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Our Town 100 Years Ago...November Part I

NOVEMBER PART I

November 1896 was significant with the presidential election being fought between McKinley and Bryan. McKinley was declared the winner. The battleship Texas sunk in the Brooklyn Navy yard, sitting about five feet below the water line. The court case in the news was the United States versus American Bell Telephone Company. A decision in favor of the government would open the telephone to public use. Here in the Jefferson Valley, the Zephyr's November issue was the last by popular owner/editor/news staff Mr. H. M. Wentworth. The following items are taken as written in the Novembe...

 

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