The telegram that turned a snowy New Year
Harry Enfield learns a telegram addressed to his cousin George asks for five hundred dollars tonight. The message triggers fear of bad news and soon Harry faces family tension as he contemplates secrecy before visiting his uncle and aunt in Wheat Center. The drama unfolds around a bank job and a potential family crisis.
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Teaston
Wheat Center
Prairie Town
Harry Enfield
Seung
Harry
Tearm
George
Lucille
Uncle Harry
First National Bank
Barry
Weetero Newspaper Unies
New Year Blizzard Fails To Start Car In Snow
In a blizzard on New Year's Eve 1928 Orn struggles to start his car with Esther aboard. A series of passersby offer help, from a cheerful young man to an older volunteer, finally towing the car to a garage. The rescuer driven by chance hints at a crush, noting Esther's license number with a hopeful gaze.
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Orn’s
Esther
Ivon
Lnds
Orn
Dad
Eibher
Ora
Western Newspaper Union
New Year Reflections On Kindness And Family Ties
In 1916 a Missionary society group discusses returning to homelike virtues amid modern excess. They praise daily letters from Mrs Phillips to her mother, urge daily self-improvement days such as Courtesy and Patience, and hope old neighborly spirit and Christmas kindness endure in the New Year.
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Mrs. Long
The
Missionary Society
Reed
The Double Cross and the Night of Escape
In a tense late night, Doris orders searchers to comb the grounds and lake shore for Mr. Stanley’s likely crisis while Nina reveals secrets. Nina confesses to manipulation involving a sister and a benefactor, Rollin Waterman, and hints of a future payoff, before leaving with a taunting plan to contact Stanley.
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Jefferson
Dorie
Stanley
Doris
Nina
Nica
Anna
Mr. Stanley
Nlon
Rollin Waterman
Mer
Roullie
Rolly
Durle
Night of intrigue ends with secrets and escape
Wilson orchestrates Waterman’s escape to a ship while Nina returns with a sleeping child. Doris confronts Jim Stanley and the Swami misreads events as a web of deception and illusion. The necklace resets loyalties as Stanley takes the Colby jewels and Doris clings to a fragile hope.
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Stanley
Jim
Jin
Doris
Mall
Swami
Hin
Tim
Walt
Doria
Sim
Dave
Wilsom
Wilson
O'Hara
Colby
Uta Bands
Dorly
Derle
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Charking Cback
Gertrude Walton
Atracken Waterman
Waterman
Tly
New York
South American
Pot
Mr. Waterman
Cortim
Waterton
O’hara
Hara
D Ling
Water Nun
Ning
Ciild
Pop
Blu
Flory
Cac
Agals
Sunmon
Boris
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