Wealth, Faith, and a Hilltop Church Clash
A rector laments wealth driven church power as multimillionaire Gallison builds a hilltop church overshadowing St John’s. A rich benefactor’s music and empty pews spark a moral confrontation with Miss Van Wert. The rector vows to sell and seek service among the poor.
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St. ‘Matthew’s
St. John’s
St. ‘Matthew
Gallison
Mr. Gallison
Cécil Brant
God’s Church
St. John's
Brant
Grand Opera Corps
Mr. Brant
Akening
Dows
Moores
Roots
Laytons
Jesus
Ayam
3Fr
McGarry Saga Through Civil War Echoes in the Carolinas
The tale recalls Martin McGarry a 22 year old Whig who married Betty Crawford niece of Andrew Jackson. Tarleton’s 1780 raid killed his wife and infant. McGarry fled joining Sumter’s command and avenged the loss by confronting Tory bands. He never remarried spending his life in isolation until old age, with lingering questions of spiritual companionship.
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America
Carolinas
Martin McGarry
Catawba River
Betty Crawford
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
United States
McGarry
Sumter
Tarleton
McGarrys
Buford
Tennessee
Tor
Snot
Martin “McGarry
Hog in the garden sparks Sunday chase and vows of revenge
A deacon in a rural tale chases a hog through a widow's yard on a Sunday. The hog evades, causing chaos among potato vines and flower beds as the deacon vows to hurt the animal and ends up tangled near the veranda with the widow nearby.
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Aranda
Texas
Deacon Stillwell
Calllice
Ae Caleba
Tragic tale of John Falk and lost love Betty in rural market life
Johnny Falk, a vegetable farmer, loses his sweetheart Betty to a circus temptress after promising marriage. Betty's illness brings him to the hospital where she reveals her infatuation and his fatal accident while attempting a risky feat. Betty returns to him as a convalescent, ending in a fragile reunion.
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John’ ‘Falk
John
Johnny
Betty
John Falk
B. Hospital
Mirror Lovers Swap Lives in Park to Wed
Two men identical in looks but different in temperament meet by chance and swap lives. Spencer, optimistic and shallow, bets on love with Miss Margaret Thorne through Lane’s cunning plan. She ultimately accepts Spencer, leading to an abrupt change and a wedding foreshadowed by a dramatic, hopeful pivot.
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Lane
Spencer
Raymond Spencer
Howard Lane
San Francisco
Europe
Mr. Spencer
Miss Thorne
White House
Miss. Thorne
Lane—Howard
Cliffhanger Robbery Duel Ends With Silent Threats
Everett and Benedict confront a robber on a dark road. A revolver fires, then a tense back and forth ends with a failed shot as one man orders the other to surrender and the standoff escalates under starlit silence.
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Wey
Oliv
Everett Stoupeds
Everett
Benedict
Wasi
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