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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1898
Page
5
Perry residents hear news of gardens and visits while merchants promote goods and services. Local attorneys, officials, and workers appear in notices about court, elections, and community events. Des Moines visitors, railroad references, and a picture of town life fill the column with brief updates and commercial pitches.
A lively Adel election produced Kenworthy as mayor by the 101 to 142 margin, with L.M Macy and J. M. sill as councilmen and Lb. F. Laubert as treasurer elected. Perry area notices mention Miss W. A. Oliver’s spring opening and a Perry millinery sale. Funeral services were held for Peter Hines, age 63, a longtime local resident and Civil War veteran. Frank Tawney and Don Snyder left for Fiesta Cal to join a ball club. Chas Ib Sbrockway heads to Atchison to play ball. Scoles family plans move to Ferry and a local Easter millinery opening is announced by Stil Ernaxp & Goonen. The Midland Monthly features poetry and art, including Beatrice Uarlowe’s Ursus and Mary A. Kirkup’s Israeli and Dutch painters piece.
The legislature bungled the adoption of the new registration code. In Des Moines the city allowed all who voted in the presidential election to vote, while other wards denied ballots to those who voted last fall. The matter hinges on section 131 of the code and may await a supreme court decision.
Tickets for the college glee club and orchestra performance at Breed’s on April 6th sold out over three hundred seats in two hours on Saturday morning. Since then sales continued strongly and the venture is assured. A large guaranteed minimum was necessary to secure the attraction, with some good seats still available for those who hurry.
The Adel district court nears completion with adjournment likely this week or early next. Indicted defendants and grand jury cases are summarized, including verdicts in Hickey estate dispute and Wise v Adelina Schlosser, a divorce for desertion, a real estate sale for minor children, and sentencing for a liquor nuisance after guilty plea. Grand jury adjourned with indictments against multiple defendants for cheating by false pretenses and gambling. several defendants posted bonds.
City election last Monday produced a light vote with about half turnout in most wards. Citizens ticket won four seats to two Republicans, with the present council ending in a tie. Ward by ward results show Citizens taking seats in the first and second wards while the third ward elects O Connor for Citizens and Preston for Republican.
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