Adelaide seeks jelly for dying father amid cruel charity
Adelaide visits Mrs. Page in a poverty stricken home seeking medicine for her ailing father. A harsh reception and a later discovery of a bankruptcy list reveal the family’s faded fortunes and the consequences of past wealth. Her journey captures loss, class, and memory as spring memories fade.
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Edie Horie
Radmind
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Stone Hall
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Roma
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Jelley
Bourne
Kennebec
President submits Oregon treaty basis to Senate
The President on Wednesday submitted the basis of a treaty for the final settlement of the Oregon question to the Senate. The Senate began secret debate late, and details are unknown, but the submission is hailed as a hopeful step toward a speedy settlement of the long vexed issue.
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Newport votes on licenses and Oregon and Mexico news
A Newport correspondent urges license prices be fixed at 50 dollars to restrict rum shops to the wealthy. The Daily News notes the Oregon question and Mexico terms may be settled soon, with Websters and others commenting on Congress and adjournment.
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Daily News
Daniel Weber
Washington
Oregon
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Webster
Boston Post
Mexico
United States
Con‘Brean
Manon
Wal
Visit to Mount Auburn Continues in The Phenix
The Phenix guides readers through Mount Auburn Cemetery describing hushed atmosphere, granite monuments, and winding carriage avenues. It contrasts solemn grounds with the surrounding hills and notes mausoleums, obelisks, cenotaphs, and marble works amid dark green foliage.
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Phenix
Mount Auburn
Retreat of Mexican Army Reported from Matamoros
From the seat of war the New Orleans bulletin details Gen Taylor's army crossing toward Matamoros and Arista's flag of truce for six weeks. Mexican retreat leaves batteries and wreckage in wells, prisoners taken, and reinforcements expected up river.
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McElroy
Late from Mexico highlights Vera Cruz further news
From the North Carolina Delta May 31 a vessel from Vera Cruz brings Mexico City news to the 15th and Vera Cruz to the 18th. Reports say the Mississippi and Pilgrim blockaded Vera Cruz. Americans ordered to quit the port by the 22nd. the bark Thalend boarded by the USS Falmouth, and Dimond preparing to sail aboard a warship.
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United States
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Don
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Chihuahua
Sonora
Apulo
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Robinsvirtue and Cemetery Reflections From Mt Auburn Guide
A 1843 vignette from Mt Auburn Cemetery recalls a robin’s death by a collegian, the widowed mate’s mourning, and the moral plea against harming birds. It surveys the cemetery’s expanse, noting 20,000 lots possible, few taken after 14 years, and envisions a growing city of graves alongside a busy metropolis.
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Soldiers recount Rio Grande advance and wounded officers
A letter from Pol en Teabely recalls camp life amid the Rio Grande conflict. Officers praise provisions and morale while lamenting supply issues and raids. It notes Ampudia’s defeats, volunteer gatherings near the fort, and heavy injuries to Capt. Page Howe Col. McIntosh and Lieut. Maclay. General Taylor sent horse companies to pursue the Mexicans.
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Matamoras
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Rio Grande
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New Orleans Picayune
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Col. McIntosh
Maclay
Command Diverted Gaines Seized Power and Recalled
The government moves to remove General Gaines from command of the Western division and order him to Washington due to his irregular actions. A dispatch notes his insistence on troops beyond requisition and a sharp reversal in policy once the governor intervened. The exchange includes a May 18, 1846 letter reporting Gaines’s gatherings and the ultimatum to revoke his call.
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Taylor
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Saale
Gel
Owak
Deraitun
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