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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1898
Page
5
City official Perry paper dated Friday April 15 1893 features local notices and advertising with editors Sam Erine Frank and M. Carrell. Historic community record reflects period civic notices and commerce.
A rough clipping records brief town items including visits by Dr Kellogg and Mrs Everett Earle, Des Moines business trips, and family news. Miles Jennings dies at home from pneumonia. funeral at 2 30 Saturday, interment at Coon Rapids. War defense talk from Al Parmenter proposes fortifications on Mississippi. Perry and Jobbers visit planned. Parker advertising baby photos and Wilson Ferguson furniture. Local property changes include Roddan barn, Carter business swap, and Chandler appointed to soldiers relief commission. Allen Hughes involved in a Des Moines damages suit. verdict for defendants after no proof.
Otto Lillie, a teenager living near Minbara, appeared before Justice Gods after Nettie Reynolds filed an information charging him with seduction. Lillie pleaded not guilty and the judge set the date for trial. He will contest the case and has engaged Edmund Nichols as his counsel.
The ladies of the Christian church host a Master fair at the church this week. It started last night and runs tonight and tomorrow night with a strong attendance and an excellent program. A large variety of articles prepared by the Tadis are on display and for sale, with ice cream and take treats served each evening. Admission is ten cents.
The school board will meet tonight to decide the question of the superintendent for public schools. The members have wrestled with the issue for weeks and the outcome remains uncertain with few firm conclusions expected.
A web of forged endorsements tied to a vehicle sale scheme involved seven or eight parties totaling about $2,000. Prominent church members in the settlement west of Dallas were among those forged, with several repudiating the endorsements. A grand jury in Adel has convened to hear the case as authorities pursue suspects including B. G. A. Dinkard and others.
Des Moines wholesale leaders plan a special train visit to the city next Tuesday stopping at towns between Des Moines and Manilla. They will meet a merchants delegation at the depot, dine at the St James and Stewart Hotels, then tour local stores to greet patrons.
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