Perry Iowa Progress and Prosperous Perry Firms
Perry Iowa has grown from 301 in 1870 to an estimated 4200 today, becoming a major railroad hub on the Milwaukee and Rock Island lines with strong water works electric light, telephones, and three schools. The town boasts extensive hardware and hardware-related shops, Crescent bicycles with Dunlap tires, sanitary plumbing, and a thriving grocery and general merchandise trade led by local firms including Mr Logan and his wife, offering fair prices and courteous service.
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Iowa
Perry
goo
Perry lis
Milwaukee
Council Bluffs
Mississippi
Rock Island
Des Moines
Ft Dodge
Marion
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Tne
ahelf
Crescent
Buck’s
Sherwin & Williams
daly
Buck's
Gilbert
Gilbert's
Keats
Logan
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Thomas J Gilbert Hardware Pioneer of Dallas County
Thomas J Gilbert is hailed as a well known business leader and public spirited merchant in the state. He operates a large hardware establishment in central Dallas County with extensive premises, shop, ware room, and storage space reflecting decades of enterprise and community service.
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Gilbert
Dallas
Whert
Second street
Logan & Co Opens In Perry With Bargain Rich Stock
Logan and Company began business in Perry in November 1897 offering dry goods notions ladies and mens furnishings underwear hosiery silks lace curtains rugs and general fancy goods. The firm promotes cash bargains daily claiming superior variety quality and low prices and plans to attract steady trade from local shoppers seeking fashionable and practical items.
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Logan & Company
chang
Loran & Company
Verry
Logan
Union
Perry
Perry Novelty Works and Dureka cigar brands described
The article extols Perry Novelty Works run by 3 W Perley as a skilled all round repair shop serving Perry and nearby towns with bicycle, gun, clock, sewing machine, and furniture repairs plus grinding work. It next lauds R W Culbertson's Dureka domestic cigars, praising REL C Bullfrog Silver King and Golden King brands as high quality five cent goods and the Commander ten cent cigar, noting wide dealer demand across Cedar Rapids to Council Bluffs and its status as a leading local manufacturer.
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Perry Novelty Works
Trangle
W. Perley
Perry
sewag
fox
Dureka cigar factory
R WH Culbertsop
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Culbertson
goerry
Culvertson
Eureka Cigar Factory and the Case for Quality Cigars
The piece argues for honest cigar making and condemns producers who cut corners for profit. It contrasts genuine premium leaves with cheap imitations and warns that deceptive marketing damages consumer trust and harms the industry. It urges fair margins and brand integrity to sustain demand and honest competition.
O F Roddan Co Offers Full Line of Menswear and Accessories
O F Roddan & Co in the Citizens Bank building on Second Street advertises a complete stock of high grade clothing, furnishing goods, hats, caps and fine footwear. The store features ample display space, polished oak fittings, plate glass fronts, and attentive service from Mr. Roddan and Mr. Ferry Williams. The firm carries a complete line from Stein-Bloch Co and claims Rogers, Peet & Co quality, with offices in Chicago Philadelphia and New York.
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O. F Roddan & Co
Citizens Bank
Second street
Watford street
Reoddax
Ferry Williams
waris
GO. F. Roddaz & Co
Ihe Stein-Bloch Co
Rochester
N. Y
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York city
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PERRY'S PROGRESSIVE FIRMS
THOMAS J. GILBERT
EUREKA CIGAR FACTORY
Unus
O. F. RODDAN & CO
Counnel
ELor
McCammon & Co
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