Nerve and Fortune Weave a Thunder Falls Scheme
Julius Lichtenstein, Thunder Falls’ wealthiest merchant, schemes to use Sam Lomberg’s empty basement to finance a new store. A staged fire and forged stock push the plan, but Miriam marries Sam, turning the tables as Julius watches Sam’s success loom.
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Alis Lichtenstein
Thunder Falls
Julius
Miriam
Sammy Lomberg
Sam
Papa
Mr. Lichtenstein
Geralt
New York
Lichtenstein
Sam Lomberg
Ike
Lamberg
Young Lemberg
Sahara
Commerce Street
Ife
Sam Lemberg
Sammy Dear
Sammy
Market Street
Jacob Rothmann
Lemberg
Rothmann
Odd Things Left in London Tube Trains
London Underground reports 41078 items found in the last year with 35 percent returned. Items include a stethoscope, a stuffed wolf, a basket of eggs over a year old, a performing rat and white mice, a cat that multiplied in the office, oil shares, human bones, a skull, false teeth, a woman's new hat, champagne, and a pair of crutches restored three times.
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London
Underground Railway Company of London
Underground
Spanish writer avoids English crowds until debt confrontation
A celebrated Spanish writer known for disliking English people is accosted in the street by an English creditor demanding four months of overdue payment. The scene draws a crowd as the writer responds with an affected nonchalance, asking what the creditor said in reply. The account is attributed to Buen Llumor.
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Rascal
Buen Llumor
Quips and quibbles on life and money in a vanished era
A string of wry, opinionated riffs on farmers, neighbors, money, gender roles, and social pretensions. The mix surveys common vices and virtues with humor about open minds, self made claims, debt, reformers, and small town life, reflecting a bygone sensibility.
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Western Newspaper Union
Little
Beography
Mickie
Durin
Felix
Fanny
Sae
Countess DE Kay
Grand Island
Chicago
Cherry County
Gus Buechler
Hyde Sweet
Nebraska
Congress
Jends