Candy and toys always filled the shelves in Ben Franklin stores

When you lived back in the early 1900s, you were limited on places you could go to for retail items. Ben Franklin was one of the five-and-dime stores around the country that provided those items to people for nickels and dimes. It was the Dollar Store of the time, being put to bed when the larger retail chains opened their doors.

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