Memorial honors the seventeen black beans of Mier massacre
La Grange Texas unveils a tall granite monument commemorating 17 Texans who perished after the Mier expedition of 1842 and the Salado Creek battle. The gravesite at Fayette County recalls the bean draw that doomed the men and the later return of remains from Hacienda Salado and Salado Creek.
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la Grange
Texas
Ffty
Lone Star State
Mier
Hacienda Salado
Salado Creek
Fayette County
Somervell
Rio Grande
William S. Fisher
Kier
Fisher
Mexico City
Tacienda Saiido
Saltido
Santa Aona
Wing Cameron
Sears
Mexico
Zach Taylor
Mexican Invasion During Texas War Recalled in Monument Narrative
Houston Wade, a postal clerk, documents the 1842 San Antonio invasion by Gen Adrian Woll and the Texan response. Caldwell led eighty men to victory at Salado Creek, while Dawson’s fifty-three men were cut off, highlighting the chaotic clashes amid Texas war with Mexico.
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Texas
Crazos
Matthew Caldwell
Gonzalez
Woll
Salado Creek
Nicholas Dawson
la Grange
Caldwell
Cadillac Mountain Locked by Curfew in Acadia Park
A Maine coast island road in Acadia National Park is closed at night. Ranger stops traffic at Eagle Lake Road junction then chains and pads the road end to end with a heavy chain and lock. John D Rockefeller Jr built the road and donated it to the government for the scenic but dangerous 25 percent grade.
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Desert Island
New England
Cadillse Mountain
Acadia National Park
Maine
John D. Rockefeller
Dart
Acadia National Park Ranger
50 000 Mexican Indians Blinded by Insects
In Mexico City Chiapas and Oaxaca report about 50 000 Indians blinded by a red simulid fly bite. Health authorities note parasites enter the blood, causing tumors on the head. Sanitary brigades operate in attempts to treat and halt disease spread.
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Mexico
D. F
Chiapas
Oaxaca
Mexican Health Department
Radio devices to aid in fight against crime
New York reports two experimental crime fighting devices. One broadcasts criminal portraits to radio cars using a dashboard plate, showing blurred yet identifiable features. The second would televise fingerprint data over wired lines, with potential near term installation, says chief engineer Thomas W. Rochester.
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New York
Polce Department
Central Park
Thomas W. Rochester
Radio Department
Rochester
One Tree Produces Twenty Three Fruits For Breakfast
San Leandro California June 18 J A Haefele a San Francisco musician claims a single tree can bear 23 varieties of fruit To date he lists Dienheim apricots Blale s early peaches nectarines sugar plums Italian prunes eye plums purple plums Santa Rosa plums Burbank plums German prunes Hungarian plums Royal Anne cherries greengate plums Trench prunes Crawford peaches early Grafton peaches Japanese plums damson plums Lambert cherries Morrepark apricots and a mystery plum
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San Leandro
Greengate
Trench
Crawford
Grafton
Damson
Lambert
Morrepark
Keeps 25 Year Vow to Attend Friend's Funeral
In Cleburne Texas O H Toole publisher of the Cleburne Morning News and James Butttermilk Lowry pioneer ITfoney Grove newspaper man made a pact that one would attend the other's funeral with a five minute speech. Poole fulfilled his vow beside Lowry's bier.
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Cleburne
Texas
O. H. Toole
Cleburne Morning Stories
James (Butttermilk) Lowry
Pioneer
Itfoney Grove
Lowry
Coole
Poole
Doctor Links Ear Water to Drowning In Rochester
Dr. Franklin W. Bock of the board of education warns that water in the ears can disrupt balance canals and cause a swimmer to become disoriented and drown before equilibrium returns.
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Rochester
Franklin W. Bock
Board of Education
Mugin
Bock
Tehachapi Women Prison Opens With Training School
Tehachapi California inaugurates a new 500000 state prison for women on a former 1.6 acre Cummings valley ranch eleven miles from Tehachapi. The facility features reinforced concrete buildings, a training school and a health unit, with twenty eight inmates from San Quentin serving various crimes.
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Tehachapi
Calif
Tehachapi Divide
Calfornia
Cummings Valley
Trhachapi
Medhiate
San Quentin
New Prison Wing Offers Individual Rooms For Women Inmates
The first group includes three murderers among 145 female convicts set for transfer in weeks. Each inmate will have a private cell-like room with pastel walls and a single bed. An industrial building will teach domestic science, sewing, laundry, and trade skills including farming.
Squirrels Cache Nuts Inside Church Organ in Oakdale
In Oakdale a silent organ at the Methodist Episcopal church was opened by organist Leon J Travis and workers found squirrels had hidden acorns inside the organ pipes, using the instrument as a cache.
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Oakdale
Leon J.travis
Squirrels
Handkerchief Surge Reported From Lebanon Last Year
In Lebanon city over 20 million handkerchiefs were produced last year per the department of internal affairs statistics. The figure shows a robust textile output for the region, illustrating broad production activity across Lebanon.
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Starrisburg
Maine
San Diego
Lebanon
Department of Internal Affairs Statistica
Nation expands westward through vast land purchases
The piece traces U.S. territorial growth from 1792 onward, detailing the Louisiana Purchase and its $23,213,507.73 price, the roles of Livingston Monroe and Napoleon, and later acquisitions. It notes Texas, Oregon, California, and the 1848 pattern of rapid map changes, with accompanying costs and milestones shaping the nation into a Pacific-facing republic.
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National Geographic
Wrehington
Obo
San Franciseco
Market Street
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Mississippi
Kentucky
Virginia
Union
Ohio
Louisiana Purchase
United States
France
Robert KR. Livingston
New Orleans
Great Britain
Sfore
Napoleon
Louisiana
Bath
James Monroe
Livingston
America
Lewis and Clark
Capt
Zebulon
Powell
Colorado River
Lto Long
Grand Canyon
Viorida
Spain
Texas
California
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas
Louisiana Territory
Oregon Territory
Mexico
Washlorton
Talvea
Hazy
Pacific
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
United States Territory
Izzy
Massachusetts
Georgia
Thomas Jefferson
Florida
Interent
Gadsden
Gila River
Washlodon
Trussia
Alaska
Canal Zone
Panama
Colombia
Panama Canal Company
Manhattan Island
Manhattan
New York State
Dutch Guiana
California Syrup of Figs Promises To Boost Child Appetite
An advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a remedy for sluggish digestion in children. It claims the syrup cleanses the colon, improves appetite, weight, and complexion, and urges parents to use the genuine product from the N R A member network.
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California
N. R.A
Mountain Laurel Poison Causes Sickness Not Killer to Cattle
Mountain laurel Kalmia tadi folla is highly poisonous to cattle if ingested. It should be called a poison causing illness rather than a killer, with selective affinity to certain organs. It induces rheumatic or neuralgic pain.
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Nan
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