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Patoka Register in Patoka, Illinois

26 Aug 1926

Page 9

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Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1926

Page

9

Cedar Swamp Protagonist Faces Trial and Escape

Edison Forbes, a Scottdale resident with a liquor craving, is jailed for a woman’s death linked to a bootlegging truck. Governor pardons him, but trouble follows as he drifts with Patsy Jane and neighbor Sealman. Taxes loom, a salt mound hints at land value, and Forbes struggles with alcohol and bad choices.

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Edison Forbes Scottdale Forbes Eddie Libbey Patsy Jane Isaiah Sealman Sealman Long Portage Chicago Patsy Tax Office Pat Jackpines
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Long Portage man battles binge and bootleg peril

Eddie Forbes struggles with alcohol, contemplates escape from hardship, and endures a drugged, drunken voyage that lands him far from home. He returns through hardship to find his cabin and Patsy Jane awaiting, as new plans, debts, and threats from Sealman loom over their fragile future.

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Canada Eddie Patsy Jane Sealman Pat Sealman’s Michigan Lake Huron Georgian Bay Tipperary Patsy Mr. Forbes Keerr Jake Flo Chicago Long Portage Scottdale Signe
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Cedar Swamp Michael J. Phillips Henry Jay Lee Michael V. Phillips Séalman Hoptoad Benfires Brower Davvenant Davenant Ranch
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