Guffey Overwhelmed by Convention Vote in Colorado
Two sessions of the Democratic National Convention in Benver demonstrated record Bryan enthusiasm and a split Pennsylvania delegation. The credentials committee unseated eight of Colonel James H. Guffey anti Bryan delegates, shifting Pennsylvania toward Bryan and stirring sharp debate. Bryan expressed deep appreciation for the convention support in Lincoln.
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Benver
Colo
Bryan
Pennsylvania
James H. Guffey
Colonel Guffey
Gore
Nebraska
Chicago
Guffey
Lincoln
Neb
Fifty Men Trapped Alive in Russian Coal Mine Fire
Yusovo Russia July 8. Six days after a gas explosion in a coal mine, over 200 miners died and about fifty are still trapped. A survivor from the eastern shaft says he heard groans from imprisoned colleagues while restoring senses, corroborated by the number unaccounted for. work resumes are delayed as men refuse to reenter the shaft.
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Yusovo
Russia
Stickney Heads Wyoming Central Committee Organization
D N Stickney of Laramie was named chairman of Wyoming’s state central committee at a Brown Palace session. Harry Hunt of Laramie was named secretary, with John S Taylor of Sheridan and N M Cortell of Laramie as northern and southern representatives on the executive committee. Stickney planned to set headquarters in Cheyenne and personally campaign across the state, declaring the aim to win the ticket.
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Wyoming
Lonver
Colo
Wyoming State Central
Brown Palace
D. N. Stickney
Laramie
Stickney
Harry Hunt
John 8. Taylor
Sheridan
N. &. Cortell
Son
Mr. Stickney
Cheyenne
Mother seeks clemency for daughter in poison killing case
Mrs Annie B Bruce asks the state board of pardons to pardon her daughter Annie who was convicted of poisoning her father. Attorney J H Ryckman of Evanston presented a strong clemency argument before the board yesterday.
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State Board of Pardons
Annie B. Bruce
Annie
J. H. Ryckman
Evanston
Leh
Cheyenne Electric Street Railway to Begin Main Line Work
Construction of Cheyenne Electric Street Railway main line set to start Monday at Capitol Ave and 15th Street intersection as south terminus. Plan to connect with Burlington tracks for material unloading and rapid supply access. Route to the north from Union Depot to the state capitol has not been announced.
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Cheyenne Electric Street Railway Company
Capitol Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Burlington
Union Depot
State Capitol Building
Prehistoric Frog Marry Pueblo Bride in Wild West Show
Roy A. Poole known as the prehistoric frog in a wild west act wed Miss Carrie A. Burnett of Albuquerque New Mexico in Pueblo Colorado. Poole was mid contortion performance when a tent collapse caused Miss Burnett to faint. Poole removed his frog head and carried her to safety and they married later that day.
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Pueblo
Colo
Roy A. Poole
Carrie A. Burnett
Albuquerque
N. M
Poole
Miss Burnett
Powle
Tri-City Pros to Launch Weekly in Grover
Grover Colorado reports the debut of the Tri-City Pros weekly paper serving Grover Sligo and Carpenter Wyoming. The first issue is set to appear tomorrow, promising local news and community coverage for the three towns.
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Daty
Grover
Colo
Tri-City
Sligo
Carpenter
Wyo
Tammany Parade in Denver Heads 500 Strong Delegation
The Tammany delegation marching through Denver streets totals about 500 members with a dozen Indians leading their parade band. Secretary Thomas Smith notes over 600 members were on the trip, with accusations of a costly expenditure amounting to around 100000 dollars.
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Denver
Colo
Thomas Smith
Colorado Springs
Seventeenth Street
America
New York
Bryan
Tammany
Smith
Girl Loses Arm in Steam Wringer Accident
In Trinidad Colorado on July 8 Maggie Brickett’s left arm was pulled off at the shoulder when her hand was caught between steam wringers. She was rushed to the hospital. witnesses included seventeen other girls in the same room.
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Trinidad
Colo
Maggie Brickett
Blind Senator Sways Convention With Name
Denver coverage reports William Jennings Bryan led his party to victory as 13 000 delegates cheered his name for over an hour at the convention hall. Gore Okla homa’s sightless senator drew enduring applause and joked about democracy and the president’s remarks.
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William Jennings Bryan
Edwin L. McCulloch
Denver
Colo
Will
Gore
Oklahoma
Ollie James
Kentucky
Mrs Cleveland grateful to sympathizing friends
Frances F. Cleveland issues a public note from Westland Princeton New Jersey July 1908 thanking national and international well wishers for condolences after President Grover Cleveland’s death. She says the volume makes personal replies impossible but expresses deep gratitude and asks the press to convey thanks.
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Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Frances FO Cleveland
Man finds diamond ring in imported cheese sale
Frite Weber a Bloomfield NJ grocer sold cheese for 11 cents to a woman who later produced a ring set with three diamonds valued at $1,000 she said had been found in the cheese. Weber did not know of the find and declined to name the customer.
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N. J
New York
Frite Weber & Grocer
Washington Street
Bloomfield
Weber
Battleship Nebraska Sails After Scarlet Fever Report
Nebraska, one of the Atlantic fleet, remains in port after exposure to scarlet fever and is slated to sail at 8 oclock tomorrow morning from San Francisco California.
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San Francisco
Cal
Nebraska
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Platform Committee
Democratic Convention Committee and Resolutions
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Stickney Organizes
Braves
Tion Parade
Tamany
Lincoln, Neb
Union
United States
Nick” Longworth
Roosevelt
Convention Spectator
Princeton, N. J
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