First Ballot Antics Split Southern Delegates In Chicago
Southern delegates hold the balance of power as anti Cleveland factions seek a western candidate or another nominee. Gorman may split southern votes with Cleveland while Carlisle and others gain little, shaping a showdown between Gorman and a Western choice.
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Eell
Iyicago
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Carolinas
Thex
Georgia
Alabama
Virginia
Gorman
Carlisle
New York
Empire State
Man Found Dead After Note Says Life Has Failed
Near Chattanooga Tennessee on June 16 a fisherman found the body of a white man at the mouth of Chattanooga Creek. The victim, identified as the widow of Wm. M. Cooper, had left a note Friday night saying life had proven a failure and would seek a better home. A rope around the waist and a valise with stones suggested suicide by jumping from a bridge awaiting the coroner.
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Chattanooga
Cavilaxooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Creek
Wm. M. Cooper
Nile Ls
Cooper
Hill Declines Chicago Trip Amid Convention Talk
June 16 dispatches quote Senator Hill saying he never expected to attend the Chicago convention and, barring an unexpected event, does not plan to go to that city. Other items cover Tennessee Coal and Iron deal details, a deadly lightning strike at the Lightning’s Work monument, a fatal fire in Eufaula, a boy killed by an electric streetcar in Gatorston, and a disputed Republican claim about campaign costs in New York.
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HiIl
Washington
Senator Hill
Chicago
Cincaco
Grant Monument
Lewis Meyer
Shelby
Chica
Harry Phillips
Mattie Olsen
Gatorston
Dennis Surke
Poem Fragment from William Morris Quote
Poem lines reflect on identity and timeless beauty as the speaker questions hidden wealth and heroic past. The verse evokes summer, nature, and mythic Troy while imagining a return to an ancient state as Queen of Apple.
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Troy
William Morris
Two Indian Boys Clash With White Army in Frontier Stand
Uncle Jack recalls 1878 at Wild Rose agency where two Lone Wing sons Pan ther Tail and Four Toes defy 100 soldiers. The youths ride in, fire on the line, wheel back, and die bravely rather than be captured, earning burial with honors of war.
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Uncle Jack
Wild Rose Agency
Bangor
Lone Wing
Damon
Pythias
Indian Department
Pierson
Panther Tail
Ara
Apare
Eaid
Jack
Verry
J. F. Cowan
Change My Skin Like The Hare In A Norwegian Tale
Ola grows up in a Norwegian farm setting under Jens Oestruo. Birgit admires him as he longs to change his nature. After years away in America he returns with a royal license to marry Birgit, but Jens confronts him in a wedding showdown witnessed by villagers. Birgit chooses Ola, ending the feud.
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Frith
Jens Oestruo
Jens Destino
Birgit
Ola
Thorger Sletten
America
Stith
Oestruo
Leadville
Gurid
Goez
Olaf
Birgit Oestrup
Thorger- Sletten
Birgit Oestruo
Jeus Oestruo
Thorger
Father
Jens Gestrup
Boston Globe
The Ruby's Value Amid Color and History
The ruby gains value when azure is minimal and is linked to St. Elizabeth of Austria as a large, hen egg sized gem. It is praised for banishing sadness and repressing luxury while driving away worries, yet also tied to cruelty and calamity. color changes signal misfortune.
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St. Elizabeth of
Austria
Heel of Fate Promotes Young Rail Official and Saves Trains
In Omaha a 26 year old railroad official recalls how a heel tapped out a distress signal saving the fast mail 82 from a trestle wreck. Outlaws bound him but a doctor and dispatcher Rhodes thwarted the plot and later he won a promotion to chief dispatcher.
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Mr. Ransom
Chicago and Western Railroad
Omaha
Neb
Hamlin
Rands
Hal Cap
Jim
Imdanger
Randa
Amy
Rhodes
United States
Wes
Burt
Angry Chameleons Squeak When Furious or Alarmed
A letter recalls chameleons making squeaks like young birds when enraged or startled. Rev G Fisher of Cape Town explains at London Zoo how detainees, if provoked, may be seized and eaten by predators, a curious note on reptile behavior.
Woodwork in Art and Craftsman Careers
A piece notes Herr Natter the Austrian sculptor began as a woodcarver in youth and rose to prominence in sculpture. It mentions several American artists following similar apprenticeship paths including Sir Francis Charey who died wealthy, illustrating humble beginnings leading to high achievement in the arts.
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Herr Natter
Francis Charey
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TQ Beat Grower
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Hell Along
de Bardeleben
Platt
Eufaula
Evravna
Ala
Magazine Street
Raat ‘Tuomas
Aupaxy
Wilmina Barnes, Jr
Republican State Committee of
Deniva
Sayio
Pomona
the Boy Braves
Moonrise
Saila
Francis Winne
London Spectator
Hipparchus
Europe
London
King's Prisoners
Freaes Saaoa
Tosrtct
Diay
Thisco
New York World
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