Daring Movement Captures Heights Above Mexico City
In 1846 General Worth plans a secret dawn ascent on the heights above the bishop’s palace. Lt Col Childs leads 200 Texas Rangers with air corps support up a foggy ridge, silently scaling breastworks and forcing Mexican defenders to flee as reinforcements arrive.
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United States
Zachary Taylor
Mexico
Worth
Heigts
Hishon Palace
Childs
Air Compa
Texas Rangers
Saunders
Meade
Saltillo
General Worth
Texas Rifles
Bishop's Palace
Metropolitan Magazine
Their Regrets Over Unanswered Wedding Invitation
A Caseyville note recalls the Knapp Hoover wedding invitation etiquette. Hosts, not guests, are expected to regret absent attendance, as shown by engraved cards stating Mr. and Mrs. Hoover regret your not being present on Thursday the 16th at the bride’s parents’ home.
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Knapp- Hoover
Caseyville
His Good Advice
An agitated man accuses Mr Bangs of selling a lame horse that is spavined blind and staggers. Bangs promises action and offers to provide the name of a veterinary surgeon to relieve the animal's suffering.
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Bangs
London Mail
Costly Clothes of St James Choir Boys
Ten choristers of His Majesty's chapel at St James's wear extravagant state suits costing about £40, with scarlet cloth and royal purple trimming. The outfits last three years for the state suit and eight months for the undress version. The head boy can claim a guinea as spur money from officers entering the chapel, a custom noted alongside other historic practices of the choir.
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London
His Majesty’s Chapel
St. James’ Palace
Royal Chapel
Britain
St. James
Arthur Sullivan
Duke of Wellington
Pearson
Courtroom Quip As Defendant Apologizes For Lawyer
A defendant, facing sentencing, apologizes to the judge claiming his attorney did his best for a two dollar fee. The exchange highlights legal humor amid the proceedings and underscores public defender constraints.
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Third National Bank
Duthan
Jacksonville
Exposi Ion
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
Dothan
Lisa
Douglas Shoes
Reed Shoes
O’brien
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