A Friday in the Smith Sherlock Company Store

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Health Foods (Grape Nuts and Corn Flakes) in the Smith Sherlock Company Store
Health foods in the Smith Sherlock Company Store. Corn flakes and grape nuts were intended to be wholesome foods that contributed to health. The back of the grape nuts box advises that eating one pound of grape nuts supplies more nutrition than 10 pounds of meat. An interesting claim, one also made before Fair Packaging and Labeling Act was passed.

We had our weekly staff meeting at 8:00. After that, Gator and I loaded up Sarsaparilla for the Miners Exchange Saloon. I then worked in the archives until noon. From noon to 4:00 I manned the Smith Sherlock Company Store. The day started off slow, so in addition to keeping track of the number of visitors, I started counting dogs. I misplaced my notes on the number of visitors, altogether there were about 25, but most of them came in late in the afternoon. Nevertheless, I did have a number of interesting conversations with visitors about SPC, the store and various other topics.

 After dinner, consisting of trout that we caught yesterday at Louis Lake, I decided a road trip was in order, so we drove to the Rock Shop. Diet Pepsi for Connie and I hit the hard stuff- a couple of glasses of wine.

 It was a little bit before sundown as we drove back to SPC. We saw several pronghorn antelope on the way. Once we got down to SPC, I suggested we drive through town, up the hill past the cemetery, and along the old highway. Connie was game. We saw some 20-20 pronghorn antelope and, surprisingly, an elk- either a young bull or a cow, as it had no antlers- on this little jaunt. We got back to the trailer, read a bit, and then turned in.

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