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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1898
Page
5
Elks lodge members from this city traveled to Des Moines for a statewide social honoring the exalted rulers. Attendees included W J Edmondson proxy for Exalted Ruler Kerns, W A Ball, W Templeton, H Reid, H Hahey, A McCammon, C McGee, S Conway, and D Graney among others. program praised as elaborate and humorous.
Street chatter claims Words Jord United States minister to Spain was killed last night. Widespread speculation surrounds a fatal event as reports trickle in.
Brooks, described as one of the best readers heard in Perry, blends serious patriotic pieces with natural humor. He entertained at a Methodist church event, later regaling YMCA friends with jokes about a past reading and a charming encounter, ending with an invitation to dinner. The piece also discusses the Black Hills, noting cattle-raising as a primary occupation and the annual roundup through the South Cheyenne river valley.
A collage of brief items lists Parker baby portraits, calling cards, and local ads. It notes piano and organ testing, Perry novelty works, barber shop changes, and auctions led by G F Moe. Regional events include church services, missionary presiding trips, land sales by Geo Heaton, and Salvation Army appearances.
Langfitt locals note church sermons at Fast Branch Baptist and Rev Eaton from Panora. Visitors Scott Cobean and Chas Perviance from Guthrie County. George Reynolds sale drew good attendance, led by John. Mr Bentall from England visiting. Elmer Gibbs visiting Lohging. Mrs Wreken ill under Dr Rogers Adel. Reynolds family planning Colorado move. Groner to occupy Dallas Center place. Clem Piatt to fare Nelsons farm next year. Anna Britton and Gibbs kin report health good. Jerry Maher ill with grippe. Clara Bentall improving with Dr Criley. Yairview Christian church starts meetings.
The Saulsbury Orchestra plans a major Perry performance with tickets selling fast and 50 cent standard admission. EB A Tryon reports alarming disappearance of their 13 year-old son Harl after chores, later found in Dallas Center having walked home through cold night. No clear motive given, suspected school exam stress.
Advertises Star vapor fold wing bath mineral vitalizer with bath cabinet for 3.75 and large Turkish and Russian baths. Details sizes, hospital usage, and a sewing machine drop desk cabinet priced 318 with oak walnut finish and features like positive feed self threading ball bearing.
The Perspectoscope, a binocular instrument using two ground lenses and two perfect reflecting mirrors, claims to produce true perspective from a single picture. It contrasts with the traditional stereoscope and the Graphoscope, which offers only an enlarged flat view. It challenges Wheatstone’s two-view theory by using dual reflected images from one picture.
A new device called the Perspectoscope extends ordinary stereo scope use by delivering a true perspective from one photograph. Viewers see a scene as if photographed at the exact spot, with natural eye position and no cross-eye strain, using any size or mounting of picture.
An advertisement offers a product for five dollars with refunds within thirty days if the item differs from its description. Purchasers can pay by drafts or money orders to Henry Ho Will, with remittances in currency at sender's risk. The Parliament Publishing Co. of Chicago seeks agents and notes plans to sell millions.
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