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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1914
Page
7
Tampico now in rebel hands is Mexico’s oil hub and a Gulf of Mexico port. The city grew from a village after oil discovery as Americans built breakwaters and docks, merging old Mexico with modern industry. Rebels and federals have fought for Tampico since last December.
A line of poetry reflects a farewell to the wedding guest. The speaker praises one who loves well all creatures including humans and animals.
A fragmented OCR list shows street names and cross streets across multiple districts including Curtis Evans Mead Wilson Chehalis Wishkah Sts and Market St with references to mills and co opers. The text appears as a garbled urban directory or transit grid outlining intersections such as Third Broadway Federal Mill and Western Mill Market with scattered business tags like Aberdeen Lumber and Shingle Co and General Package Co.
Sailors and marines recount a brutal Vera Cruz battle with snipers and a summary execution of thirty Mexicans after a twenty minute encounter. Sixty two wounded arrived at the New York navy yard aboard the Solace with amputations and lost limbs.
Capt. George L Kilmer recounts the 1864 Red River campaign clash at Jenkins Ferry Arkansas and the Albemarle ram battle near Plymouth North Carolina. Federal and Confederate forces clash amid mud and rain with heavy losses and dramatic naval exchanges.
The main concession avenue at the Panama-Pacific Exposition is named E Camino, replacing Midway and Pike terms used at Chicago and St Louis. The Spanish phrase means The Highway and evokes El Camino Real as a historic King’s Highway. Also recounted is a Civil War quip when Rhode Island’s Seventeenth Georgia clash with One Hundred and Fifth Rhode Island. (End)
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