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The Christmas Slipper Plot in Appleburg
In Appleburg New Jersey the minister Stanwix becomes the center of a local Christmas joke as 136 marriageable women, led by Jane Wilkinson, craft slippers to persuade him to wed. The slipper torrent triggers a chaotic scene, culminating in Jane sparking a marriage proposal with a witty twist about tobacco.
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Dominie
Dominic Hag
Stanwix
New Jersey
Appleburg
Jane
Katherine Wan
Wilkinson
Kathering
New
Tahueco
Scotland
John Knox
Calvin
Lowlands
Britain
Forfar