June 8, 1928, Menasha Record
Despite the inexpensive prices being a big draw by 1928 standards, the soda fountain apparently was THE place to be on Main Street that year. Where else could you indulge your ice cream fantasies while shopping for kidney pills and witch hazel? I regret that the age of active ice cream counters in pharmacies went the way of the dinosaur, the way the five and dime went away. But hey, at least I can say that I ate at Woolworth's and Kresge's lunch counters before they ceased business.
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