100 Years Ago: Ritchie’s Open Christmas Eve

The Intelligencer December 24, 1914 (page 8)

The Ritchie store on Front Street, Belleville
The Ritchie store on Front Street, Belleville

“The Ritchie Store Will Remain Open Tonight Until 9.30 …  Yule-Tide Greetings To All …  A Large Shipment of British Made Serges. Another instance of “Britannia Rules The Waves.” Business as usual with England and with English shipping is evidenced by the fact that we have just received a large consignment of BRITISH SERGES in Black and Navy.”