22 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1899
Page
1
The Perry public welcomes a merry Christmas season with renewed enthusiasm after two quiet years. Parents buy practical gifts for their little boys, choosing neat suits and reefers from a matched stock. Older boys receive suits and furnishings. Come in and see our stock.
A Perry Advertiser piece argues buying at home benefits the town and its residents more than shopping away, citing a Cedar Rapids trip where gloves cost 75 cents more locally and stressing property and employment links to local prosperity. It notes readers should consult the paper’s special Christmas issue and reflects on a printing error that altered a word in a prior piece.
In a week the Draper and Loughlin gym members learned of two deaths. Henry Loughlin, younger brother of Mr. Loughlin, died in Kenosha Wisconsin on Thursday. Older brother Henry Draper died in Adams New York on Monday. The Designers magazine scene shifts to a new century with rich illustrations and dressmaking guidance. The issue covers fashions, "Pints on Dressmaking," and features multiple local teacher listings and a note on Des Moines Leader’s new sixty paper capacity press.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers reduced tickets at all stations to points within 200 miles. Tickets go on sale December 2 through January 1 with return validity up to January 2, 1900.
The Advertiser and the Weekly Iowa State Register offer one year subscriptions for 140. The Advertiser and the Daily Iowa State Register offer one year for 5.00. Full particulars of that Advertiser, Perry, Iowa.
Week ending December 19 1899 unclaimed letters at Perry Post Office include H Koenigsberg Miss Minnie Landis Miss S J Roppana Teter Terrell Mr Willis Dollie two copies EM Horye P M
Pedigreed national Duroc Jersey animals aged six months to two years offered for sale. An llam?销售 price list notes reasonable terms and 36 head available. Livin.
The Des Moines Daily Capital announces a December 28 1899 one day offer at 2.00 per year for new subscribers. Aimed at introducing the paper during the 1900 political year the offer requires a check dated December 28 and promises free sample copies. Lafe Young publisher invites readers to mail payments and notes the paper is an Associated Press member.
The final spike on the Milwaukee line extending from Fonda Mara Union & Spencer was driven last week. Weather delays require long slabs to be driven under trees to allow trains to run. The Herndon division is a key part of the Milwaukee system, with plans to connect the main line to the Iowa and Dakota divisions. In spring, the Des Moines division will extend about twenty miles north to Spirit Lake to meet the Southern Minnesota division, linking three major east west lines with a north south connector near the center. The Milwaukee line will open new territory along the division, with the Iowa & Oak division running from Chamber S. De McGreser, Iowa, on a main line to that area, giving Milwaukee greater reach than before.
A report claims a patient paid $50 for a bottle of Br. Warar White Wine Tar Syrup, tried one bottle, and quickly felt relief. After two bottles she was completely cured, though she says she would not be without the medicine if it cost any amount, as sold by Draper & Lerch Drug Co.
A brief line urges patrons to visit J M Tyers to purchase a sack of Beston Record flour. The note appears in a nostalgic small-town ad style, reflecting a simple grocery promotion and urging action.
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