Wymore? Why not?

 

We pulled into Wymore around 7 a.m., so the light

wasn't the best.

But we did notice this on the north end of downtown.

Can't decipher the first two words, but the third

is definitely "PRODUCE."

What we didn't notice was the one next to it.

We'll have to get it next time.

There was plenty more to see anyway.

And we didn't even know there was a 

Welsh Capital of Nebraska.

But here is the piece de resistance:

Conner Saloon?  Corner Saloon?

The Coca-Cola part is undeniable, and the word

CIGAR is partially behind the pole, but 

we wonder if we see Budweiser in there too,

two lines below Saloon.

How about you? What can you pick out?

Fair Bury

When in southeast Nebraska, be sure to visit

Fairbury for all your ghost sign needs.

Driving around with the family, my mother spotted this one.

Coca-Cola on the left, 

what we believe to be Gooch's Best Macaroni in the middle,

and you're on your own for the right.

 

Same building. 

Just above the doors, there's a faint outline of some lettering.

And across the top, at the roofline, we see what we think is

The Morgan Trans-something something something.

And downtown Fairbury held many more surprises

than we were expecting.

Stay tuned.

 

Now entering Nebraska

 

Look at this beauty in Beatrice, Nebraska!!

Yet another Owl cigar sign, but there's much more.

There's the remnants of wholesale groceries across the top.

Argo Starch above the Straiton and Storm's Owl.

And another cent sign mixed in with at least three signs

in the lower right hand corner.

And if you'll note, the yellow block letters seem to spell Durham.

Directly below them we see "Toba" which leads us to believe

there's a Bull Durham tobacco sign mixed in there.

(Whoever painted on top of who, Owl or Bull Durham, this had

to be something of an advertising coup.)

And over on the left, there's a figure in a yellow circle

above a white panel.

(At first we thought it might be another version of the Owl Cigar owl,

but comparing it to yesterday's entry leads us to believe they're

quite different.)

Brilliant!!

Kudos to Stone Hollow Brewing for not destroying it.

(AND, after looking through our records, we found early photos

of this sign, before the building had been repurposed. Courtesy of

Ms. D. Walz.)