Tuesday's Treasures

Even made it into the St. Paul Daily News
December 9, 1932, Prohibition Era

Mr. C. found a few old newspapers in the attic of a building that was
being demolished. (He's a contractor.)

Wheeler, WI
Late January, 2016

A little more than a week ago, when we were bringing the five year old grandson from Minnesota out to the 'middle of nowhere,' as he put it, we drove through this little village at the intersection of Highways 25 and 170. It has a couple buildings I found interesting. I don't know what they were used for, but I do have some guesses. It's possible, of course, that they were used for different things at different times. The first one looks to me like a machine shop, and the second one looks like a general store. They both have those tall fronts that make them look like something from an old western.

What's your guess?

Wheeler, WI
Next door, another building with a similar front
Late January, 2016

P.S.  I was curious about the spelling, so I went to www.grammarist.com and looked up 'whisky.' Here's what I found:

 "The difference between whiskey and whisky is simple but important: whisky usually denotes Scotch whisky and Scotch-inspired liquors, and whiskey denotes the Irish and American liquors. The word itself (both spellings) is of Celtic origin, and modern whisky/whiskey distillation practices originated in Ireland and Scotland. Using whiskey to refer to Scotch whisky can get you in trouble in Scotland."

Always good to know. 

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