Taken from a 1901 Supplement to The (Illiopolis) State Center Record
FOSSETT & SONS, Meat Market.
In
supplying the public with food commodities in fresh meats, the establishment of
Fossett & Sons, caters successfully to the general public. This concern
slaughters only native cattle, being on the hoof and superintending every detail
of preparation from the pasture to the counter scale. The choicest fresh meats
are kept constantly on hand, also, smoked and sausage meats, lard, etc.
John Fossett and his sons, Elmer and Vivian, comprise the firm. Mr. Fossett,
Sr., has been identified with the butcher business for over twenty years and has
in that time built up an excellent reputation among the people of this section
for prime meats productions and prompt service. Elmer and Vivian, sons of
the senior member, have been raised up in the business and are thoroughly
conversant with every detail. Both gentlemen are popular and enterprising and
their efforts combine to place before the public a thoroughly representative
establishment. In knowledge and experience, in promptness of service, in the
handling of superior meat productions Fossett & Sons, supply to the people
of Illiopolis and the country around un-compared accommodations.