Page "Trenton, Missouri" Paragraph 6

Vrooman then proceeded to attempt to buy the major businesses in the town buying three grocery stores, a hardware store, drug store — paying for it all in cash via the Western Cooperative Association.

The New York Times on April 14, 1902 headlined its article on the development " Buying a Town Outright.

" According to the cooperative arrangement, members of the coop who spent at least $ 300 in one of its stores would receive a dividend at the end of the year.