Battle in Mexico border as Taft orders troops to Arizona
Reports describe heavy fighting at Agua Prieta across the border near Douglas with Mexican federals or insurgents exchanging fire. President Taft orders precautionary troop movements to Arizona and demands explanations from Diaz to protect Americans.
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Canadas reciprocity bill fuels heated House debate
Opening arguments for and against the Canadian reciprocity treaty filled the House with sharp exchanges. Claud Kitchin assailed Republicans and taft while Asher Hinds warned farmers about losing protective support. The session highlighted party fault lines on trade and agriculture.
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Mexican insurgents evacuate Agua Prieta as federals gain hold
Reports say insurgents led by Belasario Garcia desert their leader and evacuate Agua Prieta with Col. Madina joining survivors. Douglas, Ariz, is occupied by federals as fighting continues near the border. Meanwhile Washington expects a Mexican border neutral zone proposal and Congress debates intervention.
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Rebels Surrender as Federals Battle Near Agua Prieta
Balasario Garcia, commander of Agua Prieta rebels, surrendered to Captain Gaujot of the 1st United States Cavalry at the border. Federals attacked and regained ground earlier. midnight firing continued as U S troops patrolled the line. Uncertain casualty count.
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Gould Threatens 10 Start Railroad War in 1911
New York City reports a looming clash between the Gould railroads including the Missouri Pacific and the Harriman lines after the collapse of the gentlemen's agreement. The dispute centers on Gould opposing using his lines as feeders to the Harriman system, marking the first major railroad confrontation since 1907.
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Prairie fire sweeps acres across South Dakota counties
Multiple fires across South Dakota caused heavy losses in a brutal gale last Sunday. The Milwaukee road freight train ignited a three mile by eleven mile blaze near Reliance in Lyman County, with damages estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. Owners Andrew Kenobbie John Kennebie Ed Seely H P Green Charles Howe, and others suffered buildings hay stock and fences destroyed or badly burned. A Hand County blaze damaged hay and barns, a Gann Valley Buffalo County fire prompted an auto owner to help by plowing furrows as a fire break, and White Lake prairie fires added to the widespread damage from the storm.
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Mitchell Maintains Wet Column In Local Election
Tuesday’s vote kept Mitchell in the wet column with license winning by 206 and a rise of 98 from last year. Citywide 1675 votes split wets 936 to drys 730. Fourth ward shifted from dry to wet by 14, First ward stayed dry with reduced margin, aldermen elected in four wards and liquor question results by ward noted.
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State school lands yield near a million from sales in South Dakota
South Dakota state land department reports total proceeds of 989052 dollars from this year’s school land sales. Average acre prices ranged above fifty dollars in several counties with some tracts exceeding 100 dollars per acre. Most buyers were adjacent landowners valuing land for farming.
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Growing crop acreage due to traction engines in Sully county
Farmers from the Missouri valley north of Pierre report expanding crop acreage this year aided by traction plows. The Pitlick farm in western Sully County plans about two thousand acres, half of it corn, with the engine as primary power. Plowing and seeding proceed as moisture returns and fields show good ground conditions.
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Claus Ehape
State Board of Health Meeting May Second
The state board of health will meet at Brooknge on May second. The county superintendent of health for the coming year will be selected at the gathering.
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