Grab It Here

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Grab It Here was a chain of cash-and-carry stores that existed from 1903 to the end of the 20th century in Illinois and Indiana. [1]

C. Sherman Paxton moved to Illinois from Kentucky as a coal miner around 1901. He began saving money to open his own grocery store. By 1903, he had saved $185 (6026 in modern terms) and opened a small store in Georgetown, Illinois. The store was originally called simply the "C. S. Paxton Store", and he ran it on credit and made deliveries; Paxton closed the store for a time during a coal strike but returned later and opened the store again.

In 1919, Paxton opened a cash-only store managed by his son Ernie and it was here that the "Grab-It-Here" name first appeared. By the 1930s, there were several cash-and-carry stores in operation. By 1941, that grew to a chain of 40 stores. [2] In 1968, Grab-It-Here became affiliated[ clarification needed ] with Dolly Madison Industries. By the 1980s, the chain was defunct.

C. S. Paxton died in 1950.

Locations

Here is a list of stores according to an anniversary brochure from the 1960s:

StoreAddressCityState
1M101 North State StreetGeorgetownIllinois
3M143 North State StreetWestvilleIllinois
7MIllinois StreetChrismanIllinois
9M103 Main StreetHomerIllinois
11MYates StreetNewmanIllinois
18M12 South Hazel StreetDanvilleIllinois
21Main StreetKingmanIndiana
22MMain StreetPotomacIllinois
25M320 Washington StreetCovingtonIndiana
27M206 Main StreetVeedersburgIndiana
30Buena VistaKansasIllinois
32M108 Washington StreetWilliamsportIndiana
37M100 Jones StreetMilfordIllinois
38M517 West Madison StreetDanvilleIllinois
46Main StreetBoswellIndiana
47M102 Chicago StreetRossvilleIllinois
51M129 North Central StreetParisIllinois
57M25 West Fourth StreetSheldonIllinois
66M220 North Market StreetPaxtonIllinois
69M2715 North Vermilion StreetDanvilleIllinois
70MJefferson and York StreetsRockvilleIndiana
71M855 East Fairchild StreetDanvilleIllinois
72MProspect and Sherwood StreetsChampaignIllinois
73M200 East Main StreetAtticaIndiana
74MSeymour and 4th StreetsKentlandIndiana
75M2nd and Walnuts StreetsWatsekaIllinois
76M1113 East Main StreetDanvilleIllinois
77M317 South Market StreetHoopestonIllinois
78MPembroke and Parke StreetsTuscolaIllinois
79MDivision and Hubbard StreetsCayugaIndiana
80M1615 SpringfieldChampaignIllinois
81M109 East Market StreetCrawfordsvilleIndiana
82M417 South Gilbert StreetDanvilleIllinois
83MFairchild and Robinson StreetsDanvilleIllinois
84MAdams and Fourth StreetsFowlerIndiana

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