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small tools - to some gourmet products that share shelf space with every day staples: artichoke hearts, Mexican food, fancy cookies.
On the counter is the same cash register that has been there almost since the business began. It’s a huge, ornate model that was purchased in 1909. Many of the counters and shelves are just as old. Gone are the chicken coops that used to be in back and the little building that served as the court house before the present court house was built. And Giles has an eye for the future. “If I could change, build or add on. I’d would try to go more in the direction of self-service,” he said. Right now, there's scarcely an inch of space that is wasted.
And there will always be room for the old-timers who gather inside in bad weather and the farmers who come into town on rainy days when there's not much that can be done outside, just as they did in horse-and buggy days when folks could also get cash at the Cash Store.
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