•f* *i*TWENTY YEARS AGOProm the New Era of Dec 26, 1900: The kidnapping of the son of Edward Cudahy of Omaha was furnish-* rag much copy for the dailies at that time.Ray Morford was taken to Keokuk j * by his father for an operation as a result of the accidental shooting a few weeks before E E Helt and Miss Maude McGhee, both of Clay township, were married at three o’clock on Christmas day at the Christian parsonage.