Word: billingses
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Complete with marble-topped counter and an antique soda-fountain glass, display Billings and Stover Apothecaries, Inc. has all the trappings of the drugstores that many of our parents--and grandparents--may have known.
Billings and Stover also carry a selection of popular modern pharmaceutical items and fill prescriptions. Over three million have been filled to date, according to the store's antiqued bags.
Things were not always so old-fashioned at Billings and Stover.
Although the store has been in operation since 1854, it lost much of its original decorative finery over the years. Although soda fountains typically evoke the fifties, Billings and Stover actually abandoned their original design in 1947, concentrating revenue reinvestment efforts on the store's pharmaceutical business.
Nestled between Sage's market and Billings and Stover Apothecaries, the store has an unassuming facade. Inside it exudes a close, homey feel. Even the low ceilings and stuffy atmosphere of the second floor are reminiscent of grandma's attic--a questionable image for an allegedly high-class clothing store...