Our Town One Hundred + Years Ago... October 1900

Only a month remains before the November general election. Political discourse is headline news. Today? Yes, and 126 years ago. What the United States exports to other countries is being talked about– Coal was being shipped by the millions of tons to Canada, with smaller amounts to Mexico and Europe.

The November 1900 general election would determine the next president. Photos of Democratic candidates William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson appeared on the front page of every October issue of the Jefferson Valley Zephyr, but no equal coverage appeared for anyone from the Republican side....