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LANE & SON, PROPS.

Dealers in all kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats

Highest market price paid for butter and eggs

Good line of Groceries at lowest prices

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Before the time of formal groceriesin this area, it would be onlyspeculation as to where and howgroceries and staples were distributedto the people here. They no doubtraised most of the food needed tosustain them. Maybe a huckster

wagon went fromplace to place as a

I convenience to thosewho had no means toeasily get to onecentral location fortheir needs.

About 1885 MosesI B. Loveless conducted. a grocety business at9332 Pearl street onthe corner of Pearl and

[ Silver streets. He latermoved the business tothe tavern building atWhite and Division

streets.One of the groceries most familiar

to the community was in the Wiggsand Rusk building, no longer there.The other is the brick building at 9234White street, at the corner of Whiteand Division streets, which has been a

An advetUeinent just after the Wiggs & Rusk bldg. opened for business. courtesy of Karen Patchett.

The building in the left foreground began as the C.E. Cambell hardware store-1907. Writing on thebuilding advertises hardware, stoves, buggies, wagons, harness, windmills and farm implements. Thenext store on the left side of the street was LutherVirgin's (today's trustee's office). courtesy of RuthHammel.

grocery for many years.Prior to the time that the current

grocery and adjacent building werebuilt, a fine dwelling house which wasnearly a block long once stood on thesame lot. The house was owned byAnthony Maiden, and was tom downabout 1900. We can assume that thepresent store was built a short timeafter that by Ed Cambell who ran ahardware store there first. The photooffered shows very clearly the wordsC.E. Cambell on the upper front of thebuilding. The photo was on the frontof a post card sent in 1907, soCambell was in business at least thatlong.

The faint letters visible on a 1992photo attest to the fact that OscarMcKinney once owned this buildingand ran his store there. As seen by hisad, he sold a large variety of goods.

One article states that Ben Loveless

also ran a hardware store in the samebuilding some time after that of Mr.Cambell.

The building had an elevator, a large.platform with cables to move stock tothe upper floor, John Marks reports itbeing there when he bought thebuilding. The story goes that OscarMcKinney hoisted his buggies up tothe second floor for storage and thatthe coffin factory across the streetalso used it for the same purpose tostore extra coffins.

At one time Charlie Loveless andLen Loveless conducted a grocerywhere the pool room was, betweenthe two bank buildings on WhiteStreet. Len also ran a grocery in thebuilding next to the current grocery at9232 White street.

The entire lot on which the brickgarage, the grocery and adjacentbuilding are now located, was owiled

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The Bryant grocery in 1992. In the 19408 two groceries operated from this bldg. Len Loveless on theleft and John Marks from the right Note the faint remains of an O.S. McKirmey sign above upstairswindows.

by Edward and William Bassett from1892 until 1901. Fred Baker attainedthe lots in March of 1927. Baker ran agrocery in the building on the cornerat 9234 White street, where JohnMarks had his grocery. Mrs. FredBaker said that the Bakers came totown in 1915 and that they were in thegrocery business here until about1935. OIVille Gochenour bought thegrocery building in 1936, however hedid not run the grocery, Forest Mooreand Claude Loveless conducted thebusiness for him while he ran the cardealership in the garage.

John Marks had run a hucksterwagon for Earl Anderson out ofColfax for four and one half yearsbefore coming to Clarks Hill andpurchasing the building fromGochenour. In 1939 he began hisgrocery business. He hired his brother

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Paul right out of high school to runthe huckster wagon taking groceriesto the country from the grocery.

Paul ran the huckster wagon until hewent to World War II, at which timeJohn hired John Lawhead and BillWebb during that time in his stead.

Paul has told us that there were twoice boxes on the bus, and a chickencoop tied onto the back. The wagonwas an old 1935 Ford school busbought from Lloyd Leamon thesummer of 1940 for $150.00. Theyraised the roof of the bus one foot toaccommodate the shelves inside.

Lunch meat, usually bologna, wasavailable by prior request only. Theycarried a full stock of groceries andstaples, along with milk, butter, oleoand pop. Most popular with the kidswas the candy Paul always took withhim. When they saw the bus they

Left to Right: Ike Bowe!l' Ree Wright, Bob Bowers, JuneBailey and Jo1m Marks m frontofl Marks' grocCty in the early1940s. courtesy of Paul Marks.

John was a grocer and a friend tothe community for many years.Hesold the store in 1973.

Paul had two routes whichwere run twice a week. Onthe fifth day he took thebus to Indianapolis to pickup stock for the store at aco-op that the independent

•• 1 Regal grocers had formedI and to take in excess

~~ bartered goods. On-=;-;;...;:.-~ Saturdays Paul worked in

the store with John as thiswas a veIY busy time. Thehuckster wagon had to beabandoned during the war

due to gas and tire rationing,but it had served a purposeto those who could noteasily get into town to shop

during the years it was used.always came running. They traded foreggs and poultIY along the way l thechicken coop had room for 8-10chickens and Paul recalls on his bestday he received 25 cases of eggs at 30dozen each or 750 dozen eggs.

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•Compliments

LUTHER VIRGINGeneral Merchandise

OMks Hill, Ind.

Above eft to right HanyParvis, Bob Bowers, IkeBowen, Howard Baer in frontof Mmb Grocery, 1942.courtesy of Paul Mmb

Right: Advertising calendarof Luther virgin-1915.

Anthony Stingley & his hucksterwagon which operated in theClmb Hill to Darlington area,about 1910. comtesy of MargaretStingley Attic.

Don Williams wasthe next owner of thegrocery and he ran ituntil 1980 whenElizabeth BIYantbought it in April ofthat year. She hadworked there for manyyears as a meat cutterbefore the storebecame hers. InSeptember of 1990 herson Chet Hensonbecame the owner andhe continues at thisprinting along withElizabeth who retainsan active part in thestore.

Mr. Yeaman had agrocery located in thebuilding one lot westfrom the brick fillingstation that ErnestHudelson built on thesite of the Binns Hotelwhich had beenremoved. Translated

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Wiggs and James Rusk for thepurpose of a grocery store.George Haines built his half ofthe building for the purpose ofa drug store as stated in thedruggist section.Wiggs left town in 1907 topursue other businessinterests.

James Rusk continued thegrocery alone after Wiggs leftuntil L. McNutt took over.Rusk ran a huckster wagon fora time while in the grocerybusiness. His next venture wasscouting for walnut timber andselling it, then having it hauledout of town by the railroad.

Between 1911 and 1917Lawrence McNutt was the

An adverming plate from the Yeaman Grocery. comtesy owner of the grocery in theof Laura Bowles 'Johnson. Below right 1908. same building, he sold a little

to today, the hotel was ,~rz~~~~~""~""just across from the ': . A:·c. p~;~~y .6AM AN'community building ~ " ~,~,. '.and the grocery was ".' ,. ~::'.O ROCE Rbeside it. That '~-'".~ . CLARKSHILL, < '!:=-',. .building became the ======,.=.================:t~~~fte;t:r~~;:~an I ~arry ·.~~.~.~f.Ything in ,the grocery.no longer used it. Still, hne. ,Also, handle the Camdenlater Hall Sales was ~ Sunshb.le~; andL~banon Soft.'r ( . ,. ,,;;:~~,-

located there. Ree .~ /-, Weat FloUrs and the celebrated:~~~~:~~;:~=a ~ - Minnetori.~~'<:~Hard Wheat Flour.

~::'..f~~~~~~!.tb:'::;;.. EGVU··;EA'·~RYA-NSATEC~Dsmall businesses in ~(lJ

and out of it. Luther ~ or mone;r refunded. . Market price-paid for all produce.Virgin had the next ~store which sat on the ~ · (j-ive me a trial.comer, now the I'~" .trustee office.: Yours For Business,

The Wiggs and Rusk. A J::1 YEA MANbuilding was built in ~ • I -.

1903 by William '~~~~MM~~;Jt)M~~~~

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MC NUTT GROCERY: Mr. and Mrs. L. H.McNutt owned this grocery store In ClarksHill between 1911-17, when the picturewas taken. From left are Mrs. McNutt,who now lives with her niece, Mrs. LynnRansdell, Rt. 12, Miss Villa Daugherty,a clerk, and Alva Barger. McNutt is at thewheel of the car. Mrs. Ransdell, who loanedthe picture, said that the store did $61,000

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Left: William Wiggs, about i905. courtesy ofKaren Patchett.

Above Lawrence McNutt. courtesy of HerschelDaugherty. .

-_ of business in 1917, much of it on credit.During this period Clarks Hill had fivegroceries, two banks, two elevators, adrug store, furniture store, one mortician,two doctors, a dentist, two barber shops, avinegar factory, a tomato canning factoryand a restaurant. The McNutts left ClarksHill for Los Angeles In 1921 and In 1939returned to Indiana, living In Frankfort.

Fred T. Wright operated a meat mmket in the 19308 w~ere the presentFish House kitchen ~ located. courtesy of Howard Wright

of everything. From his ads it can beassumed that he must have started thegrocery alone and then we see the adsinclude Fred E. Baker as a partner.

Baker, as statedbefore came here in1915. It is notknown if he ran theMcNutt store byhimself for a timeafter McNutt left ornot. By 1927 heowned the presentgrocery building at

.~~iI 9234 White streetas pre-stated.

Sometimebetween 1927 and1936 J .H. Hobbsconducted agrocery business inthe same building,nothing more is

known of him.John Evans started a grocery

business along with Marion Davidsonin the same location in 1936, however

The Davidson Grocery with Marion Davidson front, and Damon Auble behind the meat counter inthe late 19308. courtesy of Mildred Davidson.

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Evans soon droppedout leaving Marion torun the groceIY alone,which he did until1944.

AJ. and Hilda Millerpurchased the groceIYand ran it until the mid1960s. Her daughterSarah relates that shehad grown quite tiredof the store before itclosed.

That half of thebuilding sat vacantand in disrepair for themost part until thedemolition in 1973.

Fred Parvis operateda meat packingconcern in the bamnow owned by Ed Lamb on 11810Madison street.

Samuel May had an ad in the 1912Clarks Hill News, it is not knownwhere his business was located.

April, 1992- Chub Hill Grocery. Elizabeth Bryant and son, Chet Hensonbehind their meat co1.lllter.

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MARK'S REGAL STOREClarks Hill, Ind.

Right Doug Finch in front oUolm Marb'huckster wagon. courtesy of Paul Mmb.

Miller's Grocery I

Meats, Vegetables, Poultry, Eggs

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L. H. McNUTTGENERAL

MERCHANDISE

Stavle&FancyGroceries

Highest Price Paid ForCountry Produce

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Staple and Fancy Groceries

Dry Goods and Notions

BUYERS OF CREAM FOR SUGAR CREEK

CREAMERY COMPANY

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CLARKSHILL. IND.

General Merchandise

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Permit us to announce thatwe stq.rtour wag-on goingt<?morrow ~)i1d arenow ready·to pay the 1highest marketprice for your ponltyr. but­t€r and eggs.

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Miller's Grocery

MILLER GROCERYClarks Hill, Ind.

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A. J. MILLER 'ORt!CERY i They have everything you!--- CLARKS HILL i want in the grocery lin~ and defy!

F h M V bl i anyone to undersell them. We a~o ires eats - egeta es i-.pay highe~ market pric~. ~or.!~ PoultrY and Eggs ! poultry., butter and eggs. . . I

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f 'any 10c corn. :'+ •: ir: '\VIGuS~" & RUSK i:'•• $ ••~~""'''••••''.'.'.''''''''•••••••'''''~

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Bargain Prices

Followiog are Bome bargaio prices onuliable merchandise ,bicb you caD DotvfIord to overlook:67 Shirts, size 14~ to 16~, at. .•. ~ .. 79c13 Pairs Overalls, size 32 to 42, at .. ft 5912 Pairs Striped Overalls, at ••..•. $1.10Oa ~Ded Corn, per can 10c'Homi o~·. per caD lOcBeaDs, per Can .....•... , ...•.•••••. IOePeacbes io syrup, per csn 2..'ic18 Brooms, at •• : ••••••.•••••••• " •. 54c1 Good set or Buggy Harness at,. 512 00

A rew Pairs or Sboes Billow Cost.WILLIAM PRICE.

This week Bargains at Clarks Hill'sleading Grocery and Market

Good Buys - •.•• Good Quality

Corn Flakes KenOl: or 10CPleezln\:

Swansdown Cake Flour 27cPeas q~~~~y 3 cans 25cCorn ~~/ 2 cans 19cSyrup i gal. 30cBliss Coffee lb. 24cPork & Beans 3 cans 25c

Davidson & EvansGroceries & Meals

Snider nnd Sobult~ hlotted out theold Campbell sigo aD the hardware frootaod teplaced it ~'ilh the Dame at 0&McKioopy, A<.I&, ,qOR

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Fresh Meats. Vegetables, Locker Service iClarks Hill Indiana

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Williams Grocery

Dec. 1992 the grocery was purchased by Ernie Harvey & Jean De Verter.

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