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Newspaper
The Lemmon Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1914
Page
7
Dr Juan Gutierrez in Havana’s sanitation sector orders blocks closed for fumigation and thorough cleaning as plague cases rise. Officials assess affected areas including Palacios and nearby zones, with limited movement and intensified disinfection to curb spread.
Twenty registered packages are reported to have been stolen when a bandit halted a Southern Valley mail car near Trojo miles out. He forced clerks to surrender valuables at gunpoint and disappeared as the train moved away. Value of the loot remains unknown.
Reports describe the Ludlow area fighting between miners and state troops amid a deadly confrontation. Telegraph links to Trinidad and Denver hinder dispatches as casualties mount and authorities report multiple missing or accounted-for workers.
Grain and provisions prices from Minneapolis and Chicago markets list wheat futures with May and Sept contracts, corn futures, flax, eggs, and live stock values for cattle calves hogs and sheep. The data shows on track and delivery details, prices per unit, and dated entries around April 21.
In Galveston on April 22 the Fifth brigade of the United States army under Colonel Daniel Copiman prepared to board four army transports. The unit includes the Fourth Seventh Nineteenth and Twenty eighth infantry regiments reinforced by the Sixth cavalry, one battery of Fourth field artillery, E company of engineers, B company, signal corps, and an ambulance corps. The total strength is about 4700 officers and men.
General Porfirio Diaz, former Mexican dictator, travels with his wife to Monte Carlo for recovery after a grip. He reads all available newspapers and private telegrams, declines comment on US policy toward Temeral Horta, and says he would return only if peace is secured or foreign powers intervene.
Mexico City on April 22 General Aureligne Glunattet minister of war said Mexican reserves are ready to be called if necessary. He stated they will be mobilized in Mexico only if the need arises and the nation requires it.
In New Haven Connecticut on April 22 stockholders ratified the severance agreed between railroad officials and the government for the remaking of the system. They adopted an amendment replacing a previous directive with a new measure presented by the committee.
Rear Admiral Robert B. Peary retired Arctic explorer receives the Geographic Society's grand gold medal, its highest honor, in a formal recognition of his polar achievements.
Khartoum and Feyouan April 2 reports say Reverend Ralph W. Tidrick of the American United Presbyterian mission in the Sudan died of wounds received in an encounter with lon. The casualty toll and fuller details are pending official statements.
In a dramatic dispatch to Admiral Fletcher, Washington ordered action to seize the Vera Cruz customs house and halt a German ship carrying artillery and munitions bound for Huerta forces. The move aims to block landing at Vera Cruz to cripple the Mexican provisional government amid the Tampico crisis.
The Perkins County Board of Commissioners met at the County Auditor's office with Chairman Lemmon presiding. Discussions covered bridge construction on the Geno and Morvay rivers, tax refunds and assessments, committee appointments for township settlements, and a motion to defer bridge building until warrants are paid and funds are accumulated. Several officials were named to committees, and resolutions were debated but not adopted.
County board records discuss various motions and financial actions including refunds for excessive valuation, tax adjustments, road improvements, and bond issues. Several named officials and local entities appear, with references to court clerks, health superintendent, and county treasurer. multiple motions set dates and designate sale sites for county assets.
A long county ledger extract details salaries for numerous workers including Shattleworth Shuttleworth Wickware and Mildred Wagner, with dates in February March and May. It records warrants, burial expenses, medical bills, and state or county poor relief costs, along with names such as Francis, Livingston, and Denise. The document notes wages and order amounts, the burden on county funds, and references to bridges, burial, and county poor relief in the era.
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