Baby causes sweeping spree ends with open door bargain
A five-year-old boy G. W. Rogers repeatedly pulled a vacuum cleaner cord, triggering its roar. When his mother Mrs. Weldon Rogers was away, the child bargained to keep sweeping if she opened the screen door, letting him roam the house plugged in all day.
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G. W
S. J. Harris
Parker
Logansport
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Jack
Kansas City
Eugene Wagoner
Port Clinton
W. B. Richardson
Richardson
R. H. Richardson
M. E. Johnson
Johnson
Northwest Texas Hospital
W. G. Willis
Louisiana
Felton Crawford
Texhoma
Tight Shoes continuation features Rupert Salsinger’s frank talk
Rupert Salsinger speaks to a crowd of reporters outside Calvin Colby’s house as Colby, ill and pondering his public role, faces questions from loving parents about his plans. The scene blends political speech, social justice talk, and a dash of humor with Roosevelt and Lincoln quotes echoed in the Columbus Circle memory.
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Rupert
Calvin Colby
Rupert Salsinger
Columbus Circle
F. D. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Serious minded youth forms Social Justice group in town
A young man seen as serious organizes the American Amalgamation for Social Justice with himself as president and Calvin Colby as treasurer. Calvin’s parents donate five thousand slugs to the cause while old Bilby settles for wrecking his shoe store and the missing shoes. Rupert Salsinger, pursuing Calvin, seeks interviews and later announces a Congressional bid on the Social Justice ticket, complicating the situation.
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Bilby
Rupert Salsinger
Rupert
Congress
Social Justice
Calvin
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