This day in history: August 26
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1896
William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic nominee for the presidency, stopped briefly in Little Falls at 10:40 at night to the cheers of a great concourse of people. The crowds pushed, surged, and rushed toward the rear platform, and the ovations were so loud and sustained Bryan, the “boy orator,” was unable to give a speech. He smiled and bowed as the train left the city.
