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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
1
Contractors advancing the P. LN. extension project push ahead with active efforts. Crews report steady progress and mobilization across the site as planners coordinate schedules and resource allocation to meet targets.
Report describes rapid construction toward Council with 400 men under Wilkers' Contractors plus Anderson Brothers and Alden Smith. Commissary building complete, material and tools organized, two camps active, and a large force to be added this week. Pile driver finished Rush creek bridge and moved on. Idaho Mason officers listed after Boise annual meeting.
Weiser votes 5 to 1 to issue 45000 in bonds for electric lights and water works. Proponents say city ownership blocks private monopoly and will attract outside capital. Real estate deals hinge on the bond approval. turnout limited by registration and legal issues.
The American Steel and Wire Company reopened three mills in Newburgh but imposed a 24 percent wage cut and longer hours, with workers moved from eight to ten or twelve hours after idle months. Indignation rose as workers, pressured by idleness, faced the pay and schedule changes.
Chicago reports a Democratic surge from Maine with Walsh and Johnson tallying gains across states including Maryland Indiana Michigan Minnesota Delaware North Dakota and California. They forecast possible shifts in New York and a narrowed Republican majority, while mentioning Chamberlain's remedy and dietary ads interwoven in the text.
A terse headline fragment hints at a story about a burned elderly woman and a second Laurel figure, with implications of imperialism. Limited readable text lacks clear names, dates, or places to confirm details. The item reads as a brief, oblique note rather than a full report.
Alexander Grant, a private in Company D, Sixth US Infantry, tells of police actions and killings in Negros Island during the Spanish American War. He claims captains ordered executions and arson, including burning an old woman sick with smallpox, to force compliance.
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