The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
Thomas F. Fallon
Pharmacy, Mattapan Square
This pharmacy was originally founded by Frank W. Johnson in the old hotel building at Blue Hill Avenue and Norfolk Street and was continued by him for many years, both there and in the Bartlett Block. He at length sold out to C. E. Bagley, who only carried on the business for one year, retiring in favor of the present proprietor, Mr. Fallon, in 1904, by whim it has since been conducted. The store, which is known as “The Rexall Store,” having the agency for the Rexall remedies, occupies a conspicuous position on Mattapan Square on the corner opposite the rail road station and the electric car terminal and has the unusually large frontage of about 40 feet, giving opportunity for a splendid window display, which is wisely utilized. The interior is handsomely fitted with mahogany show cases and fixtures, and a long marble counter in front of the soda fountain forms a striking feature. Another is the large plate glass show cases containing the elegant stock of Fenway candies and that of the National cigar stand filled with that brand of cigars. As a matter of course in a pharmacy of this high class, the stock of drugs, medicines, chemicals, toilet articles, perfumery, sick room supplies and all that belongs thereto, is unusually large and complete, and the filling of prescriptions is a matter which is attended to both by Mr. Fallon and his clerks, who are fully competent pharmacists, with the greatest care and attention, and in this branch, it has a well-established reputation. The convenience of the location and the elaborate character of the soda fountain department makes the store an attractive point for motorists and wheelmen in the summer season, who stop there for soda, cigars and confectionery.
Mr. Fallon is a member of the Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association and chairman of its committee on congressional legislation, a graduate in pharmacy, member of the National Association of rRetail Druggists, of the Knights of Columbus and of the Hyde Park Business Men’s Association, in which town he also has a pharmacy.