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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1898
Page
13
Readable text shows disjointed phrases about knights, dolls, sleep, and moral remarks. Mentions include aristocracy, insomniac dolls, women's opinions, barrels and end openings, grocers selling Diamond soap, and cheap medical batteries. Contains no clear event or single focal person.
A collection of humor and quips from The Witty saylage mixed with light satire. Includes witty dialogues about summer, a hotel manager, sugar and lime, and a drunk husband. Also features snippets from Harlem Life and York weekly with party and election jabs and a deputy’s comment on vote totals.
A fragment from The Pick Me Up notes a quirky claim about poetry payments and publication costs. The dialogue shifts to a sardonic line about life as theater with bum actors and a flirtatious exchange ending with a jokey note about marriage and dogs in a New York Journal blurb.
In Vancouver a woman visiting a shop is derided as the shopman questions her gender in a loud aside. In Chicago a stern professor contemplates a sixteen year old pupil asking permission to ride with her brother, quizzing whether the relation exists.
A Duluth letter from Calgary Alberta in November 1898 extols western Canada as a better home for poor men than Minnesota. It describes short winters with long sunny days, rapid vegetation growth, and profits from coarse grains, hogs, and cattle. Land is cheap and available on long payments, with area north of Bamonton and west of Edmonton cited for ranching and mixed farming. The writer notes improving health prospects for consumptives and urges home-seekers to work for an honest living.
Adjutant General Corbin testified before the war investigation commission that the Camp Alger removal was ordered by the secretary of war. Miles influenced Loc TA setup, and Shafter’s expedition faced transport limits. Refrigerated beef, not an experiment, was used elsewhere. General Howard testified on camp conditions at Mobile and the need for officer fitness and a staff school.
Havana reports a joint meeting of United States and Spanish military commissioners reached a final agreement to exchange flags on January 1 at noon. The Spanish flags will be raised on public buildings promptly, with arrangements announced by the commissions and government officials.
The rush to move troops faces opposition as officials discuss concentrating units at key points before possible Spanish actions. Cur-rans prepare for grace, while the American entente risks strain if trouble escalates. The U.S. plans to seize thirteen ports and hand them to American control, requiring guards and trained customs officers fluent in Spanish to staff offices.
American forces led by General Miller set sail from Manila on transports Pennsylvan, Arizona and Newport to seize Iloilo the island of Panay. Eighteenth Iowa and Thirty-first Iowa regiments join Sixth artillery and a signal detachment aboard ships guarded by Baltimore. Insurgents and Luzon invaders have held Iloilo but officials expect minimal resistance to American authority.
A jumble of old-time ads and notices claims South Africa Klondike and Australia gold output nearly doubles previous twelve months. Medicines and products tout cures for indigestion, nervousness, and fever. family advice, married life quips, and a baby question appear among humorous lines and product pitches.
Ava Walden of Gibson Ga says life was a burden before using your medicine and that the first bottle brought relief from monthly menstrual pain and side aches. Lancaster Ohio resident Florence Wolfe reports monthly inflammation relief after following your regimen. Stansfield La Bates notes relief from painful menstruation leucorrhea and general wellness after using the remedy.
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