The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
Rachel McClure
Proprietress of a grocery and bakery, 205 Washington Street
Rachel McClure is the proprietress of a popular grocery and bakery at No. 205 Washington Street, Mt. Bowdoin, Dorchester. This establishment was opened this year and has proved to be a successful business undertaking on the part of its owner. The store is neat and cosy, and the stock of table articles is attractive and inviting. There is kept in the store a full line of staple and fancy groceries, teas. coffees, spices, butter, cheese, eggs, canned goods of all- kinds, flour, sugar, milk, cigars, tobaccos, etc . In the department devoted to bakery products are to be found bread, pies, rolls, cookies, doughnuts, tonics, etc. The store has a good patronage, for all of the articles sold are of standard quality and of the highest excellence, while the prices charged for goods are moderate in the extreme. No goods of an inferior grade are ever permitted to find a place in the stock. Full weight and generous measure are always accorded to a purchaser, and the buyer is sure of getting the value of his money here.
The proprietress of this Mt. Bowdoin store was born in Scotland and came to this country early in life. She has lived in Boston for about 40 years. She is very popular in the neighborhood and draws considerable business to her store through her own agreeable personal character.