Credit Chips and Temptations in a 19th Century Store
A young husband Charles Matthews and his wife Hannah argue over paying cash versus credit, exposing how weekly purchases and a store ledger tempt instead of cash. Matthews buys pickles and a chain on credit, drawn by convenience, while Hannah warns of long-term costs and urges prudent cash payments. The tale follows rising prices, a chain of small loans, and a lesson in budgeting within a family.
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Hannah
Charles
Chet
Freliga
Matthews
Mr. Waldron
Man Discovers Credit Costs Through Household Budget Tale
A Lancaster, South Carolina narrative follows Charles Matthews who spirals into debt via extended credit for meals, tobacco, and theater. After a stark quarter, his wife Hannah guides him to cash spending, paying off the grocery bill, selling a chain, and cutting waste. He learns to budget, keeps rent paid, saves thirty five dollars, and adopts cash-only living.
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Charles
Hannah
Mr. Matthews
Waleae Saeoeai
Bray Tick Ghee
Wilkins
Shunalt
Sone
Joan le
Charles Matthews
Matthews
Credit Spntem
The Just Sharing of a Roasted Potato
A charitable doctor recalls a poor family with a starving infant. He arrives to find siblings sharing a single roasted potato and a mother unable to feed the child. The community children distribute the meal fairly, prompting the doctor to provide real aid and praise the moral lesson of justice and unity.
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Faion
Pam
Going Home and the Joy of Sacred Bond
The piece contemplates the longing for home felt by a child at school and the ill or weary laborer near death, contrasting ordinary domestic happiness with the heavenly home. It extols home as a source of comfort, love, and spiritual unity, culminating in the religious vision of being at one with God.
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Bat
Talev
Chorra
Christ
Nat
Bireside Journal
The Joy of Life From Parker's Discourse of Religion
Excerpt from Parker's Discourse of Religion on earthly joy and prosperity. It contrasts earthly wealth and worldly success with spiritual worth, noting how greed and gaming conceal a deeper emptiness behind outward delight and fortune.
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Parker
Earth
Susette Defies Charity and Weds for Love
An impoverished Paris rag picker Susette refuses to abandon her late uncle. She pays for his funeral at great personal cost, losing her job and risking her fiancé. A chance proposal from a willing suitor offers a fresh life, yet she clings to memory and a stray cat as she moves forward.
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Paris
Nerce
Susette
Tam
Leigh
Tree
A Curious Vermont Husband Fraud And Other Tales
A Vermont tale shows a man in disguise posing as a husband, then exposing the fake after amassing money. a case of assault and battery follows. The piece also blends essays on soil science and daily extracts about tears, babies, and social musings with scattered notices and jokes.
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South Carolina
St. Albans
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California
Hitchcock
United States
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New Orleans
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Bia
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