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"Stump the Yankee"
09-04-2013, 06:34 PM,
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
According to Google Alford, no correct answers yet...

If you both behave yourselves, I might give you a clue sometime tomorrow.
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09-05-2013, 05:54 AM,
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
I believe Ida Tarbell was born and raised in that area of Pennsylvania. Does it have anything to do with her? Did he work for Ida Tarbell's father?
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09-05-2013, 06:09 AM,
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
Wild guess: Was he a soldier (on furlough)?
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09-05-2013, 06:55 AM, (This post was last modified: 09-05-2013, 09:13 AM by Gene C.)
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
Another wild guess:
Cale Marshall (alias Jim Phelps) was a secret detective for Lafayette Baker, like Andrew Potter. (Actually it is Andrew Porter, Roy Neff miss-typed his name, and that is why no one can find any record of him - think about it) As such, no physical records exist for Cale or Andrew, not even a form 1099.

Cale later went on to write about his experience through a popular TV show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA2KmJMKFrQ
(love that theme song)
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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09-05-2013, 08:46 AM,
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
Where is that little Rebel with the first hint? Let's get going here! Even I'm faster than this.
"There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation more than Dixie - Jonah Goldberg"
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09-05-2013, 09:19 AM,
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
This little Rebel is at work, doing what she's paid to do. I am now taking a second to have more fun.

The hint: Cale and John Lloyd had something in common.
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09-05-2013, 09:27 AM,
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
I will guess that Cale Marshall was in the construction business and died of an accident that occurred on one of his building projects. He wasn't satisfied with some work that had been done and went up on a scaffold to inspect it. Near the other end of the scaffold flooring a load of bricks had just been deposited. As he reached the scaffold and stood on it, the boards gave way, and he fell to the ground. The bricks tumbling down upon him crushed his head, kidneys, and other parts of his body.
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09-05-2013, 09:37 AM,
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
You are very warm, Roger, but the manner of death is not the link between Lloyd and Mr. Marshall.
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09-05-2013, 10:04 AM,
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
Guess #1: They were both roundsmen?

Guess #2: They both had the same middle name - Minchin?
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09-05-2013, 10:20 AM,
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
He was a carpenter or a barkeep.
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09-05-2013, 11:01 AM, (This post was last modified: 09-05-2013, 11:05 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
Construction business, Lloyd...did he sell insurance policies?
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09-05-2013, 11:38 AM,
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
Nope, nope, nope...

Hint #2: Think what part of construction they were both involved with.
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09-05-2013, 11:58 AM, (This post was last modified: 09-05-2013, 11:58 AM by Dave Taylor.)
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RE: "Stump the Yankee"
(09-05-2013, 11:38 AM)L Verge Wrote: Nope, nope, nope...

Hint #2: Think what part of construction they were both involved with.

A mason/bricklayer?
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09-05-2013, 12:38 PM,
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A scaffolder? Or painter?
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09-05-2013, 12:46 PM,
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I second Dave - bricklayer.
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