Two Families Lost In Meramec River Boat Capsize
Nine people fell into the swollen Meramec River near Leasburg Missouri as three boats carrying two families of diggers capsized. Silas Houchins three years old drowned after drifting from his boat while a five year old swam to a plank and survived. D W Houchins and helpers rescued the women and younger children, while the two Houchins boys aided in the perilous attempt to reach shore.
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Wilber Houchins
Silas
D. W. Houchins
Lvnsburg
Silas Houchins
Mount Carmel
Ind
Wilber
Merrimee River
Leasburg
Bryan Beaten in Committee at Democratic Convention
The report covers chaotic scenes at the Democratic Convention as Bryan clashes with the national committee over Parker’s temporary chairmanship. Kern of Indiana is proposed, Parker refuses, and police secure order amid wild demonstrations. Debate centers on harmony versus party unity and Bryan's influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack
Bryan
John W. Kern
Indiana
National Committee For Selection
Parker
Belmont
Cardinal Gibbons
Kern
New York
Theodore Bell
California
Congressman Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Rubing
Johnson
Texas
Big Bryan
Wall Street
Baltimore
Fifth Regiment
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
Alton B. Parker
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Gore
Oklahoma
Newlands
Nevada
Garber
Ohio
Charles W. Bryan
Senator Kern
National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Nebraska
James
O'Gorman
College Boys Blamed for Immoral Dances At National Meet
Indianapolis report says college boys introduced dances like the grizzly bear and bunny hug from disreputable districts to respectable society. W F Braun of Pittsburg, treasurer of United Professional Teachers of Dancing of America, campaigns against immoral dances and urges stamping them out to restore dancing as art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Professional Teachers of Dancing of America
W. F. Braun
Pittsburg
United States
San Francisco
Antillian Abandoned After Reef Stranding Near Turks Island
The 5500 ton steamship Antillian of the Leyland Line grounded on a reef near Turks Island in the West Indies and was abandoned as it broke apart. The entire crew was saved though a small salvage party stayed aboard until the vessel’s hopeless position was evident. Loss estimated over 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Antillian
Leyland Line
Turks Island
West Indies
Supposition on pawnbrokers and the pledge
A wry exchange suggests pawnbrokers as a class supposedly abstain from liquor. The speaker asks why, and the reply notes the stereotype of pawnbrokers keeping to the water wagon as a rule.
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Merameg
Commoner
Nemocracy
Democracy
Bank OF Prescott
Prescott
Arkansas
Pay
The
Citizens Bank
Wren Scott
Ozan Mercantile Co
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