One year before the Century's turn a Chicago tea salesman named Frank Vernon Skiff who had saved $700 started a wagon route on his own, peddling dry groceries from door to door. He peddled for two years before he hit on a way of making his business different from any of the other hundreds of mobile stores weaving in & about Chicago. It was merely the hoary premium plan—with a twist. His brother-in-law thought it was a pretty good idea and they set up "Jewel Tea Co., Skiff...
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