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"ref": "2015, Verna Clay, Forever Kisses: Book 7 of Romance on the Ranch Series, M.O.I. Publishing, page 92",
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},
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"text": "Saturday evening, March 11, the Dudettes (wives and sweethearts of the Jaycees ) will give their annual all- Western dance at Bud Brown's Barn.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Lesley Poling-Kempes, Ghost Ranch, University of Arizona Press, page 48",
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},
{
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