In 2023, if you visit a pharmacy, you might be sick and in need of medicine. If you were to visit a pharmacy 100 years ago, you might go there to buy medicine. But you might also go there for a soda or tonic drinks with carbonated water from a soda fountain. You might also even eat lunch while waiting for your medicine. These businesses, called soda fountains, were widely popular in the first half of the 20th century. But over the last 70 years, most soda fountains have closed. There are still a few soda fountains out there, however. One is in Kenova, West Virginia. It is called Griffith and Feil Drug. The business is 131 years old. Ric Griffith is the owner of the soda fountain. He is keeping the tradition going. He explained that soda fountains were not just a place to eat lunch. “It was a place where you had an experience.“ “When you had a soda fountain, people would stay longer, they'd sit down, and they'd share stories,” Griffith said.
Title: Soda Fountain in West Virginia Appeals to Nostalgia, Memories
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soda or tonic drinks with carbonated water from a soda fountain. </span> <span data-start-time='28542' data-end-time='34583'>You might also even eat lunch while waiting for your medicine.</span> <span data-start-time='34583' data-end-time='45354'>These businesses, called soda fountains, were widely popular in the first half of the 20th century. </span> <span data-start-time='45354' data-end-time='53813'>But over the last 70 years, most soda fountains have closed.</span> <span data-start-time='53813' data-end-time='58813'>There are still a few soda fountains out there, however. </span> <span data-start-time='58813' data-end-time='63500'>One is in Kenova, West Virginia. </span> <span data-start-time='63500' data-end-time='67479'>It is called Griffith and Feil Drug. </span> <span data-start-time='67479' data-end-time='73604'>The business is 131 years old.</span> <span data-start-time='73604' data-end-time='77979'>Ric Griffith is the owner of the soda fountain. </span> <span data-start-time='77979' data-end-time='81938'>He is keeping the tradition going. </span> <span data-start-time='81938' data-end-time='89917'>He explained that soda fountains were not just a place to eat lunch.</span> <span data-start-time='89917' data-end-time='94333'>“It was a place where you had an experience.“</span> <span data-start-time='94333' data-end-time='104917'>“When you had a soda fountain, people would stay longer, they'd sit down, and they'd share stories,” Griffith said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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