Bryan Addresses Cheyenne Crowd Attacking Taft and Roosevelt
Over 2,000 citizens in Cheyenne gather at Capitol Avenue theater to hear William Jennings Bryan denounce President Taft as a foe of the people and defend progressive aims. Bryan criticizes the Republican conventions in Chicago and Baltimore and predicts a Democratic victory with Woodrow Wilson in the White House.
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Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Taft
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Wheatland
Woodrow Wilson
United States
John E. Osborne
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Baltimore
Mittee
Republican National Committee
South
Nebraska
Bryan fumes on Taft and Roosevelt in Wyoming contest
The article quotes William Jennings Bryan urging Nebraskans to back Kendrick and Fahey for Congress amid a show of telegrams and donations. Bryan criticizes Taft as an aristocrat distrustful of the masses and rails against Taft’s veto power and stance on initiative and referendum. He likens Taft to stationary rocks in a swift stream.
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Bryan
Bob Jn Mollette
Roosevelt
Wyoming
Taft
Wilson
Theer
Europe
Wyoming Prosperity Drives 5 Percent UP Business Rise
Union Pacific Wyoming division reports a five percent rise in business with a near twenty five percent boost in overall railroad activity. Superintendent Jeffers cites bumper crops and widespread optimism as the main forces behind the surge, with freight cars in use to meet intensified demand across the division.
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Wyoming
Union Pacific Railroad
Jeffers
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Ogden
Viah
Assault by axe on elderly woman in Rawlins
In Rawlins Wyoming Mrs. B A Higgins a 78 year old washwoman was attacked last night at her home by Frank Wigfall a black ex convict who has served no terms for rape. He broke in at about 11 pm threatened her life with an axe and escaped before dawn prompting a county posse and train searches. Local talk warns of mob violence if captured.
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Landers
Rawlins
Wyo
B. A. Higgins
Frank Wletfall
State Penitentiary
Wigfall
Official of Miners Union Defends Warren Labor Record
A. C. Morgan of District 22 United Mine Workers replies in the Wyoming Labor Journal to Senator Warren’s labor-friendly image. He argues labor committees influence bills, condemns favorable amendments that delay passage, and questions Brandegee and La Follette amendments on the sixteen hour rule for railroad workers.
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A. C. Morgan
United Mine Workers of America
Wyoming Labor Journal
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Organized Labor of Wyoming
Legislative Committee
American Federation of Labor
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Congress
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Brandegee
Save
Fifty FiveConverted by Cap Wolfe Salvation Army Campaign
Captain J M Wolfe led a two week Salvation Army drive in Cheyenne culminating in fifty five conversions including laboring men and Fort Russell soldiers. A prominent Cheyenne businessman’s son was among new converts, and Wolfe planned further campaigns in Salt Lake City and the Pacific coast.
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Salvation Army
J. M. Wolfe
Chicago
Cheyenne
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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Fort D. A. Rusell
Chesham
Dale
In Like 4 Lamb Sets Cheyenne Weather Record
The Cheyenne weather office reports September as the wettest and coldest on record with 3.02 inches of rain and snow melt, 42 years of data show unprecedented rainfall and cold temperatures.
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R. Q. Grant
United States Weather Bureau
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Frant
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Kiehiine
Wall
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Jall
Reasie Martin
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Yeatere
Tlarry G. Werr
Alate Nae
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Roach
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