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shelves were covered with various things like oatmeals and flour...in barrels and sugar in barrels and crackers. That was a very sanitary operation. And the clerk...would grab one, shake it out, and take crackers out in handfuls, and fill it up and put it on the scale, till he got a pound or two or
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and the jewelry store of F. J. Crowell. According to building owner P. H. Hoffman, the grocery store was situated in the Tavern's original parlor. That year, Philip H. Hoffman was the owner of the building, along with
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Fresh vegetables such as lettuce were not often available. Most often, its vegetable wares consisted of turnips, squash, carrots, pumpkins, potatoes, cabbage, celery, canned tomatoes, and canned peas.
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purchased the building and moved it to her estate on Mount Kemble Road to prevent its demolition. That building then became All Souls' Hospital, managed by
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