Oil Boom Brings Wealth Rush to Rusting Plains
Bart Rogers rides into town as word of a major oil strike spreads. The gushers promise 10 000 barrels daily, lifting hopes for land value and the future as families react to the sudden wealth and a somber loss shadows the Rogers family. Old Jim and Anita Frankiston offer quiet support amid the town’s feverish surge. Bart arrives at his father’s cabin, only to discover the death that night, turning joy to tragedy.
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Frankiston
Rogers
Bart Rogers
Hoffman
Bart
Leon Barrows
Anita Frankiston
Old Jim
Jim
Lawyer Barrows
Bull Franniston confronts Bart Rogers at lawyer's office
Bart Rogers confronts the shadowy Bull Franniston in Leon Barrows office after a tense night. Old Jim warns, and Rogers weighs threats and promises as the plot thickens around Anita Frankiston's fate and the deadline ahead.
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Barrows
Leon Barrows
Old Jim
Rogers
Hidden Oil Claim Prompts Quiet Confession in Chapter IV
In a tense scene Barrows and Rogers discuss a land stake beside an oil site. Barrows hints at the last will and testament while Old Jim touches a point of possible money value. A hushed confession lingers as a male voice seeks to reveal something privately.
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Bart Rogers
Jim
Rogers
Bart
Frankiston
Barrows
Old Jim
Pnd
Local News from Shobonier and Vicinity
Reports from Shobonier describe the late Dr. Childs estate and neighbors visiting, with mentions of Perry and family in town, Chesley’s poor health, and Ed Thalman visiting from California. Local drama and real estate notes appear, plus Ed Cooper’s Carrier speech and a boxing event at a band concert with a black eye recorded.
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Dr. Childs
Browning
C. A. Perry
Carbondale
Chesley
Ed Thalman
California
Albert Perry
Baptist Church
George Willett
Morey-Bethard
North Main St
C. J. Metzger
Effingham
Marshall
Ed Cooper
Illinois Rural Carriers Association
Starved Rock
Ed Sprinkle
Wallace Robinson
Patoka
George J. Metager
Wood River
Bill Perry
Bill
Collins and Taylor Families Visit in Kansas
J. R. Collins and family from Chicago visit T. B. Walker and family in HutCHinson Kansas for a week long gathering. Mrs. Collins Mrs. Walker and Mr. Taylor travel with the party and share in the family reunion and happy occasion.
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J. R. Collins
Chicago
Harry Taylor
Hutchinson
Kansas
T. B. Walker
Collins
Mrs. Walker
Mr. Taylor
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Legion 4
Courtney Ryley Sooper
Dad
Anita
Chapter
Shobonier
Coutry
Cc. H. Markham
Illinois Central System
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