Word: pawnshop
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...Secretary General of the Government Pawnshop System decided that unpublished manuscripts could be "hocked" but not cows. A farmer at Boulogne was thereby sadly disappointed. Said the Secretary General: "Cows are not acceptable because they come under the title of perishable goods. A cow is liable to die in the sad surroundings of a pawnshop, thus making it impossible for the Government to get its money if the pawner does not repay the loan or redeem the pledge if requested. I think there would be a legal tangle if a cow became a mother during her sojourn in a pawnshop...
...front page. In the story it is told why the recovery of all the booty is believed imminent, how the police expect shortly to have all the criminals in custody, how upset Geraldine Bernhardt is. It is also mentioned that the wrist watch had been recovered in the pawnshop of Sol Horowitz, 12 South Orange...
...deny first that my right, proper and legal name is Sol Horowitz and I further deny that my pawnshop is at 12 S. Orange...
...solemnly swear that my right, proper and legal name is Solomon Horowits and further swear that my pawnshop is at 12½ S. Orange...
...further swear that for the last two years, four months, and six days I have conducted at 12½ S. Orange St. a pawnshop at which are advanced loans of large value, at very, cheap interest, a high grade service much appreciated by the persons of the community...