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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1899
Page
8
Fragmented OCR text presents garbled quotes about identity and voice. It references a person named Yesi and phrases like Coe's Cough and the hagipiest heart, with no clear event or outcome. The lines resemble a literary column fragment rather than a complete news item.
A collage of faded ads and brief notices mentions Hostetter’s Bitters and Bromo Quinines, Gold Mine flour, Kemp’s Balsam, and Diamond Soap. It references a village wedding in Ohio and stray lines about medicines, watches, and insect control, illustrating vintage consumer culture and local notices.
A historical letter trail shows George Washington guiding his stepson Custis to King's College in 1773. He arranges funds and credit, pledging care and urging discipline, but Custis soon abandons studies to marry Nelly Calvert, ending Washingtons formal ties to the college before the Revolution.
An account recalls a Washington with a quick temper who clashed in Alexandria with Lieut Payne a rival candidate. Shots were avoided as Payne offered a duel but Washington, remorseful, forgave. They shared wine to settle the quarrel and later remained friends. Payne served as a pallbearer at Washington’s funeral.
The narrative recounts a prominent 18th century figure who built wealth through land, stock, and surveying. It notes extensive holdings near Pittsburg, in Alexandria, and Washington, with 20,000 acres advertised on the Ohio river. His personal estate valued at 532,000 dollars included tobacco, cattle, sheep, and horses. most was willed to his wife, per a will kept near Fairfax Court House Virginia.
The piece notes Washington and other early leaders drank wine and beer in excess without accusing him of overindulgence. It mentions his Madeira at dessert, and lists his election expenses as a Virginia burgesses candidate including a hogshead of whiskey a barrel of wine and gallons of beer. It adds a domestic joke linking biscuit weight to a husband's mood.
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