Deal and his wife, Louisa Marie (1866-1949), lived upstairs over their grocery store, and there they raised their family. The Deal Grocery Company also had one of the city’s earliest telephones (phone number: 8).

As a registered dietitian, one of the main complaints I've heard from clients of all social classes has been “eating healthy is just so expensive.” Much to my frustration, it can seem very expensive to the average consumer when walking through the organic section at the grocery store.