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frnash said:
Kinda like the old Phoenix store, Mohawk, MI (ca. 1999):
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What a classic! The last time I was there, probably in the 1990s(?), it felt a bit like an old "продуктовый" (grocery store) in the Stalin era Soviet Union, with a creaky old wooden floor, very dim lighting — perhaps a half dozen 25 watt light bulbs in the whole place — and overwhelmingly bare shelves bearing just a meager handful of lonesome items, such as a few cans of beans, or whatever. The antique glass front counter had a modest assortment of candy bars and snack items, and that huge, beautiful antique cash register!
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Don’t go dissing the Phoenix store frnash. People find out they kick you out of the Keweenaw! :)

Arbutus is a legend in these parts!
 
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frnash said:
Kinda like the old Phoenix store, Mohawk, MI (ca. 1999):
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What a classic! The last time I was there, probably in the 1990s(?), it felt a bit like an old "продуктовый" (grocery store) in the Stalin era Soviet Union, with a creaky old wooden floor, very dim lighting — perhaps a half dozen 25 watt light bulbs in the whole place — and overwhelmingly bare shelves bearing just a meager handful of lonesome items, such as a few cans of beans, or whatever. The antique glass front counter had a modest assortment of candy bars and snack items, and that huge, beautiful antique cash register!
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There was one in Ripley, the brown (now apartment) building near the school.

My Grandpa moved to Ripley in about 1950. I remember walking to that store in the early sixties, when I was probably 11 or 12, with some change in my pocket. Got there and I thought maybe the candy was older than I was at the time.
 
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Don’t go dissing the Phoenix store frnash. People find out they kick you out of the Keweenaw! :)

Arbutus is a legend in these parts!
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Arbutus Peterson - yes indeedy! And so is the ol' Phoenix Store, it sure is a Copper Country institution, and like a portal to the 1800s. I hope it's around for at least a 'nuther hunnert years! :encouragement:
A somewhat unusual name, Arbutus — I used to have a cousin(?) named Arbutus Nakkula, UP dere in da Copper Country, from my dad's side of the family. Lost contact many years ago, although there's still a bunch of Nakkulas UP dere.
 
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