Tag: Elbert Hubbard

  • The Handling Fee

    The Handling Fee

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    Shopping for antique books can be therapeutic; it quiets the body, and yet stimulates the mind. Usually. But one hot day in New York, our author experienced something entirely different. It may be said, he was insulted, disrespected and almost robbed, but we’ll let him tell it.

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Impatient young (and not so young) lovers have known since 1754 that Gretna Green was the place to go for a quick wedding. All they had to do was outrun the irate parents to cross the small river bridge into Scotland. “Gretna Greens” in Aberdeen, Ohio and Elkton, Maryland followed in their footsteps.

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