Vera Cruz Falls to American Forces After Fierce Street Fighting
American sailors and marines capture Vera Cruz after two days of combat. About 14 Americans die and 30 are wounded, while Mexican casualties run high with estimates around 150. Prisoners are taken as streets fill with bodies and the plaza is secured by midweek. The mission includes naval academy fighting and shelling of San Juan de Ulua fortress. Chief of Police Villa Vicencio is captured. civilians and women are spared.
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William R. Rush
Florida
Naval Academy
Naval College
Chester
San Francisco
Prairie
Benito Juarez Tower
Maas
Old Tower
Tower
San Juan de Ulua
Navy Yard
Stickney
Buchanan
Antonio Villa Vicencio
Admiral Fletcher
Canada
Consul Canada
Rush
Diligencia Hotel
Police Chief Defends Flag in New Orleans Crackdown
New Orleans Superintendent Reynolds orders arrest of anyone making disparaging remarks about the army navy or the American flag on city streets. The directive follows a clash when four soldiers in uniform dispersed five street orators who accused the armed services of subsidy.
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New Orleans
Reynolds
Army
Navy
Missionaries Safe After Mexico City Route In Mexico
News from New York reports anxious wait at church mission headquarters as 50 American missionaries traveling from Mexico City to Vera Cruz reach safety in Pachuca Puebla and Guanajuato. The Methodist Episcopal board confirms all missionary groups are safe including ten Episcopal missionaries under Bishop Henry D Aves.
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New York
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Methodist Episcopal Board of Foreign Missions
Pachuca
Puebla
Guanajuato
Mexico
Henry D. Aves
Housework as Health Practice and Joy
The piece argues housework can harm or help health and happiness depending on attitude. It urges cheerful, engaged effort in cleaning and chores, likening it to physical and mental exercise with breathing, rest, and regular movement, to prevent fatigue and boost vitality.
Old fashioned lemon butter recipe for luncheon
A vintage lemon butter method combines lemon rind sugar egg butter and water. Simmer gently until thick like molasses then cool and serve with cake bread or crackers. Sour oranges work similarly but sweet fruit fails to set.
Hemming Napkin Techniques for Machine and Handwork
Instructions describe using the hemmer with the needle absent to form an even hem, then finishing by hand along perforations. It explains drawing and basting with the machine set to the desired stitch, keeping stitches close to the edge as in standard hemming.
Mexican Codfish Dish with Tomato Sauce
A recipe instructs to sauté a chopped onion in butter add flour minced green pepper and strained tomato simmer a codfish fillet in the sauce for ten minutes and serve hot. The method emphasizes freshening the fish in cold water parboiling and finishing in the tomato pepper sauce.
Method for Removing Old Varnish from Furniture
A New York Press note recommends applying a solution of three tablespoonfuls of baking soda in a quart of water with a rough cloth to remove old varnish from furniture. The tip is described as an excellent method to share.
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New York Press
How to Remove Coffee Stains from Linen
To remove coffee stains rub with pure glycerin and rinse in lukewarm water. This method also works when cream has spoiled the coffee.
Cooking Pumpkin Halves Bake to Dry Filler
Cut pumpkin in halves remove seeds bake with peel on until done. Scoop out flesh to create a dry filler that avoids watery pumpkin and reduces cooking time.
Prevent Linoleum Cracking Before Unrolling
Rollers should warm linoleum before use by placing it in front of a fire for a few minutes. This reduces cracking after storage and makes unrolling easier and safer for long term preservation.
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