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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1899
Page
3
Surplus $6000 cited as general banking business. Farm loans negotiated and collections made. Interest paid on time deposits. Officers named L. Dine President, L. D. Gas Vice President, B. Cashier. Board includes S. Dilenbecks, B. C. Dilenbeck, John Law, Jay G. Dutton, J. L. Davis, Mary Hennis, Chas. E. Walker, L. D. Gamble, Geo. E. B. Bartholomew.
The item lists officers and directors including DI PATTER president and ALLEN BREED vice president with executives from National Park Bank New York and Citizens National Bank Des Moines. It notes foreign drafts bought and sold and includes multiple directors such as D J Pattee N Piati Allenreed W T Holmes and M E Moody.
In a London tale Mary urges aiding a fragile, unconscious soldier in Richard and Mary's decaying home. Richard fights to revive him with potions, fearing the worst as the patient awakens in a hopeful, fragile state. The scene blends moral duty, guilt, and resilience amid hardship.
A tense exchange unfolds as one man reveals surviving fear and another vows to protect wealth. Richard confirms securing a belt containing thousands in cash and jewels along with a loaded revolver, while the speaker contemplates what must not be lost. The scene ends with a promise of continuation.
Anaconda Standard surveys civil codes on marriage age. It lists Austria 14 for both genders, Germany 18 for men 16 for women, France and Belgium 16 and 15, Spain 18 for the man and 12 for the woman, Hungary variations by faith, Greece 14 for men and 12 for women, Russia and Saxony 18 for men and 16 for women, Switzerland 14 for men and 12 for women, and Turkish law permitting union for youths meeting basic religious duties.
The article discusses coffee prices and global supply, noting U S consumption of about twelve pounds per person annually and annual spending near 90 million dollars. It highlights Brazil’s 11 percent export duty, and emerging markets in Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines under American enterprise, plus a critique of edible mushrooms’ nutritive value. It also describes rice bread, its use in Asia and Persia, and details the Persian oven and bread preparation, noting lawash as a cheap nourishing bread at one cent per sheet.
The article describes the largest room under one roof at St Petersburg, 620 feet long by 450 wide, used for military displays by day and lit by 20,000 wax tapers at night. It features a single iron arch and comments on intelligence and the folly of fools.
Jan 2 Travans reports the formal transfer of Cuba from Spain to the United States. American troops occupy Plaza de Armas as the Spanish flag is lowered and the U S flag raised. Generals Wade, Ludlow, and Brooke attend ceremonies. crowds cheer Viva McKinley and Cuba Libre as sovereignty passes.
Reports from Iloilo describe rebels meeting to ratify a plan that natives may land unarmed but resist if armed. Reinforcements arrive from neighboring islands as American troops restlessly watch from a afloat expedition. The Iloilo force includes Battery G Sixth Artillery Eighteenth Regulars and Fifty First Iowa Regiment.
A war investigating commission held a short session devoting to executive business. It published a summary of officers reports to General Miles about beef supplied to soldiers, supporting Miles' denouncement of canned beef. Major Harrison testified that regimental cooks caviled at the ap pearance of beef but the meat was in good condition and canned meat was also edible. Lieutenant General Correa says he wishes to resign as war minister as 5,000 officers returning from the colonies lack coats. Senator Burrows is nominated for reelection by Republicans in Dareing, Michigan. General Gomes refuses to surrender until an independent government is granted, with belief that Gomes’ influence is waning.
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