WANTS TO SEE ROOSEVELT Sioux Scout seeks pension in 1862 saga
Pastwalker a Crow Creek Sioux asks to go to Washington to petition President Roosevelt for a military pension. He aided whites as a regular army scout after 1863 expedition from Sioux City to the Yellowstone, earning praise for saving white families during the New Ulm massacre era. He recounts Crazy Dog’s abduction of a white girl and her rescue.
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Pastwalker
Washington
Roosevelt
Fastwalker
New Ulm
Sibley Pastwalker
Sioux City
Yellowstone River
New Almives
Fort Randall
Crazy Dog
Missouri River
Lavina Iugles
Dr. Yeoman
Fragmentary report on massacre mentions survivor and family loss
A fragment notes a survivor statement from the New Ulm massacre stating that all the rest of her family had been murdered. The limited readable text emphasizes the tragedy and the need for further details.
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New Ulm
Taxpayer Protest Over Courthouse Square Refuse
A taxpayer denounces the plan to fertilize the courthouse square with offensive refuse. He argues the stench from rotting excrement and other debris contaminates the air for blocks, endangering residents and schoolchildren and calls for immediate removal of the waste.
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Horror
Herman’s Heights
Cherusher
Harlans Dire Prediction at Navy League Dinner
Justice John M. Harlan of the Supreme Court spoke at the Navy League annual dinner and warned of a future when white and yellow races would meet in a cool yet uncertain alliance, reflecting era racial attitudes.
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John M. Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
Navy League
Navy Calls and Racial Warning from a Distinguished Jurist
A noted jurist urged a vastly larger navy with a ten year plan and a 50 million dollar annual appropriation. He warned of future global tensions between the yellow race and white nations, predicting a world shaking conflict and urging naval strength on both oceans.
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Hoogland
Germany
Asia
Japan
Europe
Guardsmen to Become Regulars in New Scheme
Major George C. Lambert of St. Paul and General Janes A. Crain in Washington propose a full reorganization of the nation s military arm. Approved by the department of war, amendments to the Dick bill will be offered at the interstate convention of state guard associations in Boston. Drain chairs the executive committee. Lambert serves on it.
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George Co. Lambert
St. Paul
Janes A. Crain
Washington, D. C
Department of War
State Guard Associations
Boston
General Drain
Major Lambert
Plan would place national guard under president in war times
A proposed reorganization would place each state guard under the president during war, subordinated to the War Department with no re-enlistment or equipment changes. Regular army stands at 69,000 with potential to 100,000. national guard up to 200,000, and plan claims 300,000 could be mobilized quickly.
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United States Army
War Department
Regular Army
National Guard
Drain
Lambert
Life ends for Jacob Newsalt in Owatonna
Judge Jacob Newsalt a well known lodge man died at his home in Owatonna last Wednesday after a two year illness. He had legs amputated during the illness and paralysis followed. Born in Germany in 1838 he had lived in Owatonna since 1864. A Democrat with a bitter partisan edge he was elected municipal judge for years. Five children survive including Grace Newsall who once taught music in the city and two daughters in New Ulm, Mrs. R. H. Bach and Mrs. A. J. Katz.
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Jacob Newsalt
Owatonna
Newsall
Germany
Grace Newsall
R. H. Bach
New Ulm
A. J. Katz
Indian Star Spangled Banner Joke In Kansas City
A Kansas City Journal item notes a cheerful, dodging man quipping that a friend is writing an Indian version of the Star Spangled Banner. He suggests it might begin with Osage and Ute lines, delivered as a lighthearted aside.
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Kansas City Journal
Freak Tide At St John River Mouth Fascinates Readers
Boston Globe describes a tidal phenomenon at the mouth of the St John River where water flows uphill during the flood and then falls back into the river. The gorge narrows the harbor force, creating abrupt level changes up to fourteen feet and hours of abnormal water movement twice daily. Navigation is impossible around half tide.
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St. John River
Hay of Fundy
St. John Harbor
Quebec
Bay of Pundy
Boston Globe
Worthless Testimony in Pages From an Adventurous Life
At Hertford assizes a clever Irish barrister defended a letter carrier found guilty of irregularity. The prosecution heard testimonies including Anthony Trollope, then a government post office inspector, who described events related to the case.
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Anthony Trollope
J. B. Preston-Middock
Lord Alvesstone
Hertford Assizes
Trollope Cross-Examined Over Fiction Truth In Court
In a dramatic exchange a defense lawyer pressed Trollope who admitted authoring a novel titled Burchester Towers. Trollope argued the work was fiction and the cross examiner implied no truth in it, challenging the author's credibility before the jury.
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Trollope
Burchester Towers
A Grateful Lion Advances From Africa to Elevate A Lieutenant
An English regiment in Africa reports a fearless lieutenant sparing a lioness after removing a thorn from her foot. The grateful lioness returns the next night, kills every officer ranking the lieutenant, and in a twist of fate the act elevates him to colonel.
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Africa
Stage Caricatures and the World on Stage
Travel Magazine notes that humorous travesties rely on exaggerated silhouettes. Irish styled acts with green whiskers or German caricatures poke fun at Americans. In France the English traveller is lampooned, in Germany Uncle Sam is mimicked as a freak.
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France
Globe Trotter
Germany
Uncle Sam
Trave! Magazine
All He Wanted
A brief, literary snippet frames a dramatic exchange as an aeronaut asks his assistant what he desires most. The reply is bold and symbolic, reflecting a quest for vast horizons and human longing, with a touch of classical iron y.
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