Old Guard Powers Democratic Convention Amid Boisterous Protest
Denver July 8 A fierce contest at the Democratic National Convention shows privilege and old guard interests in control of party machinery. Tom Johnson and other reform Democrats are sidelined while Bryan gains broad support and laboring crowds fill the hall.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Old Guard
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Missonpri
Kansas
Privilege
Folk
Missouri
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
America
Old Guard of
Syou
Democratic Party
Walt Whitman
Crooks Catch at Oval and Railroader Acquitted
Royal Center officers captured two men charged with stealing 600 pounds of raw rubber at Kokomo after they fled to Idaville. A party led by Mrs Oma Seward and Mrs Honors McGuire was raided on the North Side, with three arrests and one suspect still held. William Wendling, a prominent railroader, was acquitted of larceny after being accused by Minnie Robbins of stealing $30 in washing money.
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Royal Center
Kokomo
Idaville
Oma Sewerd
Honors McGuire
Harlie Lambert
Donato Ranizanto
Lambert
Wiliam Wendling
Minnie Robbins
Wendling
Council Dispute Over 30000 Electric Plant Funds
Special session reveals distrust between city council and board of works over a 30000 appropriation for the electric light plant. Hetherington accuses both sides of bad faith while Mayor McKee defends the board and insists on a lawful basis, with Esterline contract in dispute.
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Hetherington
Board of Works
Administration
George P. McKee
Esterline
Reaver
McNary
Johnston
Fiedler
Grover
Farrell
McKee
Middleton
Funk
Keeseey Returns Home to Join Merry Widow in New York
Roy Keeseey of this city, recently seen in The Lady from Lane's at the Whitney in Chicago, is home for a month. He plans to join the Merry Widow company on August 1 in New York, and a road tour may bring a new troupe to town. Keeseey notes Chicago theater slows while LaSalle repairs and Honeymoon Trail closes. He recalls his early nerves giving way to stage confidence among strangers. He is visiting his brother Herbert, agent for Ohio Farmers Insurance.
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Col
Bell
Committee On Rules
Committee On
National Committee
New York
Ohio
Illinois
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Oklahoma
Bryan
Gore
Union
Connecticut
Delaware
New Jersey
Minnesota
Michigan
Georgia
Colorado
Chicago
America
Old Town
Committee On Credentials
St. Louis
Kansas City
Roy Keesey
Lane's
Whitney Theatre
LaSalle Theatre
LaSalle
Keesey
Merry Widow
Herbert
Ohio Farmers Insurance Company
Doctor Herrmann Sends Word From Long Beach
A postal from Dr. A J Herrmann of Long Beach Cal reports Loganport natives there enjoying good health and the weather ideal. He and his family plan to move to 2222 West Fourteenth Street Los Angeles.
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A. J. Herrmann
Long Beach
Cal
Logansport
Mrs Busjahn Improves After Hospital Operation
Mrs. F. A. Busjahn, operated on at St. Joseph's hospital a week ago last Saturday, is reported better and sat up briefly today.
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F. A. Busjahn
St. Joseph's Hospital
Country club road work party ends with proxy refusals
A Grand View group of country club members spent an afternoon repairing the road to their club. George Bliss toiled with a shovel while S. T. McConnell swung rocks with golf clubs and Claude Wise kept time. No one sustained injuries and most avoided further invitations.
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George Bliss
James Foley
Thad Planck
Claude Wise
S. T. McConnell
Claude Jenkines
O. A. Binns
Carl Horn
Grand View
Foley
Bliss
T. McConnell
Thad
Binns
Horn
Wise
Planck
McConnell
Skater Fractures Arm on City Sidewalk During Skate Day
Don Porter, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Porter of 815 Linden Avenue, fractured his right arm after striking a pebble while skating on a sidewalk. Dr W O Holloway set the bones and he was taken home to recovery. The incident marks the first reported skating accident on the streets among local youths.
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Don Porter
Frank Porter
Linden Avenue
East Spear Street
W. O. Holloway
Ita
Bryan Faces Convention Drama and Aims at Leadership
In Denver and Lincoln debates, Bryan is urged to attend in person to claim leadership. The piece critiques Democratic party structure, two thirds rule, and local bosses. It notes Sullivan and Johnson positions, and evaluates Bryan's liberal yet cautious platform amid party factions.
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Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Roger Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
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Newspaper Exterprise Association
Brand Whitlock
the Old Guard
Ruth Gipe
Cincinnati
Crooks
Oval Genter
Honora M’guire Again
Oma Seward
North Side
Railroader
Pikes Peak
Wild East Road
Red Cloud Johnson
M’kee
Cat
John P. Hether
Lane
Merry Widow” Co
City
DR. Herrmann
Mrs. Busjahn
Steffens
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Lincoln J. Steffens
Republican Party
Col. Guffey
Standard Oil
California
Gompers
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