Great story.
I never heard of or knew anyone who actually sold Grit before.
Yep. I sure did. I ran that Grit paper route for about 4 years.
I think I ended up with a peak of about 130 subscribers at one point.
I thought I was in tall cotton those days...LOL
When I got a job as a stock boy at a local grocery store, I passed my paper route on to my younger brother.
A buddy of mine’s father-in-law made a living in Pennsylvania selling Grit subscriptions
and retired to Florida in the ‘70s.
Charlie is going to celebrate his 90th next spring with a trip back to seesee all his old friends!