While it’s sometimes hard to tell where some of Formoso’s early day businesses stood, a helpful item from the New Era gives us not only a location, but very likely the name of the chap standing proudly out front in a bloodstained apron.
“Don’t forget where we are located: Just east of Metz Produce House, with fresh meat, - the best we can buy, - home killed. Also have fresh fruits, catsups, olives, etc., such as are carried in an Up to Date Meat Market. Call in and see us. G. E. Butler, Proprietor. Phone 82.”
Postcard photo provided by Jim Dieckman