THROWBACK THURSDAY!
Now here's a photo that needs a story to go with it. It's one from the Daily Globe and not dated. The man in the photo is Doug Burchill, owner of Doug's Phillips 66 station, which used to be diagonally across from the Daily Globe building on 11th Street. The building is now home to Jay's Electric. Bees are crawling around the door and onto the top of the cab of Doug's business truck.

Does anyone know the bee story? Did they build a hive in the truck? Inquiring minds want to know! ... See more

WHAT IS IT? WEDNESDAY!

That mysterious coin slot is from a pay phone -- THE FIRST PAY PHONE! -- at the Thompson Hotel in Worthington. So it was likely the first pay phone in town, if not in the county.
This phone is currently on display in the Nobles County Historical Building in the basement of the War Memorial Building (Nobles County Library).
According to the description entered in the NCHS database:
When a coin was inserted into a slot it fell into a patented gray pay station coin collector to allow the call to be accepted. The coin collector is located behind the lower front of the station. The front lifts up and out to allow the operator to open the locked coin collector and retrieve the money that was inserted for calls. There is a brass plate behind the mouthpiece embossed with the following "Directions, Call the central office in the usual way, Do not deposit any money until told to do so by the operator, The telephone must be off the hook when the money is deposited, be sure to drop money in the proper slot."

Yes, pay phones are definitely a thing of the past now that just about everyone carries a cellphone, but it was a pretty cool invention in its time. ... See more

WHAT IS IT? WEDNESDAY!

Yes, it's some sort of coin slot, but from what? Take a guess, and then check back later today for the answer to the mystery!