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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 2001
Page
6
Wanda reports Harold the black metal statue of an old town crier has vanished from the Chronicle building roof. Joe and friends inspect the scene noting rusted base bolts and a window to clues, while reflecting on Harold's sixty six year residence as a local symbol.
In 1926 Abel Skelton bought The Oakdale Chronicle and built a strong local paper. By 1932 Giles Gilmore won control in a high stakes poker hand and Wanda Gilmore later inherited the paper. Suspicions target land baron Leon King as a possible motive in Harold’s disappearance.
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