Capture of Vera Cruz 1847 Veteran Remembers Siege
In a Harlem parlor, veteran Jeremiah Albee recalls the Vera Cruz siege of 1847 from a sketched map on a newspaper back. He recounts Taylor and Connor, landing, bombardment, and the parley leading to surrender, noting scenes of war’s cost including hundreds of dead and the city’s devastation. He contrasts Taylor’s rough dress with Connor’s formalities and recalls Major Bankhead’s mortar shell and the first shot against the city.
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Harlem
Vera Cruz
Jeremiah Albee
Mr. Albee
General Taylor
Commodore Connor
Commodore
Taylor
Conner
Commodore Conner
Painless Childbirth Report From German Study
A June McClure’s Magazine report claims German scientists Dr Bernhardt Kronig and Prof Karl Gauss have developed a painless childbirth method using twilight sleep produced by scopolamin and morphium. The technique allegedly renders the mother unconscious while preserving muscle control and results in healthy infants without fatalities in 5000 Freiburg cases.
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United States
McClure’s
Bernhardt Kronig
Germany
Karl Gauss
University of Baden
Freiurg
Freiburg
Galloway cattle for sale by W T Henderson in Auronr Texan
Dehorner controlled Galloway cattle offered by W T Henderson in Auronr Texas. Readable details show advertised stock with emphasis on reliability and availability for buyers seeking horned cattle.
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Dehorner
W. T. Henderson
Auronr
Texan
Schedule of Arrival and Departure of Mails
Westbound mail train No 9 leaves at 1204 p m with mail close at 1130 a m. Train No 101 Limited Express mail arrives at 359 p m with mail close at 330 p m. Mail closes 8 0 peta KC M Orient Post Office opens 8 am closes 6 pm except Sundays. General delivery window 830 am to 930 am. Office opens only one time on Sundays. Bring your Job Work to the counter and it will be done. Wein dares see report from New York gold ships to Europe not cause for Texan fears. Not our gold, perhaps locked across the Atlantic. A judge questions a prisoner. Joshua is the name given and the judge notes the biblical Joshua who made the sun stand still.
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Freiburg
Freigburg
Aurse
K. C. M. & Orient
Wein
New York
Europe
Atlantic
Trespass Notice Issued for Property by Jason W Janes
Notice forbids all parties to hunt fish camp or trespass on the property of Jason W Janes under penalty of law. The notice is directed to all unnamed individuals including the aunt mentioned.
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Jason W. Janes
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Walter Garnett
el Paso Herald
Galveston News
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