Lex Anteinternet: Mexico (Chihuahua)

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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Friday, February 18, 1916. Villa departs from Plaza de Namiquipa.

Pancho Villa's forces departed from Plaza de Namiquipa and disappeared. They would not be fully heard from again until March 9.

The German garrison at Mora surrendered after a year and a half long siege.

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Wednesday, February 16, 1916. Russian Army blunders, Lomond established, Kermit Roosevelt Jr. born.

Labels: 1910s, 1916, Adams, Bush, Disaster, Dương Văn Minh, Erzurum Offensive, Imperial Russian Army, Kennedy, Ottoman Army, Roosevelt, Texas, Trump

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Sunday, February 5, 1911. First Battle of Bauche.

Mexican Federal troops, stopped the day prior at Bauche by rebels under Pascual Orozco, abandoned the railroad and commenced marching overland towards Juarez in an effort to relieve forces besieged there.

A revolution in Haiti was put down with the capture of rebel General Montreuil Guillaume.

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Saturday, February 4, 1911. Deadlocks.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, Boer Armies, Boer War, Cartoons, Clifford K. Berryman, Francisco I. Madero, Government, Iran, Mexican Revolution, Persia, Personalities, Russia, Texas

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

June 12, 1919. Villa arrives at Villa Ahumada.

The R34. A British airship that had crossed the Atlantic.

Villa's forces arrived at Villa Ahumada, a town directly sought of Juarez. Mexican forces commenced to prepare to receive Villa's assault.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Sunday, December 4, 1910. Contesting forces in Mexico negotiate.

A peace commission in Chihuahua, Mexico attempted to broker a truce between the Diaz government and the "Maderistas" who supported Francisco I. Madero.

Cynthia Ann Parker, captured by the Comanche as a child and then recaptured by the Texas Rangers unwillingly as an adult, was reinterred in Oklahoma. She had passed away in 1870.

She was the mother of Quanah Parker.

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Saturday, December 3, 1910. Neon.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Art, Automobiles, Christmas, J. C. Leyendecker, Posters, technology

Thomas More, counsellor of law and statesman of integrity, merry martyr and most human of saints: Pray that, for the glory of God and in the pursuit of His justice, I may be trustworthy with confidences, keen in study, accurate in analysis, correct in conclusion, able in argument, loyal to clients, honest with all, courteous to adversaries, ever attentive to conscience. Sit with me at my desk and listen with me to my clients’ tales. Read with me in my library and stand always beside me so that today I shall not, to win a point, lose my soul. Pray that my family may find in me what yours found in you: friendship and courage, cheerfulness and charity, diligence in duties, counsel in adversity, patience in pain—their good servant, and God’s first. Amen

"Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms. Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day. He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagination." St. Francis de Sales

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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