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Rural New Yorker portrays a young Empire State farmer
In rural Catskills communities a 23 year old Wyndham native runs a 600 acre farm with Jersey cows and a summer boarding revenue of about 600 dollars a month. He leads local politics as a Democrat and criticizes Republicans amid a life of barter and self sufficiency. Saratoga feature praises and condemns its high society gambling and morality in a contrasting travelogue.
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Jim Scott
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Andy Schuyler
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Hensonville Grove
Reuben
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Newport
Saratoga
Empire State
Butte City
Dawson City
Johannesburg
Demi Monde
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Mountains
New York Central
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New York
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