Mexican Staffer Recalls San Jacinto Battle From Santa Anna Era
Captain A J Sowell presents Colonel Pedro Delgado's Mexican perspective on the San Jacinto fight. Delgado describes the march from Fort Bend crossing the Brazos, the night trek to Harrisburg, looting and burning, and the chaotic confrontation at New Washington and San Jacinto where Santa Anna's decision making and the artillery ordeal undermined the Mexican defense.
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A. J. Sowell
San Jacinto
Texas
el Pedro Delgado
Santa Anna
Brazos River
Richmond
Fort Bend
Delgado
Battle of
Ramirez Y Sesma
Brazos
Matamoros
Aldama
Guerrero
Toluca
Mexico
Guadalajara
Ignacio Arsenal
Tampico
Guanajuato
Morton
Oyster Creek
Burnett
Harrisburg
William Stafford
Castrillion
Zavala
Government of Texas
Galveston
Almonte
New Washington
Vince
Vince's Bayou
Johnson Hunter
Barragon
Houston
Bay Shore
Barragan
Providence
Fortune
Arenal
Aguirre
Castrillon
Eye sight improved for British recruits after open air life
London reports that Kitchener's large army trained in open air conditions show improved vision after months of training. Recruits who previously needed glasses can now see targets at 300 yards or more and read crossing streets unaided. The change is attributed to outdoor life, relief from artificial light, and may endure after war. Also an advance ad notes $75.35 New York and return via Diverse Route.
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London
Death of Mascot Jack of Company D 19th Infantry
The 19th Infantry mourns Jack the mascot killed in line of duty during a June maneuver near the civilian training camp. Bravely active, Jack served as ratter and mail carrier, fought winds in Galveston flood, and survived Vera Cruz, later dying after a bayonet charge. His service included a typhoid record and four months, nine days in Vera Cruz.
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19Th Infantry
Mascot
Jack
Vera Cruz
Galveston
Nineteenth Infantry
United States
Company H
Company D
O. D
Reveille
Mexico
Bugs as fodder surge across Germany and Austria Hungary
Tens of thousands of children hunt May bugs in Germany and Austria Hungary over the last four to five weeks. Large quantities are collected and sold to the fodder supplies commission at about twelve cents a pound. The dried ground bugs supply cattle feed with 12.4 percent albumen and 9.7 percent fats, plus 39.4 to 62.8 percent starch, serving as a substitute for imported oilseed cakes.
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Berlin
Germany
Austria-Hungary
United States
Your Vacation at Hot Wells Hotel in San Antonio
Family enjoy in city leisure with music dancing and bathing at Hot Wells Hotel. Advert explains comfort near home and invites visitors to stay locally for a relaxing getaway in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Hot Wells
Graft Exposures by Casement Recalled
Washington officials recall Sir Roger Casement’s 1912 report on atrocities in Putumayo Peru where rubber barons abused native workers. His disclosures spurred Peruvian reforms and later Brazilian changes, with Doyle to travel to London as Casement’s unofficial adviser at trial.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Sir Roger Casement
Putumayo
Peru
Sir Roger
London
Roger
Casement
Amazon
Roger Casement
Stuart Fuller
American Consular Service
Brazil
Michael Francis Doyle
Misidentification of Tehernigoff Governor Sparks Rural Capture
Colonel Vassilimoff, governor of Tehernigoff province, toured rural districts with a clerk to assess food and harvest prospects. In Kirejewka villagers mistook them for German aviators after sighting an airplane, imprisoning them in a dark cellar until a police official identified them, leaving the governor to joke about the incident despite a day of confinement and hunger.
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Siberia
Evening Music at Hot Wells Park Draws Local Crowd
Music lovers gather in the grove at Hot Wells Park for an evening of dancing and bathing with a cafe. An advertisement notes two through sleepers to Memphis and Chicago daily via the Southern Pacific.
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Hot Wells Park
Memphis
Chicago
Southern Pacific
San Diego Exposition Success Inspires San Antonio Plan
San Antonio officials compare their Bi Centennial and Pan American Exposition to San Diego’s second fair. Data show San Diego drew 5,900 on opening day and 400,090 for January through January 30, with per person spending around ten dollars.
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Frank Hi. Bushick
San Diego de Alta
San Diego
George F. Lupton
San Antonio
Icick
War Cross Sign Proposed For Combat Deadly Honors
Paris June 24 The French government has awarded 120 000 War crosses since the decoration began One thousand six hundred have been given in the present war The Chamber of Deputies plans a distinctive sign for those who win the cross while facing death A combat clasp was rejected A commission will award the new insignia Queen Elizabeth of Belgium may receive the combat honor for tending the wounded under fire at Antwerp
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Queen Elizabeth of
Belgium
Antwerp
New Dancing Pavilion Delights Visitors at Hot Wells Park
Dancers at Hot Wells Park enjoy the new dancing pavilion and music in the grove, drawing delight from the refreshed venue and evening performances.
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Hot Wells Park
The
Grove
Adv
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