The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
Miss M. A. Brown
Keeper of a favorite dry goods house, 483 Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury
Twelve years ago, Miss M. A. Brown opened a dry goods store at No. 483 Blue Avenue, Grove Hall, Roxbury, little dreaming of the success her venture into the mercantile world would result in. Today her establishment is one of the favorite shopping places in the whole district , and she is looked upon as one of the most successful merchants in the district. The store is spacious and well arranged, carrying a large stock of dry goods, fancy goods, notions, small wares, gloves, hosiery, corsets, women’s furnishing goods, children’s apparel, ribbons, laces, etc., in a variety which is really bewildering. Miss Brown makes a notable specialty of the model millinery department she has established and keeps a large assortment of feathers and other trimmings. In this branch of the business, skilled hands fashion the most beautiful and artistic creations for stylish women’s wear, and it is patronized by the most fashionable of the female portion of the population of Roxbury. No shoddy or cheap stuff is marketed in this establishment, and buyers know exactly what they purchase when they trade at Miss Brown’s, but the prices are low in all departments, and the woman who is hunting for real bargains can find them here without number, thus making it genuine economy to trade here, as most of the women in Roxbury will know, and especially those who live in the vicinity of Grove Hall.