Governors Guests at Cheyenne Militia Banquet
About thirty Wyoming National Guard officers attended a banquet at the Industrial club in Cheyenne before their departure for Camp Perry maneuvers and the national rifle shoot. Governor B B Brooks and General P A Gatchell praised the guard’s growth and readiness, with speeches by Colonel Z A Zander and Rev. Jordan highlighting drill, hospitality, and state service.
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Wyoming National Guard
Cheyenne
Burns
Camp Perry
B. B. Brooks
P. A. Gatchell
Thomas Heaney
Industrial Club
Camp Man
Z. A. Zander
Sheridan
Wyoming
Gatchell
Jordan
Campefe
Moneyed Trespasser Loses Both Feet
Union Pacific train No 9 from Cheyenne struck a trespasser named Fitzgerald at Corlett six miles west of Cheyenne. The man, who had been stealing a ride on the cars, lost his hold as the train passed. He was picked up alive and carried to Laramie with both feet crushed. over $500 in cash was found in his pocket.
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Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Corlett
Fitzgerald
Laramie
Mitchell to dedicate full time to trade agreement work
Secretary Ralph M. Bassey announced John Mitchell former UMWA president will devote his entire time to the trade agreement department of the National Civic Federation. Mitchell has been executive council member and chairman of the trade agreement committee. the new arrangement increases his involvement and effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
New York
Ralph M. Bassey
National Civic Federation
United Mine Workers of America
Trade Agreement Department
Federation
Mitchell
Democratic leaders travel by Franklin touring car
Chairman D. N. Stickney of the state central committee Mrs. Stickney and Hon. Jerome S. Atherley returned to Laramie yesterday in Mr. Stickney's six cylinder Franklin touring car.
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D. N. Stickney
Democratic State Central Committee
Stickney
Jerome 5. Atherley
Laramie
Weather Forecast for Wyoming and Washington DC
Forecast for Wyoming shows fair conditions Saturday and Sunday with warmer Sunday. Local data report 24 hours to 6 pm July 31 1908 records maximum 77 degrees minimum 69 degrees and trace precipitation. Palmer area director note.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
Trace
Palmer
Endurance riders plan Denver to Cheyenne race
Charles Workman of Cody Wyoming and Dode Wykert of Severance Colorado, who placed in the Evanston to Denver endurance race, challenge each other to a Denver to Cheyenne run during Frontier Days. Workman will ride Teddy and Wykert Sam, the horses used in the endurance race, for a $300 purse.
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Charles Workman
Cody
Wyo
Dode Wykert
Severence
Colo
Denver Post
Evanston
Denver
Wrykert
Cheyenne
Workman
Teddy
Wykert
Sam
Georgia Liquor Orders Barred Across State Lines
Judge Richard B. Russell, with the Georgia Court of Appeals, ruled that soliciting orders by mail for whiskey or other intoxicants in Georgia from individuals or corporations in other states violates Georgia law. Any person making such solicitations is guilty of a crime against the state.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Richard B. Russell
Tower to Become City Landmark at Catholic Cathedral
A scaffold on the finished section of the new Catholic cathedral tower hints at its great height. The fragile structure drew attention as workers neared the dome, with the completed tower set to surpass the Capitol dome and the Union Depot tower in height.
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Capitol
Union Depot
Aeronaut 2000 Feet Drop Claims Life in Michigan
William Oliver of Mason Michigan was killed during a parachute drop at Hague Park Vandercook Lake Jackson. The parachute filled on one side and Oliver plunged 2000 feet to his death in the incident reported yesterday.
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Jackson
Mich
William Oliver
Mason, Mich
Hague Park
Vandercook Lake
Coal mine cave in crowds Crow's Nest pass bury 23 miners
In Crow's Nest pass on the Canadian Pacific line a cave in buried 23 miners. Rescue teams pulled 20 to safety by 3 PM despite gas hazards while three miners remained trapped. Two months earlier three men were killed in the same mine.
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Bellingham
Wash
Crow's Nest Pass
Canadian Pacific
Mack Makes Appointments For Democratic Campaign
Norman E Mack chairman of the Democratic National Committee appointed campaign committees in Buffalo New York appointing labor committee members from the national committee He will announce finance press and speakers committees next week A sub committee for eastern and New York headquarters will be decided on when Mack returns to Chicago in about a week John E Osborne of Wyoming joins the executive committee on the labor committee 8 Johnson of South Dakota
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Buffalo
N. Y
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Labor Committee
National Committee
Eastern
New York
Mack
Chicago
John E. Osborne
Wyoming
Johnson
South Dakota
Chicago Heat Kills Twenty-Four Babies and Hurts Many
Chicago reports a deadly heat wave with 24 infants under one year dying amid 89 degree highs and 83 degree average humidity. Health Commissioner Dr. W A Evans notes a high infant mortality and widespread illness among adults, stressing the severe effects on the city’s vulnerable population.
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W. A. Evans
Chicago
Unknown man viewed after Union Pacific accident
A number of people visited Early and Longhurst to view the body of an unidentified man killed when struck by a Union Pacific train Thursday morning. Some visitors identified him as a man seen in Cheyenne in recent days, but no identification was made.
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Early & Longhurst Undertaking
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Honduran Minister Explains Firing of Consuls
Honduras formally explains the expulsion of two former consuls at Celba claiming unlawful intervention in Honduran politics. Dispatches allege the consuls urged surrender and exaggerated revolutionary numbers, drawing public opinion against them and noting the action contrasts with friendly U S policy.
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Honduras
Washington
D. C
Agrate
Bacon
State Department
Hond
Celba
Kelley Knocks Out Kelley Early in Ketchell Title Bout
Stanley Ketchell of Grand Rapids stopped Kelley of Chicago with a left shift to the jaw after twenty seconds of the third round for the middleweight championship in San Francisco. Ketchell won in the scheduled twenty rounds.
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San Francisco
Cal
Stanley Ketchell
Grand Rapids
Kelley
Chicago
Stafford W Va Powder Explosion Destroys Town
At Stafford in Raleigh county last night 100 kegs of powder exploded in a powder house devastating nearly every building. Several residents were seriously hurt and blown from their houses. The cause is unknown and damage is estimated at 200000 dollars.
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Huntington
W. Va
Stafford
Raleigh County
Four States Attack Big Lumber Trust Aboard Suits
In Lyon county Kansas the attorney general filed ouster quo warranto and injunction against the Yellow Pine association of St Louis. Missouri Texas and Oklahoma AGs filed similar suits to break up the alleged illegal lumber price fix and to block a holding company take over. Local agents testified that prices were fixed from headquarters and rebates were given by some railroads.
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Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Emporia
Kan
District Court
Lyon County
Jackson
State of
Guite
Yellow Pine Association of
St. Louis
Sherman County
Governor Johnson Offers Help to Bryan Campaign
In a letter to W. J. Bryan Governor Johnson says he is at the national committee's disposal for campaign work. He will be available in September and will travel where needed.
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St. Paul, Minn
W. J. Bryan
Johnson
National Democratic Committee
Hartford man uses gas to kill himself and two daughters
Leonard Hendricks aged 21 killed himself and his two young daughters Anna five and Lilly three in Hartford last night while his wife was away. The tragedy occurred in the family home as gas was used to cause death in all three. birth and other family details were not provided in the report.
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Hartford
Conn
Leonard Hendricks
Anna
Lilly
Oklahoma Governor Orders Immediate Suit Against Lumber Combine
Guthrie Oklahoma July 31 Governor Haskell directed Attorney General West to file suit at once against the lumber combine in Oklahoma. The action follows an agreement among Missouri Kansas and Texas attorneys general. West indicated he would file tomorrow as instructed. Austin Texas July 9 State attorney general Davidson says no formal action yet in Texas against the lumber trust while preparations for an oyster suit are underway and will be filed soon.
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Jefferson City
Kennish
Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
Guthrie, Okla
Haskell
West
Lumber
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Aftor
Austin
Tex
Davidson
Hitchcock Too Shrewd for New York Leaders
New York July 1 The Republican leaders of New York met with Frank H Hitchcock chairman of the Republican National Committee and sought guidance on renominating Governor Hughes or not Hitchcock declined saying it is not his duty to pick state candidates.
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New York
New York State
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Hughes
Hitchcock
Bryan Quietly Advances Speech Acceptance in Nebraska
Lincoln Nebraska July 31 Bryan progress on his acceptance speech proceeds with fewer interruptions at Fairview. He expects completion by August 5 but cannot yet estimate final length.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Fairview
Boy poisons baby and self in Walsenburg tragedy
In Walsenburg Colorado July 31 the two year old child of Mr and Mrs Edward Davis died and their nine year old son was seriously ill after ingesting carbolic acid in a family accident.
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Walsenburg, Colo
Edward Davis
Knife May Save Pettibone's Life
George A. Pettibone, tried in Idaho for the murder of former Governor Stuenenberg, will be operated on tomorrow morning in hopes of saving his life. He has suffered since the trial with kidney region trouble and doctors cannot tell if the ailment is kidney or spleen. They are hopeful for recovery if no cancerous growth is found.
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Denver
Colo
George A. Pettibone
Idaho
Stuenenberg
Pettibone
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Euvers
Weather Report
Health Department
Ketchell
Frontier Days and
the Daily Leader
Nebraska
Towa
East
Chas
Lindsey
Leader
Lumber Trust
St. Bants, Mo
Hadley
Long-Bell Lumber Company
Kinsey
R. B. Bearden
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Philadelphia
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Bouton
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Guy We
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