Oliver October returns from war to uncertain job prospects
Oliver October Taxter arrives in May 1919 discharged from the army and jobless. He learns Chicago employers offer no vacancy and clashes with his father over his wartime gamble. He reunites with old friends, hears of Jane Sage and Doc Lansing, and encounters family confidences and light scandal as he faces an unsettled homecoming and a pending romance.
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Oliver October Taxter
Brest
Rurley
Chicago
Sammy Varr
Oliver
Dad
Sonny
Sammy
Jane
Jane Sage
Mr. Sage
Doc Lansing
Libeau
Rumley
Serepta Grimes
Serepta
A Missing Baxter Vanishes After Family Woes
Oliver Baxter leaves Rumley after tense family clashes over his role in the store and Jane Lans ing. A statewide search follows his sudden disappearance as town rumors blame the swamp mire and his father contends he fled with a $3500 bank withdrawal.
Oliver October Baxter Jr A Rumley Tale Of Fateful Prophecy
Oliver October Baxter Jr is born in Rumley to prominent townsfolk. A gypsy queen foretells a grim fate that he will not reach thirty and will be hanged for a crime he did not commit. Years pass, events unfold as Josephine Sage stirs the town, Jane and Oliver form a bond, Oliver studies then moves to Chicago's engineering firm, travels to China, and later joins the Canadian army.
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Oliver October Baxter, Jr
Rumley
Oliver October
Baxter
Oliver
Josephine Sage
Rumsley
Chicago
Mr. Baxter
Sage
Disappearance Mystery Opens With Bank Cash Withdrawal
On June 23, just before 3 pm, Oliver Baxter entered the Clay and Pershing bank and withdrew 3500 in cash without explanation. Oliver October, arriving late for supper, found his father in a curiously amiable mood that did not last as a prior store dispute resurfaced.
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Oliver October
Chicago
Oliver Baxter
Clay and
Pershing
Telegraphed Kiss Sparks Suspicions in Gossip Column
In a cheeky exchange Mrs A recalls a husband sending a kiss by wire while Mrs B doubts the gesture, hinting the telegraph operator might have been a woman. The lighthearted dialogue captures town gossip and playful mistrust.
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Mrs. B
Oliver Baxter Mystery Deepens as Oliver Heads toward Election
In Rumley Oliver faces an incoming political surge sparked by Sammy Parr’s revelation that Oliver lent a thousand dollars to the Bannester family. Oliver resists but is drawn into a rivaling bid against his Uncle Horace Gooch, while personal tensions rise with Jane as the past resurfaces and Oliver battles jealousy over Lansing, a rival suitor.
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Oliver Baxter
Oliver
Rumley
Horace
Mr. Sage
Sage
Jane
Pleasant Ridge
Skate
Sammy Parr
Bannesters
Old Skate
Ollie
Uncle Horace
Sammy
Sam
Gooch
Shylock
al Wilson
Nix
Jealousy in Rumley Cousin Tale Turns to Flight
Jealous Baxter Jr is born in Rumley. Years pass as Oliver leaves with the army to China. After the war he returns and learns Jane loves Doctor Lansing. Despite his father's pleas, Oliver takes a job in Chicago. They quarrel during a swamp trip to the Sage home and Baxter fails to return.
Baxter Mystery Deepens In Rumley Swamp
Oliver October relates the moonlit farewell with his son then recalls his father Mr Baxter vanishing after leaving a heavy gray suit missing from his closet. Rumley crowds the swamp edges as detectives theorize he fled to compel Oliver to stay. Oliver vows to search, while running the store and fending off disbelief.
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Oliver
Mr. Baxter
Rumley
Baxter
Chicago
Oliver October
Michael O’rourke
O’rourke
Bkomley
Tam
Oliver and John quarrel over land survey limits
Oliver argues to stay within set stakes while John urges extending the ditching for more land. The disagreement hints at Oliver’s inner turmoil over Jane and Lansing and foreshadows tension on the reclamation project as workers note Baxter’s stubbornness.
Old Oliver’s body found in swamp shocks locals
A chilling rumor erupts as investigators confirm the body of Oliver is recovered from the swamp amid rumors of a gypsy curse. Neighbors recall past threats and tally clues pointing to a possible motive and suspect. Police urge restraint while forensics proceed.
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Old Oliver
Stairway Death Toll Rise Across New York and U S
In Manhattan the yearly stair fall deaths exceed 100 with U S totals near 14 800. Most fatalities arise from slipping or tripping with slipping more common. About 5 percent of stair accidents occur in December February due to snow ice and poor lighting.
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Manhattan
New York
United States
Frayed Note Hints at Misplaced Room Conundrum
A fragmentary message hints at confusion over a room allocation where a person arrives to find another area labeled 80 and asserts the mismatch. The chaotic text suggests a puzzle of space and naming within a residence or building, with no clear resolution or context.
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Death Swamp
George Barr McCutcheon
WNU
Bell Syndicate
Dee Luansing
Frullo
Young Lansing
Captain Baxter
Lansing
Sages
Herbert
Lansings
Father
Ollie Baxter
Joseph Sikes
Serepty
Joe
Chapter
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Barres Toes T
W.N.A
Man of God
Craff
Lansine
Cocksure
John Phillips
John
Old John
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