Lex Anteinternet: Mexico (Morelos)

Mexican Federal troops under General Victoriano Huerta crossed into Morelos to force the disarming of Zapata. Using somewhat of a harrying tactic, his advance had the opposite effect.

Hendersonville, North Carolina, August 9, 1911.

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Tuesday, August 8, 1911. Changes in numbers and ages.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, 1911 at the Movies, 62nd Congress, 63d Congress, Arizona, Catholic, Eastern Rite Catholic, Movies, New Mexico, Pope Pius X, religion, Roman Catholic, The Press, William Howard Taft

Monday, August 3, 2026

Thursday, August 3, 1911. Arbitration and tension in Morelos.

The United States signed arbitration treaties the United Kingdom and France in separate ceremonies at the White House.

The treaties would be amended beyond recognition by the Senate.

Still, it's interesting that hey were done. Today, Trump would go into a long twitter post about the wonderful thing about Tiggers, refuse to ponder them, and put tariffs on Andora.

In Morelos rebels were refusing to disarm even though Madero was urging them too. Gobernación licenciado Emilio Vázquez Gómez asked for revolutionary troops to be sent to the region, which Madero had suggested, to calm the situation, received no answer from the provisional government. He resigned as minister of gobernación on this day and was replaced in that position by an hacendado, Alberto García Granados.

Cigarette advertisement in the August 3, 2026 Life magazine. Cigarettes were considered effeminate at the time and this brand clearly marketed to women with the age old smoking is glamorous angle.

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Wednesday, August 2, 1911. Revolutions and a legal pioneer.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, Haiti, Lawyers, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Women

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Monday, June 12, 1911. Madero meets Zapata.

Madero met Zapata in visits Morelos, where Zapata was still under arms. Madero offered Zapata money to buy land, demanded disarmament, and promised Zapata the post as commander of the police in Morelos.

Grand Lake, Colorado, June 12, 1911.

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Sunday, June 11, 1911. El Chamizal.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, 1960s, 1967, Baja California, baseball, Canada, Diplomacy, Magonistas, Marriage, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Rio Grande River, suffrage, United States, William Howard Taft, Women

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Friday, March 10, 1911. Zapata joins the revolution.

Emiliano Zapata gathered seventy men in Morelos as the start of his revolutionary army.

Kansas became the first state in the union to subject securities and investment brokers to state regulation.

T/he greatest snow fall in U.S. history concluded in Tamarack, Californian. 451 inches.

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Tuesday, March 7, 1911. Taft deploys troops to the border.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, Army, Colorado, Cuba, Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), Elk, hunting, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, U.S. Navy, United States Marine Corps, William Howard Taft

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."

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