The Mexican War and Its American Leaders of 1846
Seventy years after the Mexican War began the article recalls key events from 1846 47. It covers Mexican boundary disputes Texas annexation and Oregon territory relations with Britain. It notes Taylor Monroes era diplomacy and the 1848 treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo yielding New Mexico and California. It highlights battles Buena Vista and Veracruz and the war's political fallout including Polk Taylor and Grant.
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Washington
United States
Texas
Mexico
John Lind
William Barard Hale
Richard Bush
Monroe
Pald
Polk
Ike Wilson
Atlantic
Great Britain
Oregon
London
Congress
Tylers
William S . Parrowt
Parelt
Unite States
John M Slidell
Louisiana
Wew City
Slidell
France
Trent
James M. Mason
England
Zachary Taylor
Rio Grande
Matamoros
Ampudia
Taylor
Nueces River
Nueces
Monterey
Winfield Scott
Santa Anna
Angostura
Buena Vista
Seote
Vera Cruz
Guadalupe Hidalgo
New Mexico
California
Senate
Pierce
Grant
West Point
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Sherman
Thomas Mragg
Reynolds
House of Representatives
House
New York
Lewis Cass
Sunshine and Clouds A Tale of Two Sisters
Two sisters Sunshine and Clouds travel from a miserly uncle with pails of food. Clouds steals Sunshine’s share and leaves her hungry. Sunshine departs to seek aid, befriends tiny brown men, and cures a blind princess by dew fetched from a mountain well. The king adopts both sisters after Clouds reforms, and they live at the castle as good women.
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Sunshine
Clouds
Able Castle
Tle
Duvall Sues Father-in-Law Over Alleged Alienation
Samuel O. Duvall files suit against his father-in-law Dr. Paul Curneck pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church alleging alienation of his wife’s affections and seeking damages.
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Rensselaer
Ind
Samuel O. Duvall
Paul ©. Curneck
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Spanish Beauty Mme Cuadra Tops Warrinston Hostesses
Spanish beauty Mme Cuadra wife of Joaquin Cube ra secretary of the Nicaraguan legation and daughter of the Nicaraguan secretary of state stands out among Warrinston diplomatic hostesses with deeply Spanish type features and refined charm.
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Mme. Cuadra
Joaquin Cubera
Legation
Warrinston
Elopement Saga Sparks Domestic Turmoil in Kalamazoo
Story follows Young Duvall and Miss Pauline Cur ek eloped to Kalamazoo Michigan. About two weeks ago Duvall’s wife left him for Evansville where she resided with her husband. John Simonin and Mia Curnick are involved as defendants in a defense matter. Mira Duvall claims her husband abused and cursed her.
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Young Duvall
Pauline Curek
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ane
Die Valle
Evans Ville
John Simonin
Ateaa
Mia Curnick
Mira Duvall
Warmer river artesian well draws fish to Ludden area
In Ludden North Dakota the Arthur Burro farm well taps warm water into the river, keeping it unfrozen and drawing thousands of fish to the stretch. Residents scoop the fish by wagonload as the river remains open and stocked with life.
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Ludden
Dak
Arthur Burro
The Farm Boy's Creed
The creed extols rural life over city life and frames work with nature as more inspiring than industrial labor. It emphasizes personal responsibility, pluck over luck, and the value of a square deal in all actions, asserting opportunity on the farm is as real as in town.
Backyard Gardens by Boys and Girls
Dr. C D Jarvis government specialist in children's quarters notes youths can manage larger garden projects than expected. Children show enthusiasm for growing things and use every inch of backyards, though seed funds are scarce. Free seeds could teach money value and business sense, while flowers reveal surprising taste and proportion.
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C. D. Jarvis
I Hear You Have a New Little Glazer
A six year old girl visiting friends is teased about a newborn. When asked if a girl or boy is desired she says she wanted a boy but it came while she was at school. This item from the New York Globe records a cheeky exchange reflecting juvenile humor.
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New York Globe
Boy Cites Counting Rule After Fight With Neighbor
A boy new to the neighborhood returns home with a black eye and mud. His mother had advised avoiding fights until he counted to one hundred. He says Willie Smith acted while he was counting, explaining the blow.
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Tommy
Willie Smith
Tlome Journal
Abbreviation Exchange Leads to a Doughnut Joke
A classroom moment features a teacher asking two students to identify word abbreviations. Clarence correctly notes can't stands for cannot, while Edgar humorously answers that don't abbreviates doughnut, reflecting a playful misdirection.
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Clarence
Edgar
Mamma Was a Palmist Joke
A humorous exchange where Litthe Fred explains his mamma can tell things by looking at people's hands. The visitor asks if she is a palmist, and he notes she tells him to wash his hands after each look.
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Litthe
Fred
Pretty Wrong Side Out Mamma Starry Heaven Image
The narrator recalls a child’s dreamy exclamation about heaven being beautiful when messed by thoughts of a star filled sky and memory. The line evokes wonder through a parent child moment and a sense of place beyond ordinary life.
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Lara
German Leaders Endorse Alcohol Abstinence in Education Move
In 1897 two German professors urged total abstinence, calling alcohol a poison. The plea gained 800 signatures in 1907, including 116 professors, and 1913 saw a major anti alcohol meeting in Berlin with the chancellor as honorary president. Since then anti alcohol instruction has become part of public schooling and university courses.
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Germany
House of Deputies
Berlin
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Jen-sen
College alcohol foe menaces youth on campus
Henry Laula Smith of Washington and Lee University warns that alcohol is the campus’s most subtle and destructive foe. He argues it devastates virtue, diligence, and intellectual growth, turning verdant college grounds into cemeteries of wasted potential.
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Thia
Tilenry Laula Smith
Washington and Lee University
Prohibition Sparks Speaker and Audience Debate in Ohio
A campaign meeting in Ohio sparked a heated exchange about West Virginia's dry status. A salesman claimed profits rose post prohibition while another vender countered that his sales fell, linking it to undertakers and furniture. A Columbus man named Smoky Hobbs was fined 400 dollars and jailed six months for illegal liquor selling, provoking disbelief at the locale.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Ile
Prohibition
Smoky
Hobbs
Columbus
Benevolent Wets
Caldwell Presa
Prohibition Endorsed by Steubenville Industry Leaders
Endorsement of a prohibition law for general business prosperity was signed by leaders from Steubenville Ohio and major industries including two paper companies a glass company two foundries two clay companies a tin plate company and a pottery concern.
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Steubenville
City Trade Impacts Questioned On Prohibition
A reader questions the idea that stopping liquor buys will force a city to halt lunch purchases rent and patronage at meat markets bakeries groceries and clothing shops, arguing consumer habits span many essentials despite liquor bans.
West Virginia Prohibition Brings Factory Replace Brewery
The Youngstown Telegram notes arrests drop as prohibition proves crime decline. Ohio paper cites West Virginia rule, arguing factory replaces brewery after shuttered plant. Labor leader John Mitchell laments and frames policy as statewide change.
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John Mitchell
Centralia Town Saves Thousands Under Prohibition
A Centralia Tl enya press dispatch notes that since local option law prohibited saloons the town saves about 0.277 dollars monthly per resident totaling roughly 7 000 dollars annually. The abolition of the saloon is cited as the cause of the annual savings.
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Centralia
Tlenya
Prohibition drives Salvation Army to cut meals in North Yakima
Under prohibition the Jalla in North Yakima have become so depopulated that the Salvation Army can no longer afford to pay a cook to provide three meals a day for the three Inmutua.
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Jalla
Yakima
Salvation Army
Home Town Aids Growth and Progress Across City
A fragmentary civic notice urges residents to boost local development and neighborly ties, calling for collective forward movement and shared improvement. It frames participation as a path to better homes and streets, urging readers to support progress and avoid becoming blockers.
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Ditralt Free Press
Color Schemes in Gardens and the Quiet Art of Harmony
The Los Angeles Times notes California gardens bloom riotously so formal color schemes are less common. English gardening books emphasize color balance, with white as a neutralizer and gray in foliage. Borders using white and gray can harmonize any colors if kept separate, while gentle touches of white prevent monotony.
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California
Los Angeles Times
Copper mailbox adds neat permanency to home setting
A Californian installed an attractive copper mailbox in front of his brick bungalow. The box measures about eighteen inches square and has a small side door, resting on a four foot high brick pier. The design emphasizes durability and sightliness for a country home.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Arrangement of Street Lamps
A Science American note discusses street lamp layouts. Parallel placement has ornamental appeal with lamps opposite each other, while staggered spacing offers more uniform illumination. When streets are wide, staggered arrangements perform best. when widths are close to lamp spacing, parallel arrangements are preferable.
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Scientice American
Well Well Mr Dobson Encounters Busy Rail Station Scene
In a brisk exchange at a railroad station Mr Dobson greets a flustered acquaintance lugging two large suitcases. The other confirms their trip is meant to stir activity in Brack city with a sarcastic remark.
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Mr. Dobson
Breck
Indolence and delayed actions noted in report
The text describes a lazy behavior pattern where a person named Jowett-Meht delays restarting a watch after it stops, waiting two hours to avoid turning the hands. It highlights a habit of minimizing effort.
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Jowett
Difference, Hanss Whist Club and Poker Club
The dialogue contrasts two clubs with a crude punchline about domestic life versus sex. It frames one as a social card game group and the other as a more explicit, adult-themed gathering, using a sharp joke on dinner and sexual break.
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Hanss
Owerman
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