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In Chapter 27 of To Kill a Mockingbird, what were the three threatening things that had happened in Maycomb by the middle of October?

The first threatening thing that happened in Chapter 27 was that Bob Ewell got and lost a job with the WPA, or Works Progress Administration. He then showed up at the welfare office and accused Atticus of getting his job. The second threatening event was that Judge Taylor was alone in his house reading when he heard a scratching noise coming from the back of his house. He found the screen door open and saw the shadow of the escaping prowler. The third threatening event was that Link Deas gave Helen Robinson, Tom's widow, a job as his cook, and she was harassed by the Ewells on the path to work. Link Deas went by the Ewells house to tell them not to bother Helen, and though they did not appear, he delivered his message anyway. The next day, Helen saw Bob Ewell following her to work and spouting nasty words. Link Deas told Bob Ewell again not bother Helen, and she said Ewell no longer did so. 

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