Welcome to the Allen Knox General Store
Knox’s General Store in Wadena, Iowa carried fresh meat, groceries, clothes, boots, drug store items, livestock feed, hand-packed ice cream, comic books, bottles of cold pop for a nickel and many other items – and my hope is that the Allen Knox General Store will offer the same type of diversity in its’ blog topics – but NO NICKEL POP!
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New Update
The last 2 years have given me blessings and a deeper understanding of mortality. I will try to share the experience.
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Update on Allen’s Walk of Life: I Decided to Be Idle
I missed you. I really did. But I would not admit it and actually explained my lack of new blog articles by repeatedly saying it was because the number…
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Yes, Virginia, and I Have Seen Santa [AND THE WADENA TURKEY DROP!]
The letter from Virginia that inspired the wonderful reply that has been the proof that Santa Claus does really exist may have inspired a slightly different response from someone…
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Tommy Dancing and the Walk of Life – Letter from Allen Knox
On Monday evening, Tommy danced and it was a perfect moment that reflected an amazing weekend at the West Union Rec Center! This morning my YouTube Likes played Dire…
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The Night the Bridge Fell Down in Wadena Part 2
Prologue: Wadena’s First B & B!! We left the Bridge story with an epilogue detailing a soup supper sponsored by the Wadena Community Club, a community organization that my…
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I Was Never Ranger Rick
One of the interesting things I have learned from starting to write a blog is that memories bring back memories bring back you. You may have recognized that I…
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Memories: The Night the Bridge Fell Down in Wadena
This would have made a great title for a country song. Alas, lights and Georgia beat me to it. I am already on a Bunny Trail and I have…
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My Favorite Coffee Shop
The owner of the company doing the technical part of this blog created this space for me to share My Favorite Coffee Shop. He never mentioned it to me.…
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Memories: Grocery Stores
Knox’s General Store was one of three grocery stores in Wadena, a town of nearly 350 residents located in rural Fayette County in Northeast Iowa. One of the other…
