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In 1901, Mrs. Wiggs and her children are facing eviction, left destitute when Mr. Wiggs departed many years ago to search for gold in the Klondike.The family owns the shack, but it has a mortgage of $25 and the evil lender is threatening them. Mrs. Wiggs is a laundress who cannot save money because of her charity toward others, often animals.
Mrs. Nancy Wiggs is about 50, a cheerful optimist, a good cook and gardener. Tabitha Hazy is Mrs. Wiggs' spinster neighbor; an indecisive pessimist, sour-faced, and a bad cook. Hiram Stubbins is in his late fifties, from Bagdad Junction, a mail-order groom, and a souse. Lovey Mary is about 18, a red-haired runaway orphan girl, devoted to Little ...
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1901 novel by American author Alice Hegan Rice, about a southern family humorously coping with poverty. It was highly popular on its release, [1] and has been adapted to film several times. The early editions of the book carry the author's birth name, Alice Caldwell Hegan.
‘I did it, I killed her, I choked her,’ Ronnie Wiggs said according to court documents Missouri man confesses to murdering hospitalized wife claiming he couldn’t afford medical bills, police say
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1914 American silent comedy drama film directed by Harold Entwistle and starring Beatriz Michelena, Blanche Chapman and House Peters. It is based on the 1903 play by Anne Crawford Flexner , [ 1 ] which itself is taken from the 1901 novel of the same name by Alice Hegan Rice .
Jackson County prosecutors charged Ronnie J. Wiggs of Independence with second-degree murder Sunday after he allegedly choked the woman to death while she was at Centerpoint Medical Center, 19600 ...
Wiggs has remained in custody at the Jackson County Detention Center on $250,000 bond. Wiggs was arrested after police were called to the Independence hospital’s intensive care unit May 3 for an ...
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1942 American comedy-drama film starring Fay Bainter and directed by Ralph Murphy. It was based on the play by Anne Crawford Flexner that premiered on Broadway in 1904, [ 1 ] which was in turn adapted from the 1901 novel of the same name by Alice Hegan Rice .