A Deacon’s New Jersey Farm Visit Unsettles an Old Enmity
On a Jersey fruit farm, 55-year-old Deacon Harland welcomes Mrs. La Rose and her 17-year-old daughter, who is to wed him for wealth and security. Joe Harland, the son, distrusts the match while nursing a hidden past love with the widow. Domestic tensions arise as past and future collide.
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Deacon
la Rose
Hetty
Old Place
New Hampshire
Bintown
New Jersey
Joe
Mike
Joe Harland
Ellintown
Desson
Joseph
New York
Julia Carlyon
Harland's
Little Esther
Harland House
Metty
Julia Stundy
Sui
Esther
Thiave
Colt
Darling
Carson Willis
Julia
Parson Willis
Old West tales of marriage, trains, and curiosity
A rambling mix of dialogue and scenes follows a deacon and widow contemplating marriage, a tale of Parson Willis, and two marriages arranged quietly. A locomotive engineer recalls a dramatic French pianist aboard a frantic rail journey while other vignettes show romantic hopes and a young suitor escaping a looming family doorway.
Humorous Anecdotes From a Peoria Hotel and Other Jests
A traveler at a Peoria hotel pays a waiter with a dollar for a first class dinner, prompting a wry exchange about the missing tip. A tannery visitor quips about elephant skin while a Duluth order aims for slippery shoes. A Chicago girl and umbrella gags, plus roguish servant tales and class irony fill this string of light anecdotes.
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Peoria
Jim
Jin
Darkey
Woburn
Chicago
Duluth
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J. F. Hartgrove
Sheph- Torn
Entler Hotel
J.P. Hartgrove
G. M. Beltzhoover
Shepherdstown
Jefferson County
West Virginia
Jefferson
George W. Graham
Harper's Ferry
West VA
United
Aes
Nia
Eutler
RB. FP. Graves
Valley House
Entler
Dire ‘Medaten
Fiebermer
Graves
DR. Faerney
Ulers
Aiininhy & Son
Henry Paar
Wowarid Street
Fayette
Lexington
Beltimore, Md
A.C. Draw Baugh
Shenandoah Junction
W. VA
Asilor Codnall
A.C. Drawbatgeh
Furniture House
King St. Hall
Public Square
Martinsburg
Ithaca
A. Kogelschatz
Martinaburg
Testig
Updegrafes, Clotusers, Haters
Freena Glovers
GE Outfitters
Nmagerstown, MD
Tuat
J.D. Swartz
Maryland
the Tailor and Clothier
West
Washington Street
Baldwin Stouse
Hagerstown
WGN
J. Welshans
Pateni Lee
P. Wumrick House & Son
Merchant Tailors and Clothiers
Shepherdstown, W. Va
C.F. Thomas
Main Street
Charlestown
Avilla
CIAL
Iovan & Barnhart
Jniilelits
Psbourn
Barmart
H.C. Marten
W.va
Jefferson and
Berkeley
Frederick County
AVING
Keystone Manufacturing Company
Sterline
Inols
G. T. Ugdges
Jor
Winslow
Dayne
Sing Pendleton & Licklider
Nic Gutactaren
Catfields
I. Rion Lucas
Poe Sea
H. Billmy
Arles A
Vogeler CO
Baltissore, HH
J. L. Rickard
Dry Goods
Mises
Saubertwera
Shaver
Tso
San Elgin
Commerc
Matin Street
Shepherds- Townh
Henry Hagan
Innes
Melvee Brothers
Stagerstown
Macrame Cord of All Tolors
Stree Rr
NEW Dominion
Allyne & Ryan
Shep
Henistown
Sku We
Iso
M. Stonebharer
Orleans
Heliotrope
Dora
Flora
Wiis
New
Orleasas
Jim Nelson
New Orleans
Rune Oing
Jerusalem
Deouhla
Stie Wwe
Mary’s Lamb
Mary
Papa
Lila
Hinself
Tracy
Dia
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