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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
5
A brief sale notice announces a closing out at cost event for Floss Soapper TM priced at 20 cents. The item is listed for quick sale with emphasis on reduced price and limited stock. No additional details on location or dates were provided in the readable text.
Dallas Doings reports a busy week with visits to Dawson and Ogden, local travel to Minnesota and Madrid, and new work at Huntley and Perry. Notables include Lizzie Dalby at Adel and Lena Allen returning home from the stakes, plus Alfred Chambers enjoying daily city spins.
Harvest ends in Buffalo Grove as A C Ellis completes a large barn and Dick Miller builds a mew house for T J Gilmore. Threshers to hum, cattle and hog buyers frequent the area, with several locals visiting Boone and Perry. A caucus selects delegates and party officials, including Ellis and Carter.
From The News, Dallas County Nominal will begin its 1899 session next work day. Sheriff Joe Payne was at Des Moines, gathering details for county administration and security.
News notes from Adel Iowa include preparations for the Iowa Sheriffs Association annual meeting in September, Joe Selby as president, and a crowd watching dam swimmers nightly. Reports cover a historic corner building torn down for a new bank block, local travels to Dawson and Kansas, farmers heading to Dakota wheat fields, and visits from Perry residents.
Mrs M I Finney and sons visit the country this week. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs William Harvey on Friday July 14. Mrs Nora Baker of Des Moines visits her parents M Lenihan. Mrs A G Dolich ill but improving under Dr Arken. Morton Lyon of Adel visits Daw son and district. A birth to Mr and Mrs H Everhart on Sunday July 16. Will and Jenkin Butler travel through Kansas and the southwest by bicycle. Miss Atha Ridnour returns to Herndon after a week with cousins the Fawley girls. R K and Barry Gingles have sold their Col- restaurant business.
Des Moines Iowa July 25 1899 weather report notes warmer week with minimal rainfall and much sunshine. Baying work finished periods six days ideal for harvesting early grain crops oats near ball sections spring wheat cutting barley in shock yields up. Corn progress good and some fields in fair condition. rain needed soon.
Filipinos arrive in August as Greater America Exposition showcases the Pilipino Village in San Francisco with twelve decorated coaches. Hawaiians and Cubans already present, gates open August 1. Exposition promises animals birds homes from new possessions. grounds praised. Paine’s fireworks and Dan Godfrey’s band noted.
The Dalby coal mine at Angus was sold recently to Geo. M. McKean on whose land the last owner Perry operated. Thomas has placed 15 men under D. F. Davis to clean the shaft and resume coal output next Monday morning. The Dalby coal is praised as the finest at Aurus and more miners will be added to 35 or 39 as cold weather starts.
Cleveland July 27 A council committee patched a tentative agreement between street car company and striking workers and asked for a special meeting to discuss ways to end the distressing dispute. Old committees may be reappointed to pursue completion of the agreement after a failing arbitration.
A boy was wounded last night when a conductor on a near union platform discharged a revolver. The shot struck the boy in the right leg just below the groin. Police have not determined if the firing was intentional or accidental.
July 27 report notes the secretary of agriculture amended free admission regulations into Cuba for 2048 to allow inspection at Cuban ports and admit cattle from other countries on the same terms as the United States. Original grading and fever-immune requirements remain, aiming to limit cattle to American stock.
Multiple listings describe properties for sale or trade. Include five room houses with wells or barns, six room houses, desirable well-located homes, vacant lots near business districts, farm acreage with coal veins, business houses in city limits, and trade offers such as 180 acres in Dakota land for city property. Items show easy or limited down payments, varied terms, and descriptions of features like cisterns windmills and fruit trees.
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