Death of Mrs Maggie Brass recalled in Minnesota history
Mary Schmidt of St Paul receives notice of her foster mother Mrs Maggie Brass a Sioux woman known as Snaknahwin from Mendota born 1839. The article details her life from Kaposia, marriage to Good Thunder, loyalty during the 1862 uprising, and her rescue of a German prisoner, ending with her death at Santee and burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowean
Maggie Brass
Mary 3. Schmidt
St. Paul
Santee Agency
Neb
Mendota
Little Crow
Kaposia
Snak-nah-win
Gray Cloud
Mississippi
Snah-nah
Dr. Williamson
Minnesota River
Good Thunder
Morton
Episcopal Church
Maggie
Sibley
Mary B&. Schwarndt
Dow
William Schmidt
Episcopal
Minneapolis
Brass
Snah“nah Win
Morton, Minn
Minnesota
Historical Society
Artillery
Regular Army
Santee
Wrights Turn From Wreck To New Flying Machine
The Wright brothers Wilber and Orville of Dayton Ohio faced a dramatic setback after their airship wreck near Kill Devil Hills North Carolina. Observers watched the three mile trial of a heavier than air craft end in a safe landing, prompting claims of the world's leading dynamic flying machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prokénst
Kill Devil Hill
Atlantic
North Carolina
Wilber
Orville Wright
Daytona
Ohio
Sritiberiis Otthan Gaur
Dé’ la Grange
Rand
Wrights
Ditiwasi
Incoherent OCR Fragment About Names and Faults
Fragmentary text appears to mention a balance and names such as Gadaie and Marley. The passage is garbled with mis-spellings and lacks a coherent event, date, or clear action to summarize.
Lawyer Butterworth and the will of Hiram Tanker
Lydia Tanker sues to probate the will of Hiram Tanker, a former drug clerk and miller, while Butterworth argues that despite his delusions at times the testator retained a rational life that validly constrained the estate. Witnesses describe the testator at dinner, in skull cap, and in wide brimmed headgear, with Tanker’s cousin seeking to prove the instrument’s validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lazra Stackpole Butterworth
Eccentric Law
Jethuel
Hiram Tanker
Lydia Tanker
Hiram
Roger Lumley
Mr. Butterworth
Horatio Bilker
Alexander Friesman
Butterworth
Friesman
Miss Tanker
Messrs. Bilker
Bilker
Tanker
Jaden
County Poor Department
The Declarations of Independence Hidden in Safe Revisited
A newspaper recounts how the original Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are locked away in a State Department safe. Excessive light and a failed 1820 copying method damaged the parchment ink, leaving the inked signatures fading. The document is preserved by darkness and periodic photography, with no public viewing planned for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Department of State
State Department
John Hancock
United States
Mr Clark Helps Friend At Hotel In Washington
Representative Champ Clark visits Washington for business and runs into an old townsman at the hotel. He asks the desk clerk to treat his friend Brown well and cover any excess cash from Clark’s loan, prompting surprise from the clerk who asks Clark’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Clark
Champ Clark
Washington
Clark
Brown
Mr. Brown
Senator Pettus Admonishes Hasty Visitor at Capitol Doors
In a Washington Senate wing incident last session a young man hurried through left doors nearly colliding with Senator Pettus of Alabama who was about to pass through the right side. The man apologized. Pettus gave brief stern advice about manners at doorways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Pettus
B. Gléce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary E. Schmidt
Farman
Deutser- Archdéacon
Farnan
de la Grange
Secenery
Merk Herald
Auie Coq
Eiceet
Pala
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