Yesterday was the bar’s last day. People had started lining up for any remaining merch before they’d even opened, and by 2 p.m. there was a crowd on the sidewalk. A few hours after that it’d turned ...
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Inside one of the nation’s last surviving pencil manufacturers, Jason Glines heaved slats of wood imported from China through a cutting machine. He watched as blades grooved the ...