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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Robert Ransom, post: 7055925, member: 97872&quot;]Why? Because everything done here in Little Rhody is to benefit the politicians and guess who owned the businesses. Speculation was, it was done because the more affluent were about at night and they were enticing women to get out and buy during the day. My wife&#039;s cousin was always reminiscing about the good old days and mentioned that the ploy didn&#039;t work because only the higher priced stores were involved. In 1961, $.50 was a lot of money. I don&#039;t know because I did not live here at the time. I suspect most of the businesses involved were centered around The Providence Arcade, America&#039;s first indoor mall.</p><p><a href="https://www.arcadeprovidence.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.arcadeprovidence.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.arcadeprovidence.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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