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May 11, 2008

Amish-run salvage stores soar

“Their businesses frequently succeed because they have low overhead, they work very hard, they're creative”

In a quiet gas-lit farmhouse, two girls in bonnets and long blue dresses wind tape around expired bottles of Newman's Own salad dressing, and wipe dust off dented cans of vegetables and crumpled boxes of ... via Times Leader

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