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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1898
Page
5
A West Side matron recalls how mother-in-law jokes miss a key point. She notes most wives view their son as inadequate, triggering coolness and inevitable strife. Warns mothers-in-law to back off for sons' happiness and peace at home.
The piece describes a swift marriage trend and opulent English aristocracy imagery. It contrasts young beauty and old dowager titles with bold critics dubbing the Bonglish dowager as framp while noting changing fashion tastes and the fading masquerade of youth.
A fragment of text recalls medieval and ancient dining shifts from costly displays to elaborate courses. It notes a Roman influenced spread at a banquet with snails oysters mussels thrush and asparagus, followed by wild boar venison fish and fowl, ending with a rich assortment of desserts.
Burglars entered a Parkersburg jewelry store through a front door using a key, stealing about 200 dollars in value with no clues found. Reports detail a fatal shooting of a seven year old by his seven year old brother in Parker la te, a turkey shoot shooting in Appanoose County that killed W S Shearer and led to Samuel Moore's arrest, a meat packing contract award to Armour and John Morrell, a jail sentence for a man who extorted from a schoolteacher, a fatal mining accident in Lehigh, and various local crimes and deaths including a bank robbery attempt and a bank dynamite plot. The Afro-American League urging federal action and civil rights concerns are noted, along with legal actions in Marshalltown and Des Moines and a teacher’s murder near Gowrie.
Col Clark Mowell outlines Democratic views on the peace treaty and Philippines policy. He cites Bryan’s advice to ratify and predicts a party line split after a Cuban style resolution on war aims, with Democrats broadly for ratification and Republicans largely against.
A fragmented report from Lima Ohio details a bank robbery described as well executed by professionals. The entry points and method remain unclear due to damaged text and unreadable sections.
Distrust grows as English government restocks depots at Davenport Forsmouth Chatham and Woolwich arsenal signaling heightened readiness. Observers compare it to Fashoda era displays while shipments to Gibraltar Malta and Alexandria surge under official direction. India orders rise to unprecedented levels amid mounting tensions. General Greene returns from Havana and discusses Cuba's status with Adjutant General Corbin as American forces assume control. American evacuation commissioners issue a proclamation urging Cubans to aid in maintaining order and outline quarters for Spanish troops remaining on the island after January 1.
On December 26 President McKinley received the peace treaty with Spain from the American peace commission led by Judge Day. The document is praised as a result of earnest Paris negotiations and aims to bring peace, credit, and glory to the United States. McKinley extended heartfelt thanks to the commission and its members for their work.
Dispatch from Manila reports Col Potter sent to Iloilo to contact Spanish General Rios. Rios evacuated on the 24th. insurgents seized the city on the 26th. Potter late by thirty nine hours. Aguinaldo flag reported. No cable communication, four days before further news. Spanish troops evacuated southern stations except Zamboanga and Iloilo by order of Manila.
Cable reports uproar in the city with serious rioting. Tenth Regular Infantry fired on rioters on Bomba street, returning fire and scattering crowds. Three injured. no soldiers hurt. Other items note alleged torture in Spanish prisons and Uncle Sam locating coal bases in key ports.
A likely agreement between the joint high Canadian commissioners is expected to satisfy the United States and Canada while not achieving all initial aims. Ratification is anticipated within a week after the commission assembles on January 5.
Reading a person like a book to meet people means skipping the surface. A Des Moines Daily News promotes its low price and broad coverage as the cheapest daily in the world. It highlights subscriptions, market reports, and women and children pages, while Ames and Philadelphia references appear amid assorted promotions and facts about Diamond Soap and other products.
December 1926 report on the trial of John Henry Collins charged with the murder of his father Aneus Collins, a prominent Topeka real estate and insurance agent. The verdict returned labels the act as murder and cites the father shot while asleep in bed in May.
The steamship China returning from the orient brings 660 cases of opium weighing 27,000 pounds. Valued at half a million dollars, the duty on the cargo totals 6,369 dollars at six dollars per pound.
Ambassador Hinchcock in St. Petersburg reports a crucial notification that a contract for rails for the eastern Chinese railroad has been awarded to the Pennsylvania and Maryland Company. Guam to have naval governor. aim to secure a ship station and naval control for U.S. warships amid a 3,000 plus population with 1,409 Europeans.
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