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Adamsville tale shows chains draining town wealth
A narrated film contrasts a rural town named Adamsville with a switch from local labor to chain stores. It traces how greed and advertising lure shoppers, hollowing out local commerce, and how distributors and factory contracts squeeze small producers. Roosevelt era aid ends the slide by rebuilding local commerce.
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John
Mary Adame
Adams
Adamsville
John Adams
Jobn Adams
White House
Adamervile
Jong
Tals
United States
Adameville
New York
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Hettens
America
Pigely Wiggly
Safeway
Roosevelt
Treel