The printer Cox tries to stop a sensational announcement from being published in this town's newspaper, but he is minutes too late to stop the press. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this town where Edward and Mary Richards discuss their role in an unnamed scandal that once hurt the reputation of Reverend Burgess.
ANSWER: Hadleyburg
[10e] "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" is by this author of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."
ANSWER: Mark Twain [or Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
[10h] "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" begins with one of these people leaving a sack of coins in the Richards home. "Hadleyburg" shares themes with a Twain novella partly titled for one of these people, in which Satan or "Number 44" alters people's fates, or their "careers."
ANSWER: strangers [or The Mysterious Stranger]
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