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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1899
Page
10
Perry shoppers see ads for books, photos, toys, hats, and gifts from C H Kerns Draper Loughlin and others. Local notices include rental rooms, a barber shop opening, and Y M C A director election slated for December.
Des Moines Capital Tuesday reports a new company formed for producing gas by the Hall process in Des Moines area. Dr N Mealon and others lead the move with Mr Shade as major stockholder. Project plans include Perry and nearby towns with possible plant development if arrangements satisfy backers. Details remain uncertain as discussions continue and ground research proceeds.
Mr A A Shade warns the Capital article misreads plans for a gas plant here arguing the proposal is uncertain and unlikely to serve rumination uses. He says Tall process gas is a fuel gas comparable to natural gas and could be sold at ten cents per thousand feet, challenging notions of electric light competition.
See F E Knell taikine machines and Choice Christmas candies at Ling s. Draper Loughlin s offers buns scrap books and the famous Galdun chocolates with attractive Bible and prayer book selections. Also catalogues on loans, stationery, cards, and Christmas novelties. Includes notices of travels and political conventions with local business mentions and a paralysis death in Des Moines.
A comic exchange about midnight inquiries and a joke on a wife seeking water. A note explains Spain offers noble titles through marriage to a duchess or countess with wealth. nobility via marriage is difficult without funds. Rioting in Algiers resumes after midnight in the Jewish quarter with clashes, injuries, and six police arrests.
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