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In 1904, the family moved back to the farm at Grandview. In 1906, Mr. Truman went back to Grandview to manage the farm, where he remained until called into service in 1917. (See article about Farming Years) After his return from World War I in 1919 and his marriage to Bess Wallace, Mr. Truman went into the haberdashery business with Eddie Jacobson, with whom he had worked in the successful operation of the canteen at Camp Doniphan. The store prospered until 1921 when, as Mr. Truman put it, "the Republicans took over the U.S. Government." "By 1922," Mr. Truman wrote, "values had fallen, our stock had shrunk and creditors and banks pressed us and we closed out, hopelessly in debt." It was a number of years before he and Jacobson finally paid off all debts from the business failure. Previous   Next

Truman at Grandview Farm (1910) Harry Vieth, Jr. photo Haberdashery business at 104 W. Twelfth (1920) Truman in the foreground

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