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Herbert Rawlinson
Herbert Rawlinson

Tommy Buckman

Neva Gerber
Neva Gerber

Nina Potter

L.M. Wells
L.M. Wells

John S. Buckman

John Cook
John Cook

Phillip Potter

Howard Crampton
Howard Crampton

William Tobias

Burton Law
Burton Law

Brown

Willard Wayne
Willard Wayne

Phil

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    Tommy Buckman, the ne'er-do-well son of dime store magnate John Buckman, is given one last chance to succeed by surveying a possible location in New England for the opening of another store in his father's chain. Arriving in the town of Winton, Tommy lands in jail and, disowned by his father, is bailed out by Nina Potter, whose father owns the only dime store in town.

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    1917-05-21

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