Amanda looks around the room for any clues of why this room isn't used so often. She fails to see why not, its a fairly nice room, a room that could fit many guests for parties or at least small social gatherings. As she gives the room a good look around she notices what the plaque beneath the rifle reads

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[b]Ofc John Smith[/b]
[I]Spanish-American War[/I]
[I]April 25, 1898 – August 12, 1898[/I] 
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She also spots a few books that seem to pop out at her, on the bookshelf.
Babbitt, Diet and Health by Sinclair Lewis
The Story of Mankind by Van Loof
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Sheik by Edith Hull

As she racks her brain about the story she seems to vaguely remember someone talking about it at the office, but unfortunately can not remember the person or what they had said.