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Jack Compton and Daughter. I won't stay around to see it
Jack Compton and Daughter. I won't stay around to see it

Jack Compton and Daughter. I won't stay around to see it

Date5/6/1970
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126066F
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
6/13/1972
New chapter: Clem Compton Smith says the manuscript's author told him he befriended the crown prince in China.
New chapter: Clem Compton Smith says the manuscript's author told him he befriended the crown prince in China.
1/17/1989
Why borrowers are blue: James Theodoro of Cedar Heights Home Hardware says his borrowing costs this year will be around $25,000 compared with $9,000 in 1979, and the result is he won't be able to hire temporary sales people to handle the spring rush
Why borrowers are blue: James Theodoro of Cedar Heights Home Hardware says his borrowing costs this year will be around $25,000 compared with $9,000 in 1979, and the result is he won't be able to hire temporary sales people to handle the spring rush
4/10/1980
In Toronto now Peter Dalglish is supervising an animated film on AIDS for street kids around the world, but condoms won't be stressed - 'they're too expensive'.
In Toronto now Peter Dalglish is supervising an animated film on AIDS for street kids around the world, but condoms won't be stressed - 'they're too expensive'.
12/2/1987
New Retailer: Business Depot chief Jack Bingleman, who says Warehouse retailing is here to stay, opened the company's first office supply superstore yesterday.
New Retailer: Business Depot chief Jack Bingleman, who says Warehouse retailing is here to stay, opened the company's first office supply superstore yesterday.
10/17/1991
Two items Jack Himself Cohen won't sell are tiny china plates bearing picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill he paid 50 cents for 25years ago.
Two items Jack Himself Cohen won't sell are tiny china plates bearing picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill he paid 50 cents for 25years ago.
6/13/1972
Garbriel Kolko. I Plan to stay here
Garbriel Kolko. I Plan to stay here
9/23/1970
Norman Browne rolls his own cigarettes, it's cheaper. Regardless of his income he lives on $25 a week. This insures that I stay poor and thus safeguards my freedom and independence. Being poor, he says, is fun.
Norman Browne rolls his own cigarettes, it's cheaper. Regardless of his income he lives on $25 a week. This insures that I stay poor and thus safeguards my freedom and independence. Being poor, he says, is fun.
6/6/1969
I won't let society's attitudes handicap me,' says psychologist L. H. Theodor
I won't let society's attitudes handicap me,' says psychologist L. H. Theodor
3/16/1979
Reading to his daughter about the beauty of animals and the way they care for their young has educated me to see things in a different light, says Newfoundlander Nick Laite, who once was enthused about the seal hunt
Reading to his daughter about the beauty of animals and the way they care for their young has educated me to see things in a different light, says Newfoundlander Nick Laite, who once was enthused about the seal hunt
2/17/1978
C. B. Boss, Mining industry chief, I can see their point
C. B. Boss, Mining industry chief, I can see their point
5/4/1976
'I see family court as a clearing house for the frustrations of the community' - Judge Warren Durham
'I see family court as a clearing house for the frustrations of the community' - Judge Warren Durham
12/4/1977