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Re: 2026 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt Clue #2

The Allison Wonderland
2 months 1 week ago
5 Newell5 Langford
just because they are in St Paul and no one else guessed there yet. 
Mike Flipp

On Monday, January 19, 2026 at 02:01:57 PM CST, Allison Wonderland via groups.io <allisonwondrland@...> wrote:

At this point I think the clue is making a reference to Larry Millet. He is definitely someone who is both a mystery writer, having written several Sherlock Holmes novels, and a cluewriter. Some people think sorcery is a reference to Joe Soucheray, maybe just further suggesting that the mystery writer is a PP person? It looks like Millet is 79 which is almost a third of 250, if that is the anniversary they are referring to. 
So let's say it is about him. What does that tell us? Could it be a park he used in a past hunt? Could be one referenced in a book? Could it be near where he lives (not that we should be prying into that, but they've done such a thing before)? It is just clue 2 after all, so we shouldn't expect a lot. Perhaps the biggest takeaway is just to presume that it's somewhere in St. Paul.

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Mike Flipp

Re: 2026 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt Clue #2

The Allison Wonderland
2 months 2 weeks ago
  • John Sandford (John Camp) worked as a reporter and columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press from 1978 to 1990,.
  • While at the Pioneer Press, he won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for his series, "Life on the Land: An American Farm Family,".
  • The financial success of his early fiction, launched under the Sandford pseudonym, led him to leave journalism for a full-time writing career,.
  • His experience covering Minnesota issues, from farming to crime, heavily influences the settings and characters in his popular crime novels, which remain popular with Pioneer Press readers.
Tom

Re: 2026 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt Clue #2

The Allison Wonderland
2 months 2 weeks ago
At this point I think the clue is making a reference to Larry Millet. He is definitely someone who is both a mystery writer, having written several Sherlock Holmes novels, and a cluewriter. Some people think sorcery is a reference to Joe Soucheray, maybe just further suggesting that the mystery writer is a PP person? It looks like Millet is 79 which is almost a third of 250, if that is the anniversary they are referring to. 
So let's say it is about him. What does that tell us? Could it be a park he used in a past hunt? Could be one referenced in a book? Could it be near where he lives (not that we should be prying into that, but they've done such a thing before)? It is just clue 2 after all, so we shouldn't expect a lot. Perhaps the biggest takeaway is just to presume that it's somewhere in St. Paul.

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Allison Wonderland

Re: 2026 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

The Allison Wonderland
2 months 2 weeks ago
There is an order of operations to the prize money.
  1. Find medallion
  2. Have patch
  3. Have button
If you find it with only a button, it is the minimum prize money—You must have the patch to activate the button.
Dave
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The Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival every year. While the prize can only go to one winner, The Allison Wonderland is dedicated to the community spirit of treasure hunting. Here, not only will you find out about the Pre-Dig Gig, the Rehash Bash, and various other social events, but we also discuss the clues here in a team effort to decipher them (albeit not always successfully). This is a place to discuss ideas respectfully, report on what's happening "on the ground", and provide each other with useful information. This is a public group so expect that anything posted will be seen by everyone.
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