Lady of the Blended Rose features grand escape plot
Major Lawrence, Virginia judge’s son, masquerades in British uniform to spy within enemy lines. He aids the Lady of the Blended Rose, faces a duel, dashes for freedom, is captured, and held at Elmhurst as Loyalist-foragers and Minute Men play out a tense chase across a colonial estate.
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Lawrence
Lawnce
Virginia
Lee
Washington
Valley Forge
Mortimer
Grant
Minute Men
Delavan
Ruffan
Elmhurst
Peter
Veter
Graybeard
A Loyalist Home Becomes Stage for Rebel Plot
In Elmhurst Captain Grant and a young Dragoon lieutenant arrive worn and hungry after a night of raiding. They press for entry as Peter and the narrator debate Eric’s whereabouts and Grant’s scrutiny. The paroled narrator vows to help, but Grant’s demand to search the house raises tense clashes.
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Philadelphia
Grant
Peter
Alfred Grant
Swanson
Elmhurst
Clinton
Jersey
Eric
Amazon Region Abounds in Rubber Forests Far From Civilization
Rio de Janeiro Brazil in discussion of the Amazon region at the International Rubber Exhibition Dr Louis Weiss proclaimed vast rubber forests yet untouched by Brazilians and riverside harvesting only. Amazonas state leads rubber production with enormous area, wildlife and edible forest foods offer sustenance.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Amazon
Grand Central Palace
Louis Weiss
Amazonas
Texas
DUNNED FRIENDS AT BIER Budapest funeral tale
A villager’s best friend in Temeshvar Hungary spoke at a funeral asking locals to raise 100 francs to honor the dead man who died before repaying the loan. The appeal fell flat with no clear response from the audience.
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Budapest
Temeshvar
Hungary
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Light Dragoons
Mount Holly
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Jerseys
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Amazon River
Bier
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