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A6 Daily News Leader, Thursday, April 7, 1994 Bitn Pepper dlFiuog stofe to 0s The Accu-Weather forecast for noon, 10 -0 0 10 2ua 30 4u SO Thursday, April 7. 60s 70 80 90 100 110 Bands separata high temperature zones tor the day. in lj fag wf but the formula was stolen by his pharmacy assistant. Wade Morrison. They believe Morrison took the recipe to Texas, where he opened his own drug store and began dispensing the concoction.

There's an old ledger in the pharmacy in which Dr. Pepper makes vague references to "swamp root," quinine, spices, raisins and soda. But there's no evidence Pepper ever sold the drink in Rural Retreat, said Jim Ball, historian at the Dr Pepper Co. headquarters in Dallas. "It's kind of a sad footnote in our history," Ball said of the store closing.

According to company brochures, Dr. Pepper "had an attractive young daughter and it wasn't long before a romance developed between Morrison and the girl. The doctor discouraged the affair and a dejected Morrison left Virginia." The company recently learned of records showing Pepper's daughter would have been in elementary school when Morrison worked at the pharmacy, so even that part of the story is questionable, Ball said. What is certain is that Morrison RURAL RETREAT (AP) Folks in this out-of-the-way town never made a big deal about the drug store founded by Dr. Charles T.

Pepper, the soft drink namesake. "We never really did anything in the way of advertising," the Dr Pepper connection, said Bill Weisiger, president of the firm that owns the store. "We just didn't have time to do that and run the store." Weisiger said the store no longer makes an adequate profit, and he will close it April 15. There is no reference to the connection on the Rural Retreat Drug Store sign, although the store's name is flanked by Dr Pepper logos and there is a Dr Pepper vending machine inside. No one is even sure when Pepper settled in Rural Retreat and opened the railroad town's first pharmacy.

"We used to have a picture of it taken in 1875. It's been around at least that long," pharmacist Baynard Barton said. The story behind the Dr Pepper soft drink is also murky. Some people in the town of 972 claim Pepper concocted the drink THE RURAL RETREAT DRUG STORE, which has been open since the 1870s, will close later this month. (AP Photo) left Virginia for Texas, where he opened a store and soda fountain in Waco.

He hired pharmacist Charles Al-derton, the man Dr Pepper credits with creating the formula. Ball said Alderton invented the soda in 1885 after customers tired of the old fruit flavors, and Morrison named it Dr Pepper. "There may have been some falling out between Dr. Pepper and Now, none of the potential nominees figuring in speculation about a new justice, and no nominee with any chance of emerging from President Clinton's selection process, would be likely to approach the task of judging according to what might be called "Blackmun's law." Although Blackmun has been con Court loses judge for 'ttlie BititiBe people! WARM STATIONARY E3 LTD E3 HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORUS FLURRIES BvQQzy Yesterday's weather High, 69 Low, 37 Precipitation, 0.05-inch Sunset today, 7:44 Sunrise Friday, 6:52 Extended forecast The National Weather Service's extended forecast for Virginia, Friday through Sunday, calls for mostly sunny but cool Friday. Highs in the 50s.

Lows in the mid-30s to low 40s. Saturday, partly sunny and continued cool. Highs in the upper 50s to mid-60s. Lows in the 30s. Sunday, chance of showers.

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