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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1907

Page

24

Peaceful Mapledale Frays Over Dorcas Dollar

In Mapledale a quiet village meeting house hosts the Dorcas Workers with a curious disruption. Mr Glynne uses a door placard offering to loan one dollar, provoking bemusement among ten workers including Jerrie Benison, whose charm unsettles the conservative crowd and unsettled Mrs Setzer. The reform-minded pastor arrives late, his presence soothing yet the scene remains a lively clash of social roles and propriety.

Mapledale Wooung Dorcas Jerrie Bennison Jerrie Geraldine Bennisons Mr. Glynne Grandma Transue Sewing Society Miss Piper Cazalin Dewey Wren Jerusalem Manpledale Dent Mrs. Shunk Coe Se

Dorcas Workers Triumph Despite Hardship at Mapledale

In Mapledale the Dorcas Workers rally to fund a church project with Jerrie Bennison's bold plan. While Teague sisters lead profits, debt looms until Jerrie reveals she earned forty seven dollars ninety cents by hosting for the boys and buying chips for a poker game, promising a return next year.

Lad Mapledale Glynne Mr. Glynne Jerrie Bennison Bennisons Jerrie Mrs. Shunk Cazalia Miss Piper Grandma Transue Saxony Dorcas Jerry Mapledalians

The Busiest Dollar by Marion Hill in Dorcas Tales

A piquant depiction of a bright city girl joining staid Dorcas workers in a country village. Realism heightens humor and surprise. Illustrations faithfully render characters, enhancing harmony between author and artist and inviting readers to share in the living world on the page.

Marion Hill Dorcas

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