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Thankful's Valentine in Pond District Tale
A February tale from the Pond District recalls Thankful Rand awaiting a Valentine. Seth Rand spins a tall tale about the town’s one valentine, and Valentine Dinsmore arrives to reveal he is the chosen suitor. The pair wed that evening with Parson Bancroft as witnesses. the California returnee became Thankful’s lifelong partner.
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Pond
Pond Mountain
Seth Rand
Titus
Neval
Seth
Thankful
Boston
Nell
L’rudence Stebbins
Sophronia Stiles
Valentine
Rand
Squire Rand
Mrs. Rand
Sissy
Val. Dinsmore
Farmer Rand
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Sis
Valentine Dinsmore
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Californy
Valentiné
Ife
Squire
Parson Bancroft
Valentine Didsmore
Squire Rand’s
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Chicago Standard