Rhodes the Knight Hospitaller stronghold and siege legend
The article paints Rhodes as a medieval sea power and Knights of St John stronghold. It details fortifications the Grand Master and Hospitallers used, their siege by Turks, and the island’s wealth and law. It notes Rhodes as a hub of trade, culture, and military order with ruins, towers, and windmills guarding the Grand Masters Palace.
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National Geographia Society
Washington
B.C
Hodes
Herthey
Torday
Yelufis
Whit Wishy
Linides
Kyynt
Greece
Citriuy
Asiy Minor
Clcera
Caesar
St. John
Jerusalem
Hellas
Becker St
Rhodes
Dhe Calogsua
Yarrow Harbor
de Nailllie
Constantinople
Thosz
Magatve Hinks
Nile
St. Catherine
Te Knights Hospitallers
St. Dalin
Ledgne
Europe
Richles
Tee
Midi Timlogain
Winlows
Canparta
Witierdelfern
Sepenter
Flanders
Leo
Jol the Baptist
Arthur
Haeren
Malta
Geudt Iels
Grewia Penbiedt
Crete
Echoes of a Lost Club House Mystery on the Shore
Gay discovers a drowned man washed ashore near the Lone Pine shore club and hides the body while fearing the event. She reports to the Captain, who alerts authorities as a rescue party investigates the cove and finds no signs of harm or recent activity.
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Port Tan
Tn Linse Titys
Font
Pertiand
Fnally
Jobster, Fink
Ginny
Gay
Srs
Cap
Mystery at Lone Pine Cottage In Isle Island Tale
On the edge of collapse Gay De ane, a New York artist, lodges at Lone Pine on Isle island. She shares the cottage with Captain and his sister Alice Andover the administrator. An elderly Indy Auntalmiry agrees to move to Apple Tree. Gay awakes to see a Chinese man peering through the window and settles back for rest and renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Deane
New York
Seelew
Isle Island
Alice Andover
Gay
Indy
Ullus
No Body in the Cave Confounds Dream and Reality
Gay confronts a mistaken sight of a body in a cave as the searching party returns empty handed. Captain Jim urges caution and helps ease Gay’s shock, then assists her in drawing the imagined scene from memory while she processes the night’s haunting misperception.
Seaweed Harvests in Japan Shape Soldier Diets
Japanese soldiers endure long marches on dried rice dried seaweed and pickled plums. Seaweed is cultivated for food with care and collected after typhoon seasons. Women gather young trees stripped of leaves which are laid on shore to form weed lines for harvesting and drying.
Disguised Compliment A Man In New York Heads North
A misread local item notes a man calling himself a gentleman farmer on Long Island influencing Nils activities. Before his Europe trip he tells the head man he will be away a month or five and hopes for smooth affairs at the farm. The head man responds that he should do nothing while away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Island
Europe
One Thing to Live For Mia Nagger in a World of Wealth
Mia Nagger, married into wealth, becomes bored with life as travel and luxury fill her days. She confides to Mrs. Holland she sometimes has nothing left to live for, prompting Mrs. Welling to suggest spite as a possible interest or motive.
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Mia
Stands in High Place Quote by Daniel Webster
Fragmentary reading presents a quote attributed to Daniel Webster on human duty and the preservation of the earth. The line emphasizes that elevating virtue is mankind’s essential labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webater
Byrd Proves Himself a Good Sport at School Dining
A Boston woman recalls Commander Richard E Byrd dining at a girls academy before his lecture. Principal instructs Realers to be polite and avoid misusing potatoes. A student whispers a dare and Byrd fills a potato with gravy to the astonishment of all. Pope quote ends the reminiscence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Leneher
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Byrd
Mr. Byrd
Taver Necker
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