Perry Advertiser Official Paper Friday April 22 1898
The Perry Advertiser publishes as the city’s official paper for Friday April 22, 1898, conveying local notices and public records.
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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1898
Page
5
The Perry Advertiser publishes as the city’s official paper for Friday April 22, 1898, conveying local notices and public records.
Perry area items cover visitors from Grinnell and Adel, church events, and a phone war at Guthrie Center. Excursionists from Des Moines promote Morgan Jewelry. Easter services announced. a Shively place fire alarms the town.
Assessor Miunn completed a comprehensive re assessment and delivered his books to the county auditor in Adel. The new assessment differed widely from the old, yet the board of equalization made no material changes. A summary of Perry Corporation’s assessment follows.
Des Moines visitors parade through the city by train with banners and bands. They tour hotels and shops, distribute literature praising Des Moines as a manufacturing and jobbing hub, and dine at Stuart and St James. The excursion, second after Fonda, highlights pleasant weather and rich farmlands as locals anticipate crops.
The article lists Perry city bonded debt details with issue dates and amounts, notes a non-bond secured loan carried by Mr. Pattee, and cites water rents for 1897 totaling 4,626.45 with projected municipal ownership value around 3,100. It also reports county tax receipts of 258,423. The piece lists Spring Valley township teachers by school.
The city school board selected Blezek over Prof. Iva Kling, deputy State Superintendent of Des Moines, after twenty candidates were narrowed to two. A $1000 annual offer to Prof. Ler was rejected. The board adjourned with plans to fill remaining vacancies and keep staffing stable.
G Arnold near Milwaukee depot is asked to inquire about a fine fawn colored jersey corn with no bad habits except chewing. B A Carpenter and J H Miller form a partnership to handle all classes of war on work and general blacksmithing. They specialize in horse shoeing and plow work from an old stand west of the Rock Island tracks.
The Easter Fair hosted by the ladies of the Christian church ran Thursday through Saturday evenings of Holy Week. Attendance was large each night, programs were excellent, and receipts totaled about 75 dollars. The ladies expressed satisfaction with the rewards of their labor.
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