Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . OUR OWN WHOLtVAfrVirJAND 5AMTARY 8 A* tf* 2 3 retailstc»e//J. EIGHTEEN years ago a little bare-foot newsy could be found on thestreets of Canton, Ohio, at allhours, selling the daily papers. The olderbusiness men of Canton still rememberthe bright-eyed lad, who was so alert,vigilant and anxious to release. Even atthat early age, A. B. Flory was on thelook-out for Opportunity. He saved hismoney, bought up one newspaper routeafter another, until in a surprisinglyshort time he was literally newsboyking of Canton. But young Flory considered this mere-ly a means to
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . OUR OWN WHOLtVAfrVirJAND 5AMTARY 8 A* tf* 2 3 retailstc»e//J. EIGHTEEN years ago a little bare-foot newsy could be found on thestreets of Canton, Ohio, at allhours, selling the daily papers. The olderbusiness men of Canton still rememberthe bright-eyed lad, who was so alert,vigilant and anxious to release. Even atthat early age, A. B. Flory was on thelook-out for Opportunity. He saved hismoney, bought up one newspaper routeafter another, until in a surprisinglyshort time he was literally newsboyking of Canton. But young Flory considered this mere-ly a means to an end. Even then hismind was fixed upon larger possessed the first essential to realsuccess—he wasted no time consideringdifficulties, he planned to overcome sixteen he had accumulated a smallcapital and first attempted to realize hisdream of getting into retail merchandis-ing. He opened a small store while stillrunning his newspaper business, but itdid not prove a success. Starting a Grocery Business at 22 Nothing daunted by this failure, hecontinued to save, until
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