Cops: 300-lb man in dress tries to steal rum, cola Oct 16, 2009
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Police said a person believed to be a man disguised as a woman in a black dress tried to steal a bottle of rum and cola drinks from a local drug store. The store's loss prevention officer unsuccessfully tried to stop the person, who is described as about 20 years old, 6-foot-3-inches tall and weighing 300 pounds. (Fresno Bee)
Iraqis face tough times, starting over in America Oct 11, 2009
A former pharmacist at a large Iraq hospital, he now is a pharmacist's assistant in a New Jersey drug store. Life in America has been a trade-off: His job supervising dozens of workers, his comfortable home and lush garden in Baghdad are gone, but he has something else - security. (Anchorage Daily News)
Community Notes Sep 10, 2009
Line-up is at North Main Street and Marquette, Nelson;s Drug Store parking lot. For more information, call Bob Doyle, post commander, at (815) 875-1352. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Enamored by ornaments of Christmas past Aug 27, 2009
"Each object communicates something" about the past, Gotelli said, "even if it was from the drug store.". His fellow collectors are addicts, but it's an addiction that brings pleasure in the form of a rich imaginative life, he said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Waterloo man hopes to uncover buried treasures Aug 18, 2009
Old pharmacy and drug store bottles have been highly collectible over the years, said Rich Penn, owner of Rich Penn Auctions, a Waterloo company that sells old pharmacy equipment. How desirable an item is depends on what kind of the bottle is found. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Piece Of Dr Pepper History Fails To Sell May 14, 2009
Flipping through the more than 360-page book, he found various references to the Old Corner Drug Store in Waco where pharmacist Charles Alderton invented Dr Pepper in 1885 ... He later noticed there were several sheets with letterhead pasted into the book that hinted at its past, like a page from a prescription pad from a Waco store titled "W.B. Morrison ld Corner Drug Store." ... An Internet search revealed that pharmacist Charles Alderton invented Dr Pepper and that it was first served in... (KWTX.com, TX)
Dr Pepper artifact may reveal soft drink's origin May 5, 2009
He noticed there were several sheets with letterheads hinting at its past, like a page from a prescription pad from a Waco store titled "W.B. Morrison ld Corner Drug Store." An Internet search revealed Dr Pepper, first served in 1885, was invented at the Old Corner Drug Store in Waco by a pharmacist named Charles Alderton. Wade Morrison was a store owner. (AZCentral -- News)
Key Piece Of Dr Pepper History Goes On Auction This Month May 2, 2009
DALLAS (May 1,2009)--A 359-page ledger filled with 40 years of formulas from the Waco drug store where Dr Pepper was created goes on the auction block later this month and its expected to sell for as much as $75,000 because it includes an original recipe for the soft drink ... He noticed there were several sheets with letterhead pasted into the book that hinted at its past, like a page from a prescription pad from a Waco store titled "W.B. Morrison ld Corner Drug Store." ... An Internet... (KWTX.com, TX)
Remodeling the Castle (1) Mar 23, 2009
Other early occupants were the El Dorado Saloon, Mandigo's drug store, a post office, Allen's News Stand, a doctor's and dentist's office, Randall's Cash Grocery and the newspaper Coos Bay Harbor, which became the North Bend News. Source: "Louie Simpson's North Bend" by Dick Wagner. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
