Montgomery Opens Grocery (1876)
Mr. J. W. MONTGOMERY, of Chattanooga, has opened a family grocery store in this city, with that clever young chap, John ROGERS, as clerk. We would avise Jim to move his whole stock up here – Chattanooga is a one-horse place.
Source: Weekly Herald (Cleveland, TN); 4 August 1876. Available online at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.