Plans for Lane county courthouse submitted for considerat
Brief news notes across the Northwest report plans for a new Lane county courthouse awaiting county court consideration. Also noted: Judge Eakin’s ruling in Huntington election case supporting officials elected last city vote and forecasts of a strong grain outlook in Klamath county.
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Newport
Pendleton
Hood River
Walla Walla
Dalles
Times-Mountaineer
Congress
Bandon Recorder
Astoria
Hallock
Phil Metschan
Linn County
Linn
F. H. Andrews
Kellogg
Douglas County
Remarkable Battle of Little Bighorn Recalled by Survivor
The article recounts the 1876 battle on the Little Bighorn River where Custer and his men perished. Dr. E R Porter, surviving surgeon, recalls May to June 1876 campaign details and Custer’s final stand with Maj. Reno.
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Little Big Horn River
Montanna
George A. Custer
West
Gall
Sitting Bull
Custer
Maj. Reno
ER. Porter
St. Louis
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Terry
Gibbon
Powder River
Porter
Battle Narrative From Washita Camp Frontier Skirmish
Eyewitness account of a cavalry engagement with Indian forces on a river crossing. Troops ford the river, form a skirmish line as painted naked savages mounted bareback charge, and a rider recalls tending a mortally wounded comrade. The306 words also mention Reno ordering a mounted charge, a retreat, and a final stand atop a hill with 3,000 warriors opposed by 300 Americans.
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Reno
Benteen
McDougal
Principals in the Fight on the Little Big Horn
Eyewitness account describes Custer planning to surround the Indian camp and splitting command. Reno Benteen and Keno lead three-company contingents while Custer rides right. water scarcity, constant firing, and brutal charges mark the battle as troops struggle for survival and water.
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Custer
Col. Benteen
Keno
Belgian nobleman’s death near St. Lawrence sparks foul play suspicions
Comte Henry Dumesnil de Somery of Belgium was found dead in the St. Lawrence near Sorrell after taking passage on a vessel bound for France. Officials say foul play is suspected and an investigation will be held.
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Montreal
Comte Henry Dumesnil de Somery
Belgium
St. Lawrence
Sorrell
France
Naval tank experiment yard to test warship models
A new naval experiment tank in the Washington yard will test warship models. It will be 60 feet long and 30 feet wide with an inner water space of about 475 feet by 48 feet and a depth of 18 feet. A carriage with a dynamometer measures towing resistance as models 10 to 20 feet long move through the basin. Wave motion will be observed and resistance computed.
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Naval
Washington Yard
Spider silk folklore in Mauritius noted by Creoles
A brief line recalls the Madagascar apider web used for eltt manufacturing by French capitalists and tells of Mauritius Creoles gifting Empresa Eugenie a nearly transparent pair of mittens woven from that spider’s threads.
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Hik
Epider’s
Madagascar
Mauritius
Empresa Eugenie
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