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January 1887
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February 1887
On February 14, 1887 the legislature passes Blue Laws and orders saloons to close on Sundays. Dodges such as the Actor’s Benevolent Association, which held meetings from midnight Saturday to Midnight Sunday, were common. Hotels and restaurants could sell only wine at meals. Eventually the law faded under the policy of passive non-observance and was repealed a hundred years later. |
March 1887
Paul Tulane dies at the age of 86 on March 27, 1887 in Princeton, New Jersey of pulmonary disease. A will, although drawn up, was never found and his fortune went to an assortment of nieces and nephews. He had already given millions to charities. |
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December 1887
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| Eliza Jane Holbrook hires Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer who will gain fame as Dorthea Dix, nationally syndicated columnist on advice for the lovelorn. South. Joined the Louisiana Conference in 1894. Present site dedicated July 16, 1961. | New Orleans Pelicans join baseball’s Southern League. Manager Abner Powell is credited with inventing the rain check and ladies day. | Christ Church Cathedral located at 2919 St. Charles Ave. is completed with a Gothic Revival design. The tower roof was lost in a hurricane. The First United Methodist Church in Slidell is the oldest Methodist Assembly there. Founded in a brush arbor on September 26, 1887 as Methodist Episcopal Church | |||||||||
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