Twenty Dollar Gold Piece Mystery at Gold-Piece Cabin
A group plans a strange memorial burial for a twenty dollar gold piece. They seal it in a brick cavity beneath the hearth at Gold-Piece Cabin with a pledge to return in thirty years to honor the life of the most successful member. The date May 17, 1917, is set as the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaisdell
Jack Purse
Grace Rawlins
Frank Whitcomb
Herb
Mibb
Grace
Sam
Dick Robinson
Slug
Trumann
A Grim Vermont Tale of Silent Wheeler's Tragedy
On May 31 1883 the rural town is stunned by the Silent Wheeler tragedy. Mary Wood and Jack Purse face debts and social reckoning as Wheeler hangs himself and the town debates inheritance and marriage. Mary endures scorn while Jack weighs duty against love and the newspaper office becomes central to a grim local saga.
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Vermont
Tony
Lesa
Henry Osgood
G. A. Rt
Foxbore Center
Wheeler Place
Melermott's
Melermotts
Adams Place
Gilberts Mills
Joel Sibley
Ed Dickinson
Wong
Joel
Miss Osrood
Osgood
Crumpett
Foxhore Center
G A.R. Hall
Wheeler Yard
Silent Wheeler
Sheriff Crumpett
Hen Osgood
Wheeler
Blake
Sarah
Trumann
Felix Taylor
Fred Bellows
Cobb Hill
Mary Wood
Gaylord Miller
Merritt
Mary
Mrs. Howard
Massachusetts
David Dodd
Elisha Porter
Odd
Mrs. Dood
New England
Mary Faces Loss and A Letter About Her Estate
On the Cobb Hill porch Mary mourns her stepfather and mother, plans for the farm in doubt, and refuses charity while Herbert arrives with news from her father. He offers help but Mary pledges independence, prepared to fight her future with Jack Purse. A letter from her father adds further tension as she contemplates the estate.
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Jack
Mary
Paris
Herbert
Cobb Hill
Bon Ton
Amos Seiver
Adules
Tom Tinker
Osgood
Peter Whipple
Perkins
Warry
Mrss Mathers
Slug
Jack Purse
Malvern Hill
Kansas
Josiah
Chicago
Jaeck
Mother
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Heaven
Telegraph Office
Bancroft’s Hill
Morse’s
Ma Henderson
Uncle Joe
Cobb Hill District
Cirelos
Pexboro
Artie
Jadze Maymer
Old Short- Cramp Trumann
Sam Hod
Wood
Calvary Methodist Church
Ladies Home
Dexter Merritt
Hara Hobbs
Sarah Wheeler
Sarah Wheeles
Ezra
Artemus Howard
Artems Howard
Artemus
Melinda Sparrow
Ad Infinitum
Vox Populi
Joe Fodder
Melinda
Bud Hawkins
Blake Whipple
Mibb Henderson
Slug Trumann
Bell
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