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Widow Robb Receives Thanksgiving Surprise Visit
In a low elm shaded house, Mrs. Mary Ann Robb, aged and poor, endures illness and debt while neighbors urge her to join the town poorhouse. A distant son, John Harris from Dakota, returns with gifts and warmth, transforming her bleak eve into a hopeful feast amid a village’s acts of kindness and a pumpkin surprise for Widow Gray.
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Mary Ann Robt
Ahso
John Mander
Johnny Harris
Mary Ann
Robb
Ezra Blake
John Harris
Dakota
John
Mother Robb
Squire Fiske
Joe
Will
Mr. Emery
Joe Emery
Will Somerby
Lawrel