What is a huckster wagon?
This question has been asked of the News many times by younger people who never enjoyed a visit by this variety store on wheels. Storekeepers operating hucksters stocked them with nearly all the necessities of life and made regular trips to rural homes where the housewife would buy the staples that she needed to go with her home-made food to keep her pantry or buttery full until the huckster made his next trip. The huckster also bought eggs, butter, and poultry from the housewife. The News editor says that he spent many boyhood days with his grandparents near South Condit and the huckster s visit was a big event as the man running the store on wheels always gave him a stick of candy. Mr. Hill was a native of Harlem and operated a store in his house there before moving into a big building on the corner, now owned by Mrs. Frances Fravel, in 1904 which he and his wile operated. They also rented a house next to the store and rented both from Inman Budd who had a store in Galena. Mr. and Mr
