Bryan Day Dominates Nebraska Democratic Convention
Omaha reports a rousing Bryan Day as delegates gathered to back W. J. Bryan for the national nomination. The platform attacks the currency bills, favors federal control of emergency money, tariff revision, eight hour workday, irrigation expansion, and drago doctrine for the navy. Delegates chosen include I. J. Dunn and D. W. Stephens. Dr. Fly named national committeeman.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Commonwealth
W. J. Bryan
Denver
Platform Committee
Democratic Party
Nebtagke
William J. Bryan
Bryan
United States Navy
I. J. Dunn
D. W. Stephens
Fremont
FP. W. Brown
Lincoln
Felix J. Hale
Alix
Dr. Fly
Hall of Lincoln
James Dahlman
Cars Fail to Reach Seattle Race by March Deadline
French and German entrants face disqualification after delays in Chicago limit moving cars to Seattle. A Paris cable set a March 6 deadline and required proper transport by boat, prompting a shift to travel by train and a later Seattle departure.
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Chicago
Paris
Seattle
San Francisco
Cheago
Fire drill saves students as coal gas causes injuries in two Colorado schools
In Colorado Springs March 6 an explosion of coal gas in Ivy Wild school heating caused severe injuries to principal Nellie Remick. About 100 pupils escaped unharmed as they followed a fire drill. A fire also broke out in Central High School with 1,200 students evacuated in two and a half minutes. The building was overcrowded but the drill proved effective.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Ivy Wild
Mian
Nellie Remick
Remick
Central High School
Northern Colorado Power Company
Nimmo
Power Company
Narrow Escape Threat Sways Rapids Readout
In Rapids Michigan Maren G. Grad Rapids faced a threat recalling yesterday's Cleveland tragedy. The scare prompted emergency responses and heightened local vigilance as authorities investigated the near miss.
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Maren G
Gleveland
Weather cast and local data for Wyoming and DC
Forecast for Wyoming calls for fair Friday and Saturday with warmer temperatures and noon flurries in the mountains. Local 24 hour data ending March 5 shows 42 max, 27 min, 0.14 inches precipitation.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
W. B Palambr
North Collinwood Disaster Death Toll Rises to 164
In North Collinwood Ohio the coroner began an inquest after a deadly disaster killed about one third of local school children. By today 164 dead, 137 identified, 27 bodies in the morgue mutilated beyond recognition amid ongoing inquiries.
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Cleveland
Ohio
North Collinwood
Surveyor Generals May Get A Raise In West
A senate appropriations sub committee has added the Guggenheim amendment to raise surveyors general salaries in western states from 600 to 1000 dollars annually. The measure, urged by Reps Bonnigne Mondell and others, was not adopted in the House.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Teller
Colorado
Warren
Wyoming
Guggrheim
Bonygne
Mondell
Alabaman Receives Black Hand Warning
In Birmingham Alabama on March 6 Chief of Police Bodaker received a note from Beene mer warning to quit a job within seven days or face a knife. The note carried a black ink hand drawing on its reverse side.
Cheyenne Prepares Welcome for American Car Race Team
A Cheyenne committee outlines plans for greeting the New York to Paris auto entrant Thomas and its escort. Tickets for a banquet at the Industrial Club will be sold at five dollars to raise funds for a memorable reception. Whistles and bells will signal the approach as the racer nears city streets, with escorted arrival differing by daylight.
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New York
Paris
Cheyenne
Industrial Club
Thomas
City
Burlington
Pebrican Street
Pebrican
Seventeenth
School Girl Plays Truant and Escapes Awful Death
In Cleveland Ohio Marteh 6 Helen Marks slipped up behind her father and embraced him as he searched the ruins of the Lakeview school at North Collinwood. The building burned yesterday causing many student deaths. She had been truant and had visited an aunt in the country.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Marteh
Helen Marks
Lakeview School
North Collin
Wood
Cheyenne faces stand still over Northern Colorado Power dispute
The Cheyenne city council and the Northern Colorado Power company clash over gas and electric rates amid a dispute on franchise terms. City leaders demand lower charges and threaten to terminate the contract, while the company touts concessions and a proposed rate structure that preserves its revenue and franchise through 1926.
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Cheyenne
Northern Colorado Power Company
Yestemay
Wyoming
Cook
W. J. Barker
N. A. Carle
E. Whitted
Denver
C. W. Burdick
Burdick
Whitted
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Bryan Day
Aldrich
Weather Report
Cheyennese
Racer
Northern Colorado Company
Mr. Whitted
Mr. Frick
Piatto Naten Sar Power Company
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