Roosevelt accepts Democratic VP nomination at Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt formally accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination in Hyde Park New York urging a peace treaty including a League of Nations. He emphasized the constitution’s supremacy and urged immigration reform, child protection, and higher government wages to support a real peace.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
League of Nations
Roosevelt
Ponzi defies payments as bank orders block checks
Charles Ponzi, facing bankruptcy and bank commissioner limits, vows not to pay notes due Tuesday. He says Hanover Trust will honor only deposits not transfers, disputes authority, claims personal accounts totaling over a million and a half, and pledges not to reveal his assets. He asserts his solvency and fair dealing amid official inquiries.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
International Postal Exchange
State Bank Commission
Hanover Trust Company
Ponzi
J. W. Allen
Allen
Charlie Ponzi
Henry Grammer Charged With Murder After Rodeo Star’s Arrest
PAWHUSKER Okla Aug 9 Henry Grammer famed world roper was charged with murder of farm hand Jim Berry near here Saturday night Grammer is in the county jail He is well known in Cheyenne where he competed in Frontier Days roping contests and last appeared there last year
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Pawhusker
Okla
Henry Grammer
Jim Berry
Here
Grammer
Grammar
Cheyenne
Forecasts claim record corn and potato crops in U S
The Agriculture Department on August 1 forecasts a 3,000,000,000 bushel corn crop for a third time with August critical to final results. July gains in most corn states except Illinois raise hopes. Potatoes may exceed 400,000,000 bushels, a first in U S history.
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United States
NEW
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Unconditional surrender of tramway strikers in Denver
Denver resumes street car service after a weeklong strike. Striking workers signal unconditional return. company yet to state when workers will be rehired. Federal troops patrol as 106 cars run on 17 lines, far short of normal 325 on 35 lines. a carman Leonard Kemmer dies from riot injuries. Major General Wood arrives and commends union’s efforts to prevent disorder.
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Denver
Denver Tramway Company
Frederick W. Hild
Hild
Leonard A. Kemmer
Leonard Wood
C. B. Bailoy
Tramway Employes Union
Wood
Fairbanks and Pickford Missed By Cheyenne Crowd
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were scheduled to pass Cheyenne on the Overland Limited heading west but did not appear. Admirers gathered on the platform hoping for a glimpse of the stars, yet the couple remained in seclusion during the Cheyenne stop.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Cheyenne
Overland Limited
Doug
Pickford
Mary
Chicago
Omaha
Armed Quartet Hold Up Chicago Express
Four armed men held up the New York Chicago day express on the Pennsylvania railroad near Englewood station. A dining car steward who resisted was shot. The bandits boarded at Englewood and took money and valuables from passengers. The train delayed about thirty minutes. the wounded steward was taken to a hospital with a jaw wound. The robbers escaped on foot.
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Chicago
Englewood
Aerial Mail Service Office Opens in Cheyenne
J A Jordan heads construction of Aerial Mail Service facilities in Cheyenne with Mr Dunphy as superintendent for the Omaha to Salt Lake route. Cheyenne to host headquarters, depot work, and crew employment for about 20 positions as plans push toward early September start.
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Omaha - Cheyenne - Salt Lake Division
J. A. Jordan
United States
Mr. Dunphy
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Allison
Wiffler
Chamber of Com
Merce
Hersig
Wales Flying Field
Cheyanne
Salt Lake
Dunphy
Massacre Report in Siberian Town Oknotsk Described
A Reuters dispatch from Vladivostok says Japanese residents of Oknotsk, a Siberian port on the Sea of Okhotsk, were massacred and the town burned. Officials reported the attack as a massacre with Oknotsk destroyed.
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London
Reuter
Vladivodok
Oknotsk
Siberia
Sea of Oknotsk
H C Ostermann Has Gone West
H C Ostermann, vice president and field secretary of the Lincoln Highway association, died June 8 in Iowa after his car overturned during a westward trip to Cheyenne on official business. He had recently married and had long championed the Lincoln highway, traveling from New York to San Francisco in a scout car. The accident ended a life dedicated to the project, with Ostermann awaiting a meeting with Warren Richardson when fate intervened.
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William C. Deming
H.C. Ostermann
Lincoln Highway Association
Cheyenne
New York
San Francisco
Ostermann
Tada d Amar
West Point Official Arrested for Whiskey Still
Fred Snyder assistant city marshal water commissioner and justice of the peace of West Point Neb was arrested Monday afternoon on a charge of possessing a whiskey still and a complete outfit including mash. The still was found in a water plant room and Snyder allegedly attacked Sheriff Sexton during the arrest. He was arraigned before County Judge Dowald and will have a hearing Friday.
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West Point
Neb
Fred Snyder
Sexton
Snyder
Dowald
Hythe conference ends with Britain and France agreeing on Poland aid
The Hythe talks between Premier Lloyd George and Millerand concluded with agreement to reimpose the blockade on Russia and supply Poland with munitions and technical advice. Millerand yielded to Britain's milder stance and delayed aid until Minsk results are known. A defense line in Poland is discussed as a potential cordon sanitaire against Bolshevik advance.
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Hythe
England
Associated Press
Meanss
Poland
Lloyd George
Millerand
Russia
M. Millerand
Minsk
Bi Mier
Europe
Refiners Turn Out Low Grade Gas as Demand Rises
Washington Aug 9 Evidence that refiners have been putting forth their utmost efforts to keep up with the increasing demand for motor gasoline even reducing the quality to add to the quantity is disclosed in the summer test of motor fuel by the bureau of mines. Domestic consumption for the first five months of 1920 rose 26 percent over last year with 1919 totaling 1,217,879,694 gallons versus 1,418,584,063 gallons in 1920, an increase of 290,654,414 gallons.
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Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Revolver Duel Wounds Two on Chicago Streetcar
A police pistol duel on a Chicago streetcar left two men wounded including motorman Frank Powel and pedestrian William Barrett who was hit by a stray bullet. The robber escaped into the night after backing off the car.
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Chicago
Frank Powel
William Barrett
Wreck Causes Unusual Passenger Train Congestion in Cheyenne
A Monday Salt Lake route wreck caused heavy congestion in Cheyenne yards lasting up to five hours. Fourteen passenger trains entered or left the yards between 7:30 and 11:30 p m with eight eastbound arrivals in two hours and continued handling of Denver trains 105 and 109.
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Cheyenne
Salt Lake
Overland Limited
Denver
Chéyenne
Number 5
Los Angeles
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