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Articles
Tom Slack’s Dust Mop
Co. Is a Tight Operation
You won’t see Tom Slack’s company on the New York Stock Exchange. You won’t see
it in any list of the country’s top 200 corporations. And, unless you’re
observant as you drive down Route 12 in West Boylston, you won’t see it at
all. (more)
The Mopman Cometh
Remember the iceman in leather pants who used to visit the
neighborhood regularly using gigantic tongs to deliver blocks of ice to
each family? Remember the ragman who made his rounds in a horse drawn cart
filled with bright scraps of people's unwanted cloth? Remember the mopman
who went door to door selling the handled fixtures for which the buyer
supplied the rags to make his own mop? (more)
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