Patrols and spies amid the siege of Dorchester Heights
In colonial Boston and the backcountry, a hard winter trek advances supplies as oxen haul a scraper over snow for reinforcements to Dorchester heights. Pat Fayerweather and Mother Enslow enact a risky disguise aiding the American cause while Revere and Shipman maneuver through Loyalist Boston.
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Colin
Ticonderoga
Dorchester Heights
Cabot
Boston
Pat
Revere
Shipman
Virginia
Washington
Braddock
Alexandria
Roxbury Neck
Corwin
Boston July 1775 Loyalist’s Daughter Chooses Rebel
In July 1775 Colin Cabot, a liberty loving youth, joins the Continental Army at Cambridge and becomes Washington’s informal secretary with captain’s rank. A love triangle with Pat Fayerweather and rival Harry Gage unfolds as Farnsworth rescues Colin, duels ensue, and Colin earns a new posting with Col. Botts on a recruiting mission west. Pat plans to slip through British lines as an apple seller to meet Colin.
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Boston
Colin Cabot
Patience
Pat” Fayerweather
Cambridge
Amos Farnsworth
Colin
Washington
Pat
Farnsworth
Harry Gage
Gage
Mrs. Washington
Sim” Botts
West
Ticonderoga
Dorchester
Revere
Sneach
Winnisimet
Pat Fayerweather
Chaises
Roxbury
Desperate Night Escape of Pat in Roxbury Camp
Pat, disguised as Mother Enslow, evades search by British troops near Roxbury. An Irish sergeant warns of a strip search, yet the disguise earns mercy and protection as she hides in the Shipman house and recounts her perilous escape from the camp after a daring mission.
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Washington
Shipman
Bunker Hill
Revere
Sneach
Pat Fayerweather
Pat
Boston
Enslow
Roxbury Neck
Howe
Gage
Mother Enslow
Shipman House
Goat Smokes Cigars. Geneva Farmer Warns Fire Hazard
North Geneva farmer L D Howard says his goat Willie Odoriferous lit a cigar, swallowed it, then inhaled steam as the animal fled to Cowles creek for a drink. Howard warned the public that cigars can pose fire risks in barns filled with chaff.
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Geneva
Ohio
L D. Howard
North Geneva
Willie
Cowles Creek
Star Actress Margaret Bannerman Begins Trial Separation
London reports the Canadian born actress known as Bunny has left husband Anthony Prinsep after $350,000 was spent launching her plays. Prinsep says they are testing a separation with no divorce, she rents a flat and earns her own money while he waits for her to return. He notes their joint ventures drained fortunes.
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London
Margaret Bannerman
Bunny
West End
Anthony Prinsep
Prinsep
Marie Lohr
Thieves Loot Seattle Home While Family Slept
Burglars entered the Seattle residence of L. M. Riches while the family slept. They removed two dozen jars of canned fruit from the cellar, stole a quart of milk, took Mr Riches trousers containing $25, stripped the clothesline, and backed the Riches' automobile part way out of the garage before abandoning it.
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Seattle
L. M. Riches
Man Hides Still With Mother's Portrait in Raid
Salt Lake City patrolman H. K. Record raided a still run by W. K. Thomas. When asked why a portrait of his mother hung above the apparatus, Thomas replied he was a hill billy from the Cumberland mountains and did not want his mother to be lonely.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
W. K. Thomas
H. K. Record
Cumberland Mountains
Snake Battle Bures Ground Near Manhattan Spring
Walter Rockwell and Henry Attens digging a water spring uncovered a hole two feet underground where dozens of snakes burst out. About thirty snakes were killed and many escaped as bull, garden, and water varieties wriggled free in the scramble.
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Manhattan
Kan
Walter Rockwell
Henry Attens
Rockwell
Attens
Woman 94 Walks a Mile Daily for Exercise in Arkansas
Mrs Martha B Jones aged 94 in Walnut Ridge Arkansas walks a mile daily for exercise. She plans to continue the habit to age 100. Her mother died four days short of a century and her father lived to 109.
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Walnut Ridge
Ark
Martha B. Jones
Splendid Monument Tops National Lands in Size
Death Valley National Monument becomes the newest and largest national monument with 1,601,800 acres. It surpasses Yosemite and Grand Canyon combined and rivals only Yellowstone and Mt McKinley in area, with future additions likely to widen its lead.
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Death Valley National Monument
Yellowstone
Mount McKinley
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Cuticura Heals Child Eczema After Free Sample
Mrs J K Thompson of Energy Texas reports eczema broke out on her child’s head neck and back causing burning itching and sleeplessness. A free Cuticura sample led to improvement and after using Cuticura Soap Ointment she was healed. Potter Drug promotes Cuticura with prices for soap ointment and talcum.
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J. K. Thompson
Energy
Texas
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Malden
Mass
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