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A wary husband and thrifty widow wed for profit
Hiram Appleton, frugal to a fault, marries Widow Jones after a plan to raise revenue by keeping boarders. He envisions a windfall from cheap living and a thriving household, but the couple’s scheme backfires when the widow moves in her children as new "boarders" and secures control of the home.
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Hiram Appleton
Eliram
Lie
Hiram
Jane Doolittle
Timmen
Mr. Appleton
Widow Jones
Felton
the Enquirer
Miriam
Ifiram
Mrs. Jones
Appleton
Thram
Theo
Tiram
Jones
Iliram
Jehildeen
New York Evening Warty
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Towa
Illinois
Indi- Bay
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maine
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Michigan
Wisconsin
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Ak. S
United States
Vennayr
Wy Perton
District Court of the United Sates
District of
K.S
Perso
Vascanaix
New York
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Atnte
Supreme Court
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Ohette
Free States
Professor Anderson
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Wille
Flo
Walter Louit
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