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Lyons coal tale and native games in Minnesota
A fragment from the Plano Advertiser recounts Lyons meeting with President Hill of Great Northern, his coal samples from Rainy Lake, and a railroad concession. It also notes a peculiar pastime in Bokhara involving horsemen and a decapitated goat as the ball. Public notices urge customers to settle accounts.
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Ho Bunkeed Hill
Bob Lyons
Rainy Lake Country
Minnesota
President Hill
I. Great’ Northern ’ Railroad
Lyons
Duluth
Bill
St. Paul W
Lyons Ufensy