Biography of 	Beret, A. F. Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller December 1997

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  The drug store of A. F. Beret, 152 Elysian Fields street, New
Orleans, was established by A. Goldman in 1861, and carried on by him
until, in 1871, it came into the possession of the present proprietor.
The business, under skillful and energetic management, has grown from
small proportions to its present magnitude and embraces a general trade
in drug and drug sundries and a carefully conducted prescription
department.  Dr. Beret is a native of Alsace Lorraine, which at the time
of his birth belonged to France, but now is attached to Germany, and was
partially educated in Europe.  He came to New Orleans in 1871 and
continued his studies here.  In 1881 he graduated from the
pharmaceutical department of the Medical School of Louisiana.  As a
druggist he has been progressive and enterprising, fully abreast with
the times, willing always to add new features or to invest capital and
branch out wherever an extension of trade has seemed the probable
result, and his standing professionally and in commercial circles is
deservedly high.  He was married in 1876 to Miss Carmilita Larovly, a
New Orleans lady of Spanish descent.
 
 From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p.
284. 
Submitted by Mike Miller