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Young Wallaces Offer Turns Desperate Townsfolk Toward Hope
In a drought scarred prairie town, desperate farmers facing foreclosures and a looming land company scheme hear a persuasive pitch from Martin Wallace of the east. He and Doctor Russell propose irrigation and water rights to save abandoned fields, promising capital and a new deal that could keep locals from leaving.
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Wesley
Hao
Winnie
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Wesley Orr
Robbins
Connecticut
Orr
Wallace
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Tommy Walker
Kansas City
Osgood
John Brown
Peggy
Tno
George Robbins
Susy
Kinney
Captain Sparks
Johnny
Sen
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Improvement Company
Russell
Doctor Russell
Fairport
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London
Harvard
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University of Iowa
State University
Teddy Russell
Glee Club
Football Eleven
H. D. Russell
Lone Tree
Dector
Lowan
George Robbing
Johnny Harvard
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