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Newspaper
The Lemmon Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1914
Page
5
Report outlines a blast at a Panama dynamite facility causing property damage and casualties. Details are incomplete with chaotic OCR text but indicate a deadly incident and multiple injuries or deaths among people nearby. Authorities investigate the cause and scope of the explosion.
New York May 1 Major Genera D Panlet Fo Slsles will be buried with artillery honors. Interment likely at Arlington National Cemetery with Old Third Army comrades. A ceremonial carriage procession and veterans will honor the general at his funeral.
S. A. Williams reports 15 bushels of seed corn sold at 2.50 per bushel this spring. Joe Bergum of W. B. and W. D. Jordan Company injured during a local ball game. Ed DeWitt and Fred Voight head to North Dakota and Montana on a scouting trip visiting Fort Berthold. F A Finch and Representative H J Stinger addressed Meadow farmers on sweet clover. H C Duncan returns from northern Minnesota with horses, market dull. Mrs. Connely of Miles City visits relatives while children stay with grandparents at school. Charles Hilt, Bee Restaurant proprietor, dies after long illness. First State Bank to distribute a solid train load of young mixed stock to farmers at fair prices.
South American mediators define talks as between United States and Huerta, withdrawing invitation for Constitutionalist Carranza to join Washington discussions. Carranza’s reply insists on definite scope of negotiations before naming representatives, signaling friction over the mediation path.
Washington reports Admiral Tad states no word has been received by the navy. In Vera Cruz three ships were ordered to divert water supplies. In New York Lieutenant John Becker, brother of Charles Becker, faces murder trial as Dr Dresner testifies Becker plotted to free his brother.
Washington May 11. Instructions to militia organizations show that government aims to mobilize the national force for war. The documents cover operational command, mobilization procedures, and securing railroad transportation to move troops and equipment.
Washington reports heavy guns firing daily at Tampico amid clashes between constitutionalist and federal forces. A transmitted message from Admiral Mayo via Admiral Badger notes the Canaguey arrived at Vera Cruz from Tampico and that federal reinforcements totaling 474 men were at the port.
Tuluth probate hearings open over the will of the deceased Inney Bellwood. Widow Martha M Bellwood and daughter Ophelia Lettthead contest the instrument claiming omitted spousal and intrafamily rights and invalid provisions. Local counsel argue over prenuptial terms and distributive setup amid unsettled claims.
In F C Totten office phone 300 and Rea phone 300 both ring twice. Local notice notes contact details for inquiries and business.
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