Safe Way to Store Fora.
"Pawnbrokers are gradually becoming our business rivahi in one way," said the manager of a »tor age warehouse. "Women with furs or silverware they want to put away for the summer are getting into the habit of going to the pawnbroker with them, instead of earning to us. In that way they save the cost of storage, except for the interest on the loan, and hare the use of the money at tKe same time. It is not necessary for tiom to go to the pawnshops. Outside men are employed in that business who will call at their home in response to a postal card. As a rule these women never ask for large amounts. Nor will they | n<itnif that their furs are in pawn. \ Th<-y ra)] it storing. But they irt i t ' p;'"'i-H v the same nart of pawn- ■ tick-is ;is the man who passes his watch over the counter when he is hard up."— N. Y. Sun. .
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 98, 23 December 1904, Page 7
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165Safe Way to Store Fora. Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 98, 23 December 1904, Page 7
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