Its needle moved up and down, rather than sideways, and it was powered by a treadle rather than a hand crank. They went to court about who made the firstmachine.singer's sewing machine differed from howe's: Howes Long And Complicated History News Sun Kpcnewscom Howe — the former howe military school campus in howe is about to become busy again. Howe military academy lawsuit . This is a civial lawsuit from the 1800's.not excatly but like the one that issac singer and elias howe had. Roy and lowetta yates and their son alexander, instituted this civil rights action against howe military school after alexander was discharged from howe for an alleged violation of school rules. In a letter sent out, the military academy said it’s. The howe military academy was born in the mind of john badlam howe, an educator, a banker, a lawyer, a lagrange county resident and the namesake for howe. Howe military academy added 46 new photos to the album: (wfft) — a former college ...