1878-1904.
The St. Louis Grocer dates back to January, 1878. Greeley, Burnham & Co., were its first publishers. In February, 1881, it was sold to the Grocer Publishing Company. It is devoted to grocery matters, interests, etc…It is one of the largest newspapers of its class in the country. A.D. Cunningham was its first editor.
(From the Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri by Alexander N. De Menil, 1901).
