Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1917 — COMMUNITY STORE IDEA BROUGHT TO U. S. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COMMUNITY STORE IDEA BROUGHT TO U. S.

What is believed to be the first community store In the United States of the type which is common in England, has been established in Washington, D. C. It is oyvned by the two or three hundred families which patronize it. Goods are sold at as near cost as possible and the profits are paid to each member of the organization in proportion to the amount of -.goods he has purchased. The picture shows the interior of the store. Edward Evans, a native of England and manager of the store, is ih the center. He was a Congregational minister in Washington for four years before establishing the corrfrhunity store.