Word: fullers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With soft determination, a trig young saleswoman edged her way into the half-open front door of a prosperous Hartford, Conn. home. Minutes later, she had sold her first order of "Débutante" cosmetics which The Fuller Brush Co. is adding to its famed house-to-house business...
...Fullerette had been picked by a critical boss-the Fuller Brush man whose $30-million-a-year beat she hoped to build up. From him she had learned the whole bag of Fuller rules: 1) dress neatly; 2) speak quietly; 3) never high-pressure, and 4) take a brushoff with a smile...
Fighting Trim. Fuller's 7,300 dealers buy their stock; their profit (average take: $70 a week) depends on their own initiative. Fuller men have delivered babies, rushed stricken customers to hospitals; one saved a child from strangulation by slapping its bottom until the coin she had swallowed was coughed up. Unlike the Fuller Brush man hero in the current Red Skelton film, no Fuller dealer has ever been suspected of murder, and despite legend, his erotic adventures...
...Fuller will compete in the Eastern trials to be held at Albany in two weeks against "Cokey" Wallace, the amateur champ, among others. Winners of this bracket will gain entrance to the finals with champions and runner-ups going to London to compete in the Olympic bouts which begin in the middle of July...
...course of his fistic career, Fuller has lost only once, on a split decision to Willie Clemens, national amateur Golden Gloves champion in 1947, while amassing a record of 31 victories 26 by knockouts. Two weeks ago in Providence he knocked out Sam Gladings with two punches in 21 seconds of the first round...