Marines and Bluejackets Take Vera Cruz After Heavy Fire
The Atlantic fleet forces land 3000 strong to seize Vera Cruz amid stubborn sniper fire from the Mexican cadets college. 150 Mexicans killed yesterday with heavy losses today. one Marine killed, several wounded from Utah. Essex sailors wounded on shore. Admiral Badger delays Tampico as city falls under naval assault.
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Minnesota
Prairie
Chester
Naval College
Essex
Albert W. Kimber
San Juan de Ulua
Bluejackets
R. Percy
Utah
K. C. Christy
J. G. Bennett
H. Pulliam
C. L. Nordseck
Seaman
H. Holham
Marine Corps
Vera Cruz
Cadets’ College
No Organized Resistance After U S Naval Occupation
Lieutenant Guy W. O. Castle led Buchanan's men to a position east of the plaza while detachments held north and west. Fire came from housetops as marines and blue jackets moved. sharpshooters targeted suspicious figures. Rear Admiral Badger urged calm and order, with fighting ending as Captain Bush announced no further advance tonight.
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Badger
Tampico
Smedley D
Butler
Fletcher
Harry McL. Huse
Stone
Edward C. Kalbfus
Richard R. D. Gatewood
Albert M. Cohen
George McCourts
Dood and
Hersey
Middleton S. Elliott
Christian J. Peoples
United States
Bush
The American Garden of Eden Colorado in Estes Park
A promotional piece touts Estes Park Colorado as a modern Garden of Eden offering wildflowers glaciers mountains lakes and abundant outdoor pleasures. It urges visits for recreation and recuperation with hotels ranches and low excursion fares via Boston travel agents Stocks and New England Pass.
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Adam
Eve
America
Estes Park
Colorado
Os Park
New England
Washington St
Boston
Total casualties in taking Vera Cruz report
A partial list names several U S sailors and Marines among casualties from Vera Cruz action. Corporal Daniel Haggerty of Cambridge Massachusetts served on the Florida along with Coxswain Shoemaker and Seaman Pouissett aboard the same ship. A Marine Private R. Percy listed on the Utah and an unnamed American sailor are also noted among the dead. The wound list includes Seaman C L Leahy Seaman Schwartz and Seaman C D Cameron aboard the Florida Seaman J F Plese aboard the Florida and other Seaman on the Utah or surrounding ships.
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Florida
Pouissett
U. S. 5S
R. Percy
U. S. S. Utah
House votes 506000 for bringing Americans out of Mexico
Washington April 22. The House approved an appropriation of 506000 to repatriate American citizens from Mexico without debate. The Senate appropriations committee will consider the resolution at 11 tomorrow and it is expected to pass shortly after.
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Washington
Mexico
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Haskin
Panama
Local Navy Crew Listing from Transport Prairie
Electrician Geisburn of the U S S Florida in Quincy appears among crew and officers listed for the transport Prairie. Also named are Private D D McMillan second marine regiment K C Christy J G Bennett H F Palliam C L Nordseck H Holham all aboard the U S S Utah.
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Geisburn
U. S. S. Florida
Quincy
D. D. McMillan
Second Marine Regiment
Transport Prairie
K. C. Christy
J. G. Bennett
H. Fpalliam
C. L. Nordseck
H. Holham
U.S. S. Utah
Increase Weight With Sargel Diet Plan
Thin people are urged to try Sargel with meals to gain five to eight pounds in fourteen days. Begin by weighing, take one tablet with each meal for two weeks, then reweigh. The ad claims Sargel converts eaten fats into nourishing tissue, stops waste, and leaves new flesh lasting. Druggists sell forty tablets with a weight gain guarantee.
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Wendell C. Neville
Buchanan
The
Arthur B. Keating
Kansas
United States Naval Forces
Roxbury
Mrs
John H. Parker
Parker
Chel- Shawmut Avenue
Truro
N. S
Sea
EL Paso
Texas
Carranza
HL Paso
Corporal Daniel Haggerty
Cambridge, Mass
Coxswain Shoemaker
Seaman C. L. Leahy
Seaman U. Schwartz
U.S. S. Florida
U. S
Seaman J. F. Plese
Quitedls
Panama Canal Zone
National Geographic Society
Canal
George W. Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Book of Authority
Frederick Haskin
Ernest Hallen
G. Thomas Ritchie
Library of Congress
Howard E. Sherman
Government Printing Office
Col. Gorgas
Riker-Jaynes
Kalsareen Drug Stores
Riker- Jaynes Drug Stores
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