Nomination of Bryan Dominates Denver Convention Night
A vivid account of Bryan’s nomination at the Denver Convention Hall. Delegates flood the galleries as Judge Wade and Champ Clark speak, then Missouri and Nebraska banners surge forward, and a dramatic Bryan endorsement erupts into a roaring, crowded outburst that fills the hall and even reaches the candidate at Fairview by telephone.
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Omaha
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Georgia
New Jersey
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Nebraska
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Democratic Nation Nominates Bryan for President on First Ballot
The Democratic convention declares William Jennings Bryan the nominee after a unanimous vote following state-by-state balloting. Georgia and Oklahoma confirm support while Pennsylvania edges the result with a near-unanimous poll. Kern of Indiana is named vice president on the first ballot.
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Ohio
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Neitherohnson
Bryan Declines Re election After Democratic Nomination
W J Bryan announces at 4 34 a m from Fairview Nebraska that he will not seek a second term if nominated for president He calls the nomination a pure people’s choice and says his duty is to the public with singleness of purpose and not personal ambition He vows to serve without bias and without deference to a future term.
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W. J. Bryan
Democratic Party
The Eccentric Orator and Prairie Dreams
A fragment from an iid column recalls Dr. Boswell and Ty visiting a summer farm scene with a slum child watching peaches and a chicken pluck. It parodies politicians with a doglike parrot and ends with verses about dreaming on the prairie and the West wind.
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The Convention's Choice for Vice President
John Worth Kern of Indianapolis a longtime public servant with roles from reporter for the Michigan Supreme Court to Indiana State Senator and city attorney seeks the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Born in Howard County Indiana on December 20 1848 he ran unsuccessfully for Indiana governor in 1900 and 1904 and later received his party's complimentary Senate vote in 1905. His law office is listed in the State Life building in Indianapolis.
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Des Moines Woman Aims Runaway With Noted Robber
Owen Ball confessed in Des Moines to the April 16 Minneapolis train robbery with Mrs. Frank Shercliffe and also to a St. Paul drugstore raid. Detectives say Shercliffe planned to flee with Ball. she urged escape with her husband’s former ally, but was captured and later released.
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Captain Broatch from Omaha Dies in the Philippines
A cablegram from New Haven reports the death by own action of Captain James Wallace Broatch, a native of Omaha. The notice places his service with J. 8 M. C. Broatch and notes his death occurred in the Philippine Islands amid a personal crisis.
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Murder at Mother's Door Sparks Iowa Investigation
Mr Pleasant Iowa July 13 a suspected attempt on the Levacy family near Winfield with chloroform and arson. Mrs Myers, stepmother to Mrs Levacy, is arrested on bonds of 2000 awaiting preliminary hearing. motive alleged from a family feud with extensive sensational attention.
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Twenty three paper firms plead guilty in anti trust case
New York July 13 The Petoskey Mich Fiber Paper company and 23 other wrapping paper firms pleaded guilty to violating the Sherman anti trust act anti pooling provision and paid a total fine of 32000 in court today.
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Lusitania Breaks Ocean Distance Records
The Lusitania arrives at Saidy Hook after crossing 2,891 miles in four days 19 hours 36 minutes setting new Atlantic distance records. The report notes a high-value Hagland fish catch at 53 960 000 and mentions a Paria temple with 100 members.
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