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Poor Boy Got Started Toward Wealth by Lesson in Charity
A narrative recounts Katy and her mother helping poor neighbors with food and money, emphasizing act of kindness and a moral: never delay a good deed. Parallel tales describe reformers and personal virtue, urging debt payment and temperance as paths to better living.
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Tomorry
Martha
Katy
Flere
Ann
Laball
Dot
Lucy
Abe
M. F. Observer
Schnably
Maryland
New York
Aorose
Cullen
Pepet
Kard
Goolety
Ben Franklin
Franklin
Fred
Rent Corporation
Chicago and
Northwestern Hallway Company
Meory - Keep
Wall Street
Western Railroad
Bielory
Mr. Keep
Jefferson County
Gcials
Erie Canal
Honeoye Falls
Rochester
Ifereba
Hochester
Monroe County
Cveraie
Canalemney
Simtea
Woodruff
Fay
Ifewan
Michigan Southern Rail
New York Central
Se Hinge and
Northwestern Railroad
Limealf
Optea Wyte
Keep
Snandal Elolea
Bia
Credit
United States
Theo
Ile
bin’ Pate
Ils
Ifith Avenue
Hota Yaskeo
Tleso
Neture
England
The
USA
Schularabip
Atassrwans
Shiput