Lazy Georgia man turns miner camp to laundry success
Jasper Price, lazy at home, finds energy in a Yukon like mining camp. He builds a thriving laundry, wins respect, and eventually buys a ranch after reuniting with his industrious wife and many children. The story follows his rise from idleness to wealth amid frontier opportunity.
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Jasper Price
Jasper
Mind Webber
Herusband
Rocky Mountain
Georgia
de Trews
de Pusson
Africa
Jinny
Hallalooyer
Jacky
Chile
William Henry
Moses
Berkshire Rebel Hoax in Massachusetts Rebellion Tale
A first person report recounts a pretend uprising against the U S food trust in Massachusetts. The narrator follows J B Rockshaw to Coltsville, discovers staged clues and forged letters, and reveals the plot as a hoax sparked by a clever newspaper man. The episode ends with the narrator marrying Rockshaw’s daughter Viola and plans for future ventures in science.
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Bay State
Food Trust
Washington
Congress of the United States
Massachusetts
William Crummett
Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Leslie Kermit
Berkshire Hills
Coltsville
Great Amalgamated Food Trust
Bald Mountain Inn
Ruth
Boaz
J. 8
S. Rookshaw
Rockshaw
Fast Express
Land of Nod
Rookshaw
Mr. Rookshaw
Berkshire
J. S. Rookshaw UI
Bluejay
J. S. Rookshaw
Viola
Vanity Saith the Preacher During the French Revolution
A priest rides in a tumbrel to the guillotine with a marquis and a common thief as crowds shout against aristocracy. The thief protests his status while the priest whispers that vanity has no place in such times.
Willing Hands and a Pittsburg Stock Speculator
A Pittsburg tale spreads about a young former stockbroker who lost thousands in spring speculation. He awoke one night to a hoarse voice threatening harm while asking for money. He responded wittily about rising to strike a light and resisting the demand.
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Pittsburg
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