Values: Hardwork, Honesty, Humility, Compassion For Others Episodes

April 27, 2025

DECORATION DAY by SARAH ORNE JEWETT

DECORATION DAY by SARAH ORNE JEWETT More about Sarah's story 'Decoration Day' Three years after the Civil War ended, in 1868, General John A. Logan—the head of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans—established that May...

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April 16, 2025

A HUMBLE ROMANCE by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

The sad fact of rural life in "the gilded era" was that most folks, especially after the children were grown up and gone, werepoor and lonely, and often caring for the elders. Mary E.Wilkins (thats how she signed her books) was a good ...

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March 30, 2025

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOAN by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

When a rag-tag little girl named Joan, the down-and-out minister's daughter, knocks on Sarah's door to sell her some very familiar-looking handiwork just before Christmas, Sarah finds more compassion and generosity than she k...

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Feb. 23, 2025

THE MAN OF FLESH AND BLOOD by SUSAN GLASPELL

A man running for governor shocks his peers by giving an unsual speech at a boy's reformitory by baring his soul and admitting that he, too, as a boy and a young man, was a bad actor. He explained what he had done, and told the boys that they could...

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Feb. 2, 2025

APRIL SHOWERS by EDITH WHARTON

A young girl pursues her dream of writing a successful novel depite the responsibilities she has of caring for her mother and siblings, causing lots of troubles and heartache.

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Dec. 22, 2024

THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BE GOOD by EDNA FERNER

An unknown narrator relates the story of a woman who lived alone in their town who dressed richly and acted differently, often attracting the attention of single men. False suspicions and dislike grew in her wake, and sensing this, the woman changed...

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Nov. 17, 2024

DEACON PITKIN'S FARM (PT 2) HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

In this heartwarming conlusion the family gathers for their seventh Thanksgiving and Diane, who has become the keeper of the house for mother, announces the she has a surprise for "Uncle" Silas.  Check out for all our shows and episodes. ...

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Nov. 10, 2024

DEACON PITKIN'S FARM: A THANKSGIVING STORY (PT 1) BY HARRIET BEECHER …

A young man returning home from college in new England finds his father on the verge of losing his farm and decides to quit college to help the family through.

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Sept. 8, 2024

THE QUICKSAND by EDITH WHARTON

A wealthy woman reaches out to help her grown son and his girlfriend after her son asks her to intervene on his behalf, having been turned down with his marriage proposal. In the process of trying to unite the two the woman finds out that her own life...

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Aug. 25, 2024

PAUL'S CASE by WILLA CATHER

A high school boy who the teachers can't seem to reach finally runs away from his drab home in Pittsburgh and heads for New York City, taking money from his empoloyer to finance his trip.  In a world where the very rich live a lavish lifestyle he...

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Dec. 3, 2023

ANDY PAGE'S RIVAL by HENRY LAWSON

1001 Greatest Love Stories

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Nov. 26, 2023

FOR THE LOVE OF THE HILLS SUSAN GLASPELL

1001 Greatest Love Stories Stories by Susan Glaspell

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Nov. 16, 2020

THE GIRL AND THE PHOTOGRAPH by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

1001 Greatest Love Stories Stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Nov. 2, 2020

DESIREE'S BABY by KATE CHOPIN

1001 Greatest Love Stories Stories by Kate Chopin

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Sept. 14, 2020

A RESPECTABLE WOMAN and A WIZARD FROM GETTYSBURG by KATE CHOPIN

1001 Greatest Love Stories Stories by Kate Chopin

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