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Baumgartner Seeks Longed Meadow Before Death
A Pennsylvania German retiree Old Baumgartner pursues the coveted meadow between his farm and the road, hoping to gain the land through marriage with Sarah Pressel. He worries his son Seffy, fearing any bold, flirtatious wife, while locals recount warnings about being late in life events and the front-line danger of progress.
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Trota
Maryland
Bill Elsenkrout
Baltzer Iron-Cabbage
Baltz
Henry Wasserman
Alexander Althoff
Old Baumgartner
Mebby
Leffy
Lustich
Sarah Pressel
Seffy
Sarah
Pressel
Baumgartner
Sally
Sam Pritz
Yasal
Sam
Jefferson Daify Busby
Mr. Dusby
Osach
Geal
Pritz
Yaasir
Sef
Sim Pritz
Jin
Chasser
Granny
Yas
Sephantiah P. Paumgarten
Junifor
Nossir
Vielnage
Yassir
Beffy
Lefly