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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
3
The Senate and House advanced multiple bills and treaties with extensive debate. Key actions included ratification of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with amendments, extradition pacts with Chile and Bolivia, and extensions for canal protection. Bills to improve rail crossings and court timing also moved forward.
A Northern Texas fire report notes a large Helvetia smelter burned with losses under $100,000. Other items mention over 1000 American teachers in Puerto Rico schools, Walnut Grove Mississippi robbers cracking safes and securing $2,500, and a Miller wood-working factory catching fire in Virginia.
Grover Cleveland criticizes the party’s drift after 1892 and the rise of free silver and populism. He argues the 1896 defeat stemmed from betrayal of Democratic principles and calls for a faithful restoration. He insists rehabilitation requires realigned leadership and a renewed effort to empower rank and file Democrats.
Edward A. Cudahy, Omaha packer, paid 25000 in gold to abductors for the safe return of his son Edward Cudahy Jr. The ransom note demanded payment that night, and the money was taken by a messenger who left it five miles west of town on Sherman avenue. The boy was found near the Cudahy residence around 1 am Thursday after being held about five miles south of South Omaha. The gang’s plans showed city knowledge. no suspects named.
Boer generals Delarey and De Wet lure British forces north to the Vaal while a larger Boer contingent crosses the Orange River into Cape Colony seizing Colesbury. English public opinion shifts, with debates over Hay Pauncefote and Clayton-Bulwer treaties and the China indemnity accord shaping views.
The New York Times reports McKinley won a 850 824 plurality with 7 217 077 votes to Bryan 6 357 858. Prohibitionist Woolley 207 368. Populist Barker 50 188. Debs 94 552. Maloney 33 450. National Union Reform and United Christian totals shown in five and two states.
The piece surveys English golf critics fearing American influence, Cuban agriculture shifting from coffee to sugar and tobacco, and weathered notes on stock-raising decline. It also describes a quaint Middle Temple London ritual of dinner-hall horn signals.
The United States census highlights Cuba's main industry, agriculture, noting former cattle grazers turned successful planters. It describes ruined farms, small patches to evade taxes, and scarce reliable data from wartime devastation. It details tobacco taxes, production, and export figures, plus coffee’s fading yet hopeful future.
A local farmer argues marriage is a great success while describing daily chores from milking to meals. He notes routine tasks require no hired help and highlights household labor as essential. The fragment hints at opinions on partnership and work.
Serious complaints arise as Dr Sokum-Oh discusses a troublesome Colip and the bid amount, reflecting tensions from last spring. The Philadelphia Press documents the exchange and concern over financial terms.
An early Philadelphia text fragment discusses fashion, noting the robes of a modern society girl as extravagant and offering examples through dialogue about a niece and a contemporary dress. The tone hints at social critique of finery.
Mrs P Passmore of Wyristing Michigan suffered bladder and kidney trouble for years after four doctors failed to help She tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and reports becoming a well woman Less than one box did more good than all prior treatments and she urges others to try them at 50 cents a box All dealers carry the remedy.
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