1906 Standard Oil Co Letter to Aug Kuecherer, Zoar OH. Axel grease, cylinder oil For Sale

1906 Standard Oil Company, Cleveland, Ohio Letter to Aug. Kuecherer, Zoar, OH concerning  an order for Axel grease and cylinder oil.
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The Zoar Store (built in 1833) served as the vital commercial and financial headquarters of the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Augustus Kuecherer was part of the prominent Zoar Separatist family associated with the historic 1835 A. Kuecherer Residence.He was living in Zoar right during the critical time when members were transitioning from a shared-property commune to an open capitalist economy, and was acting as the post-communal merchant, running the Zoar 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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