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Garret B. Kremer-Wright

Local History

Garret B. Kremer-Wright has worked as the archivist for The State Historical Society of Missouri since February 2018. He earned his BS in Historic Preservation from Southeast Missouri State University and MA in Public History from Wright State University.

Co-op Cut Rate Drug Store

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Elaine "Tommie" Davis opened the Co-op Cut Rate Drug Store, at 40 N. Main St., in Cape Girardeau on Oct. 18, 1933. An article ran in a 1941 issue of "Drug Topics" stating that Davis's store was one of the first to operate a Women's Department in a drug store. This ground-breaking department, for the time, combined baby needs, "Beauty Bar" and personal needs into one area of the store. This allowed for a one-stop-shop for female shoppers in downtown Cape Girardeau. The store also catered to men by selling liquor, cigarette and pipe holders.

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