1917 Billhead receipt, Dannemiller Grocery Co to Ehlers General Store, Zoarville For Sale

1917 Billhead receipt from Dannemiller Grocery Co., Canton, Ohio, to Ehlers General Store, Zoarville, Ohio - for beans, milk, etc, Notes:
The Zoar Store (built in 1833) served as the vital commercial and financial headquarters of the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Following the official dissolution of the religious commune in 1898, the store transitioned into a localized mercantile, the Ehlers General Store.
*Zoar Ohio was settled in 1817 by German religious dissenters. German Separatists left southeastern Germany to escape persecution for their religious beliefs. The Separatists thought that the church should be simple, and they emphasized a mystical and direct relationship with God. In 1819, they organized a self-sufficient society—the Society of Separatists of Zoar—which operated in Tuscarawas County until 1898 when the group disbanded. The Zoarites of Tuscarawas County were among the many communal groups that rejected capitalist society. Citing private property as a source of discontent and jealousy, they held all property in common. In 1898, the few remaining members of the community divided the assets and
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