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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
6
The report recounts heavy combat with Major Wikinsoan and several detachments as U S forces clash with Pillager and allied tribes near Leech Lake. It notes multiple killed and wounded, troop movements, and upcoming mobilization as authorities brace for broader conflict in Minnesota and surrounding regions.
News from Minnesota reports rising alarm as residents along the Northern Pacific corridor from St Paul to Brainerd fear an Indian uprising. Civilians, soldiers, and travelers seek news, with St Paul preparing 14th Minnesota troops and locals wiring Washington for aid to prevent further bloodshed. Movements show widespread anxiety among rural communities near Leech Lake and Cass Lake, as residents brace for possible violence.
In Canton Ohio Mrs Annan O George, wife of President McKinley’s brother in law, is suspected after the murder of George D Saxton. Saxton lay dead with three bullet wounds in front of Mrs Wyu B Althouse’s home. The shooter is described as a tall, handsome woman, possibly Mrs George. Saxton, a leading Canton businessman, had prior legal spats with Mrs George and her husband. The case mirrors long standing conflicts between the George family and Saxton. Meanwhile, military orders and local dispatches report Minnesota batteries mobilized for Leech Lake protection amid frontier tensions.
patent awarded to James B. Slade of Riverhead for a building and ship ventilation device that constantly supplies fresh air while expelling foul air. The tubular casing mounts on roofs or decks with an adjustable ingress tube facing wind to draw outdoor air downward, while an opposing egress tube allows warm, stale air to escape. The system creates a vacuum to pull air in from below and replace it with fresh air through the hood ventilation.
A Berlin chronometer displays time to a thousandth of a second on a colossal ten foot dial. The device uses a five foot hand moved by clockwork turning up to 150 feet per second. Photography with 12 cameras records the precise axis as the dial speeds past, solving tracking challenges for exact measurement.
A device rotates emmeras at 20 times per second recording twelve plateaus of hand position within each half second. This apparatus could take 2 880 pictures per second using a lamp black marked cylinder to register each instant.
Lorenzo Perosi, rising Italian maestro and musical director of St Mark's Cathedral, composes The Sacred Trilogy of oratorios and is commissioned to write The Holy Sepulchre. Born in Cortona and trained in Milan, he studied theology, was ordained in 1893, and draws strong Bach influence while forging his own path.
Naval officer Thomas B Brumby became the first to hoist the American flag over Manila marking U S possession of the city and surrounding territory. Brumby served twenty five years in the navy and was assigned to the Olympia at Dewey s request, earning high regard from Admiral Dewey.
The Caroline archipelago excludes the Ladranes and has thirty six island groups with Pelew as the largest. It contains over 200 islands, totaling Gb2, with turtle shells copra and beche de mer as principal products. Beche de mer sells at about 400 gold per ton in China. Also notes massive cattle losses from rinderpest in South Africa where wealth and trade depended on cattle, leaving tribes impoverished.
A 19th century notice announces flour milled from Irish potatoes being used to replace wheaten flour in many bakeries and confectionery shops. It claims the potato flour yields a white, light cake with high nutrition and is cheaper than ordinary flour, urging readers to insure uninsured cures.
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