Hi Georgia: Betty Turno solved this one about a minute before you. You're right - "ADV" was classified advertising then - no Obit page I assume. The letters stood for the different newspapers. All those numbers add up to the $18.50 charge. Thnks Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgia Clark" <georgia@corpsie.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [StL-Metro] Question re: Funeral Parlor 1916 > Dear Gary, > > Maybe Bill Buchholz could help with this. > > kimbuc4@juno.com > > Do you think "Adv" might have something to do with the obit/death notice? Would there have been funeral cards? How about burial permits? > > Aren't this records interesting-had an auto hearse. My aunt who was born in 1911 remembered going to a funeral in a horse drawn carriage when she was a young child. > > Georgia > > Gary Stoltman wrote: > > > Listers: > > > > One of the line items from the Arthur J. Donnelly mortuary (21st & Washington Sts) bill for my g-grand on 16 Jun 1916 reads: > > > > 1. "Adv 3xG (2,2,2, running vertically immediately following), 3xR (1,1,1) 2xP (160,160) 3xWP (370) 3xAM (260)" $18.50. Any ideas? > > > > FYI- The other items listed on the invoice: embalming $15; shave $5; casket & vault $350; candles & candelabras $2; "Gents" slippers $2; gloves; internment at Calvary (vault) $10, lining grave with flowers $20; tent at cemetery, floral door badges $10;flower delivery$5; auto hearse $12; 9 limousines $81; and a Dougherty Bros bill covering "rooms" $14.60. > > > > This elaborate sounding funeral cost $553.10 with a discount of $13.10 for a cost of $540.00. Sounds cheap even for those days. > > > > 2. Did Dougherty Bros. merge with Donnely and isn't it now Armbruster/Donnelly or visa v.? > > > > Thanks > > > > Gary Stoltman > > Mercerville, NJ > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from this list, email MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L-request@rootsweb.com; in the subject line, put only the word UNSUBSCRIBE with nothing in the message body. You can contact Michelle or Laura at MO-STLOUIS-METRO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > For tips on researching St. Louis Church Records: http://members.gtw.net/~seamus/churchrecords.htm >