Frontier Days crowns new world rodeo champions
Ikua Purdy of Honolulu wins steer roping and Dick Stanley of Portland takes broncho busting as Cheyenne hosts the twelfth Frontier Days. Record crowds and a national profile despite poor weather highlight a dramatic finals day at Frontier Park.
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Ikua Purdy
Hawaii
Dick Stanley
Oregon
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Honolulu
Hawaiii
Portland
Ore
Frontier Committee
Elac 4
Frontier Park
Frontier
Stanley
Pacific Coast
Ogden
Utah
Wyoming to Exhibit Grains and Grasses at Omaha Show
Governor Brooks announced Wyoming will send a large grain and grass exhibit to the Omaha exposition next December. A. R. Whitely oversees Wyoming's display with support from the state board of immigration and local growers. The event offers a $50 000 premium and Governor Brooks plans to attend on Governor's Day. Judge J M Carey pledges broad backing and Frontier Days views will be shown.
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Wyoming
Omaha
Governor Brooks
Capitol
Everett Buckingham
South Omaha
A. RB. Whitely
Committee
Brooks
J. M. Carey
Martin
Meteor Falls Near Ellsworth Lighting Sky for Miles
A large meteor struck ground three miles north of Ellsworth Kansas last night and burned for about twenty minutes. The explosion trembled Ellsworth but caused no damage reported this morning.
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Salina
Kan
Elsworth
Ellsworth
Pistol Duel Ends in Death and Wounding in Shawnee
Cumberland Tennessee August 22. George Britton and Frank Davis prominent locals fought a pistol duel at Shawnee railway station two miles east of town. Britton was shot five times with the heart hit and died instantly. Davis received injuries to the abdomen chest and shoulder and is not expected to survive.
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Cumberland, Tenn
George Britton
Frank Davis
Shawnee
Here
Britton
Davis
Bryan Guest in Chicago Brings Crowds to Street Hall
William J. Bryan arrived in Chicago to two days of campaigning greet ed by Chairman Norman Mack and leaders. Police guarded the platform as thousands crowded the station to see the Nebraskan. In New York the Hanna case defense centers on a signed confession. In Omaha tennis finals C Drummond Jones and Arthur Scribner beat Blatherwick and Mitchell 6 4 4 6 3 6 6 0.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Norman HB. Mack
Wet- More
Bryan
Omaha
Neb
C. Drummnd Jones
St. Louis
Arthur Scribner
Dr. Blatherwick
Iowa
Crack
Branson Mitchell
South Dakota
Ex-Turkish Minister Sails for Liverpool
Mehmed Ali former Turkish minister at Washington sailed from Montreal under the name M H Perah bound for Liverpool on the steamship Ottawa. He travels with his family and several servants.
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Liverpool
Montreal
Que
M. H. Perah
Mehmed Ali
Washington
Ottawa
Great Excitement in New York Stock Market
New York stock trading surged with 1.8 million in two hours the largest Saturday activity since August 1906 Harriman boom. Traders pushed 2,000 to 5,000 share blocks in active shares to lift prices by one to three points before late selling trimmed gains.
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New York
Harriman
Wyoming's Biggest and Most Representative Paper
An ad-like note urges readers to send chia editions to eastern friends and relatives, offering copies at 2 cents each. The message promotes broad circulation and states it is the biggest and most representative paper published in Wyoming.
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State OF
Wyoming
Organized Labor For Bryan And Democracy Endorsed
Delegations from the American Federation of Labor visited Chicago Democratic headquarters to pledge solid labor support for Bryan and Kern. Leaders including John Lennon and John Fitzpatrick reported Chicago AFL backing and noted socialist opposition was small.
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American Federation of Labor
Mack
Chicago
Bryan and
Kern
Democratic
Party of Labor
John D. Lennon
John Fitzpatrick
Edward Mackeis
Bryan
Gompers
Democratic National
Taft
Sherman
Organized Labor
Republcan National
American Federation
van Cleve
J. D. Donelly
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Donelly
Lightning Sets Off Dynamite Explosion Kills Two
In Pottsville Pennsylvania a lightning bolt caused an explosive charge to detonate. Two expert tunnel drivers were killed and a third is probably fatally injured while working 1300 feet underground at Valley View in Schuylkill county.
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Pottsville
Valley View
Schuylkill County
Pickpockets Harvest During Frontier Celebration
Reports show pickpockets operated on wholesale lines during the Frontier celebration stealing pocketbooks and jewelry. In Jamaat Frontier park and streets, skilled thieves worked openly with many victims carrying railroad tickets in their wallets. Women were the primary targets of the thefts.
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Jamaat Frontier Park
Indictments in Springfield Riot Case Rise to Fifty
A Sangamon county grand jury returns twenty more indictments, bringing total to fifty. Five target Thomas Marshall and twelve other African Americans accused of leading a murderous assault on Wm. E. Bowe, chief clerk in the county treasurer’s office. Whites are charged in the destruction and looting of Lop er’s restaurant.
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Springfeld
Sangamon County
Thomas Marshall
Wm. EE. Bowe
Ambezzler Found in Dark Cellar
John Coushna wanted for embossing 15 000 and 20 000 from the Merchants and Traders bank of Buffalo was arrested in Philadelphia after a cellar fight. He had hid there for three days and was found half starved.
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Philadelphia
John Coushna
Bank of Buffalo
Weather report for Wyoming readers in D C Aug 42
Local showers are forecast for Sunday and probably Monday. The southeast portion is expected to be warmer. A brief weather notice from Washington, D C.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
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