In 1968, Mark's Drug Store became Nord's Corner Drug, when Elmer Nord bought out his partnership with Donald Mark, the third generation representative of the Mark family of druggists.
This view of the soda fountain, possibly in Nord's Corner Store, shows the seating, ice cream menu, Coca-Cola dispenser and Bridgeman ice cream advertising.
Receipt for an order for pharmaceutical items was taken on November 20, 1933 by H. F. Mark of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for D. F. Barstow of Ebro, Minnesota.
Receipt for an order for pharmaceutical items was taken on November 10, 1933 by H. F. Mark of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for Dahl Brothers of Trail, Minnesota.
Receipt for an order for pharmaceutical items was taken on November 4, 1933 by an employee of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for C. E Albright of Lengby, Minnesota.
Receipt for an order for pharmaceutical items was taken on November 3, 1933 by H. F. Mark of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for E. B. Athman of Beaulieu, Minnesota.
Receipt for an order for pharmaceutical items was taken on August 19, 1933 by H. F. Mark of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for Aamoth Brothers of Mahnomen, Minnesota.
Receipt for an order for pharmaceutical items was taken on August 18, 1933 by H. F. Mark of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for E. M. Holum of Syre, Minnesota.
Receipt for an order for pharmaceutical items was taken on August 16, 1933 by an employee of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for Bear Park Mercantile of Bear Park township, Minnesota.
Receipt for an order for pharmaceutical items was taken on August 12, 1933 by an employee of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for Jas [James?] Hance of Dorothy, Minnesota.
Receipt for an order for Lung Balsam was taken on August 11, 1933 by an employee of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for James Gordon of Alida, Minnesota.
Receipt for an order taken on August 10, 1933 by an employee of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for A. Elingson [i.e. Ellingson] of High Landing [i.e. Highlanding], Minnesota.
A printed label from Mark's Drug Store, Fosston, Minnesota indicates this was prescription number B15319 from Dr. Turnbull for Bertha [H?] with instructions to apply to tooth cavity.
K. Hodne, of Hodne Hardware Company in Karlstad, Minnesota, wrote a letter dated November 22, 1932 regarding an unfilled order for Mark's Carbolic Salve.
This handwritten order from H. B. Rouland of Turner, Montana, dated August 19, 1932 requests the shipment of a large box of Mark's Itch Salve from Mark's Drug Store in Fosston, Minnesota.
This photograph, looking south on Harrison Avenue (now North Johnson Avenue) shows Mark's Drug on the one corner and Fosston Cleaners on the other corner.
Issued by Mark's Drug Store in Fosston, Minnesota. Mark's Drug Store Monthly features advertisements from Fosston-area businesses, jokes, recipes and cartoons.
Interior view of Mark's Drug Store, featuring display cases and a wrought iron cafe table.Mark's Drug Store served residents of Fosston, Minnesota from 1892 to 1968.
This booklet is a compilation of statutes of the State of Minnesota regarding the practice of pharmacy. Sample topics include the qualification and registration of pharmacists; the sale of cocaine, poisons or abortifacients; and the distribution of samples of drugs.
Written on the back: "Taken at Pastor Mortenson's place (the Aalgaard house) year 1920? In center of picture in second row, Pastor and Mrs. Mortenson, Ralph [Mortenson], his wife, Gerda, and Harold [Mortenson]." The Aalgaard house was located at 615 6th Street NE.
Dentist Dr. Carl Joseph (C. J.) Mittun, of Fosston, Minnesota, wrote a prescription for mosquito repellant, containing oil of citronella, oil of eucalytpus, menthol and alcohol, to be filled at Mark's Drug Store.
Peter M. Mark was the founder of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company, "Manufacturers of Mark's Celebrated Remedies," and the owner of Mark's Drug Store. Born in Norway, he died in 1932. His son, Harold Fritjof Mark, worked in both of the family businesses. Mark's Drug Store served residents of Fosston, Minnesota from 1892 to 1968.
The photograph caption reads, "Asphult, 1889-1919." The church building was built in 1890 and vacated in 1965. In 1975 the building was moved to the Pennington County Historical Village in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.
Framed oval studio portrait with curved glass of Tena Hegland Johnson (1886-1975). The label on front of the hand-colored photograph reads, "Tina Johnson, nurse during World War 1." The label on the reverse reads: "Mrs. Tena Heglund Johnson, Fosston." Johnson served in the Army Nurse Corp in 1918 and was later a nurse at the Fosston Hospital.
Studio portrait of Dr. O.J. Tagland, DDS. He worked as a dentist in Fosston, Minnesota from 1914 to 1923, and served as a dentist in the U.S. Naval Reserves for a period in 1918.
Arne Knutson, General Merchant, Pine Creek, Minnesota wrote this letter on October 29, 1917 to Mark's Drug Store noting that he had not received half of his order of herb tea.
Framed oval studio portrait with curved glass. The label on front of the hand-colored photograph reads, "Vernon Johnson." Handwritten label on the back: "Vern Johnson, Fosston."
Oval studio portrait of the Torgerson brothers. The portrait features hand drawn accents that call out the details of the uniforms. Handwritten label on the back: "Ted, Melvin and Otto Torgerson." Typed label reads: "Sons of Martin and Ingri Torgerson of Fosston. Serving in WW1: Tedor (Ted), Melvin and Otto."
This handwritten order on the letterhead of Amundson and Lee, dealers in General Merchandise and Hardware, of Newfolden, Minnesota is dated June 13, 1916. It requests the shipment of a dozen Goodie's Barbwire Liniment by express from the P. M. Mark Medicine Company.
This letter, typed on Mark's Drug Store letterhead and dated March 17, 1916, is to R. Reierson of Holt, Minnesota from the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota. The letter discusses an order for Louse Killer and Carbolic Acid and suggests a substitution of Cresol Compound since they were out of Carbolic Acid.
The letterhead of J. H. Johnson, dealer in General Merchandise, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Etc., in Hitterdal, Minnesota notes "country produce taken in exchange for goods. " The order is dated January 5, 1916 and is for Mark's Headache Tablets, Kill Pain, Mark's Lung Balsam, Toothache Drops, Epsom Salts, Peppermint and Petroline from the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota.
Grocer P. M. Swanson of Thornhult, Minnesota, wrote an order on November 20, 1915 to the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota for Kill Pain and Hoffman Draaber.
The receipt is dated July 1915 and documents the settling of an account between H.F. Mark and the Bagley Creamery in Bagley, Minnesota through the Garden Valley Telephone Company.
The certificate records the payment of thirty-four cents in tax by the P. M. Medicine Company as a manufacturer or distributor of opium. The tax was paid on February 23, 1915 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Saetesdalslaget Society was founded in 1909, by people who had emmigrated from the Setesdal valley or district in Norway. They held national conventions. This photograph captured attendees at a gathering held in McIntosh, Minnesota, June 13-14, 1912.