessity were ordered to remain closed on 10 successive Mondays 

through March.

You can read all about that at:

http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031647/1918-01-19/ed-1/seq-1.pdf