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Fraud and theft tales sweep small town readers
A jumble of fraud reports and chaotic anecdotes from Paris and nearby towns recount a book scam selling a $1 volume with promises of a dishonorable act, followed by a cheap frame swindle. The account shifts to a porch-seller incident, a man tracking down an agent, and a battered husband confronting the con artist, with stray notes on local misdeeds and a hotel stampede injuring two men.
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Paris
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Payis News
Prairie Groves
Drea Penton
Weyn
D. Janos Phi
Kerap
Iran
Charley Linnville
Lopey Matthews
Linnville
Linville
McNeene Farm
Matthews
Spring Hill
Dawnon
le Waare
J. W