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Prairieland schemes unfold amid a public sale and ranch talk
A narrative of land deals, coal mine fantasies, and criminal planning unfolds beside a public sale notice. Gardiner and Riles plot to lure Harris with a bogus mine bargaining scheme while Travers confronts them, amid farm assets and a multi-article sale listing cattle horses hogs implements and household goods at Farris Stock Farm in Blan dinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riles
Gardiner
Harris
Les
Avarice
Hiram
Honolulu
South America
Herrs
Jim
Free Land
Travers
Farris
Blandinsville
Jack
John Deere
Janesville
Seerless
Blue Star
Osborn
Trudies
Baptist Church
Chas. K. Peck
Walter J, Farris
Wear and Houtchens