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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1884
Page
6
Local items describe Sioux River fish abundance promising a bounty for the community and a plan to levy support funds. Other notes cover a stolen revolver from a Canfopi store, railroad survey updates in Dakota County, and a flood of varied incidents from accidents to fires.
The article notes General Gordon’s 19th century advice influencing China’s military reform. It claims China adopted small-boat navy, cheap torpedoes, breech loaders, and modern earthworks. It suggests China will resist European powers and shift commerce to England the United States and Germany, while France fears a clash over Chinese trade.
United States Minister to Berlin John A. Kasson sails from New York for his post, alone and hopeful after repeated marriage proposals to Miss Frelinghuysen, daughter of the Secretary of State, were not accepted. The article notes her charitable, pious bent and hints at objections to relocating to Europe.
Planters' Home visit in Milwaukee seeks William Davis missing since 1865 and last heard from in St Louis. Administrator's attorney J Bennett tracks heirs in Brooklyn and Iowa case with a sister Ross dead in Carlinville and no confirmed issue. No records found in hospital or cemetery files. possible Davis death unrecorded.
Fort Buford and Camp Sturgis era patrols expose Charles Buck and later Charles B Henry as a repeated forger and impostor. He was tried at court martial, dishonorably discharged, then enlisted again for the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition where his deceit and theft culminated in execution by Major Greely.
A 306 foot long New York and Providence line steamer features an experimental oscillating compound surface condensing sidewheel engine. The wood vessel aims for stability with machinery placed low and eight tubular boilers to sustain eighty pounds pressure. The engine design draws attention as a first of its kind in the United States, with a ten foot six inch piston stroke and notable long stroke.
Charlee Ostest a farmer living five miles south of Grand Forks was killed when a lightning bolt struck while he was operating a steel mower. He died at the scene as neighbors and authorities tended to the aftermath.
A weary commander defends his role after a perilous expedition revealing cannibalism rumors. He insists no cannibal acts occurred under his orders, cites diaries and papers in Washington, and explains his frail health delayed telegraphing a shooting. The article also notes suspected bid collusion in a Post Office envelope contract.
William Roberts, son of a farmer in Oxford Union County New York, shot Miss Jennie Tracy after asking her to marry him. The bullet struck below the left temple and lodged at the base of the brain. doctors fear she will die. The community threatens lynching as Roberts, in custody, wounded himself with a penknife to suggest insanity.
Instructional note explains a starch preparation to stiffen fabrics. Dissolve starch in cold water, pour solution over rinsed garments, stir to molasses thickness, add white soap and a small amount of borax, then wring and iron to set the starch.
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