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A Ribbon Dream Sparks Brownsville Comeback
Dottie Bell faces a bleak turn as Uncle Ben’s conditional partnership hinges on selling a stock of ribbons. A Brownsville lecture on beauty and ribbons ignites a ribbon spree, turning a vacant store into a blazing ribbon emporium and launching a community home beautification effort.
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Dottie
Atlas
Pandora
Ben
Tom
Wall
Tou
North Pole
Bert
Brownsville
India
Sycamore County