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Re: 2015 Clue #3

10 years 6 months ago
Okay, what's the connection to the comic book Archie and his pal Jughead? Are we reliving the 2004 hunt in Phalen? Is the medallion wedged into a PLASTIC green
alfabob2001

Re: 2015 Clue #5

10 years 6 months ago
There is also a Highland Drive near Snail Lake. I've been searching to see if I can dig up what grain was farmed in Vadnais Heights, and while I've found some
Adiv Paradise

Re: 2015 Clue #3

10 years 6 months ago
How soon we forget. The botched Phalen hunt was based on an Archie (arch) comic in which Jughead finds the medallion in a green donut (if I remember
djschuette

Re: 2015 Clue #5

10 years 6 months ago
There is a computer game called "a grain of truth" I do not know anything about it so I still need to read. About storytelling.... A Grain of Truth -
secretrose10

Another song theme?

10 years 6 months ago
I know it's too early to read much into clue 1, but everyone's heard of the song, "From Rags To Riches", I presume. Here are the lyrics to Tony Bennet's song:
alfabob2001

Re: 2015 Clue #3

10 years 6 months ago
Jughead Jones is a character in the Archie comics. If I try to make this fit Crosby, could be that the reference to comics is a reference to Bill Cosby, which
Adiv Paradise

Re: 2015 Clue #5

10 years 6 months ago
Very little to find on Mackubin. He was a legislator from 1859-1861. He was a banker and proprietor. Headed the Incorporations and Railroad committees.
djschuette

Re: 2015 Clue #5

10 years 6 months ago
"Wheat and chaff, avoid that gaffe" There may be some history woven into this clue. Benjamin Gervais bought land from Pierre 'Pig's-Eye' Parrant, later
cmhkolb

Re: 2015 Clue #5

10 years 6 months ago
The southern lake in the Snail Lake chain is Grass Lake- "stay off the grass". Just north of Gramsie, in the vicinity of Dudley and Rice perhaps? Anyone have
djschuette

Re: 2015 Clue #4

10 years 6 months ago
Dudley Do-Right was a segment on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. He was a Canadian Mountie. From Wikipedia, "always trying to catch bank robber, Snidely
Adiv Paradise

Re: 2015 Clue #5

10 years 6 months ago
Interesting clue with another Scottish slant (if you dig or sleuth deep enough. Wheat is separated from the chaff by threshing. This from wikipedia: The
alfabob2001

Re: 2015 Clue #5

10 years 6 months ago
I'm thinking this refers to Rice. "The grain of truth." Not going to help matters too much, though it does run along Snail Lake.
djschuette
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