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Borrowed Boy for Christmas and the Golden Rule
Henry J. Taylor recalls Christmas Eve 1908 visiting Uncle Ned and Aunt Madie on a rural Ohio farm. The borrowed boy tale ends with simple hospitality and a Golden Rule pledge amid a nonmodern home, contrasting past comforts with present progress.
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Taylor
General Motors
Henry J. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Columbus
Ohio
North Pole
Ned
Uncle Ned
Mother
Madie
Anncle
Aunt Madie
America
Henry
Ohio Forest