Bank Report Details Ongoing Services and Loans
A general banking business is described with farm loans negotiated and collections made. Interest is paid on time deposits, reflecting standard operations and financial activity.
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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1898
Page
2
A general banking business is described with farm loans negotiated and collections made. Interest is paid on time deposits, reflecting standard operations and financial activity.
The Des Moines region reports Betsy Smith’s murder retrial underway amid other Iowa updates. Major Wemple’s health worsens. Cass County delegates head to the Ninth congressional Republican convention. Des Moines orders Iowa Telephone Co. to quit without franchise. Governor Shaw appoints W Babb as state university regent. The Fifty first Iowa volunteers sail for the Philippines from San Francisco. Several accidental deaths occur across the state including a boy's fatal fall near Des Moines and a wagon accident near Dubuque. Des Moines hosts Masonic grand lodge elections and Gaft details.
The Merrimac mission led by Lt. Hobson and crew, including Daniel Montague and Oscar Deirman, breached the Morro battery defenses to force the Spanish squadron from harbor. Despite heavy fire, the American launch withdrew after sinking the collier and sealing the harbor entrance.
The article reports a dispute involving the United States, Governor Macias and Consul Ganna over San Juan harbor information leaks. A secretary of the salute is banished after mistreatment by the San Juan consul general Crawford. The dispatch claims serious international tensions may follow the affair with Betts and others implicated.
A July dispatch recalls the chase and surrender of the Terror near a harbor at Santo Domingo. Oregon fired a heavy shell during a nighttime blockade run while searchlights swept the scene. Prisoners from the Merrimac were reported in good health under Spanish officer supervision.
Loxrpes reports that ambassador Jane W prepared at One Force a protest to Spanish officials alleging Canada as a base of operations and protesting a continuance of a condition breach of neutrality. He also called attention to small exports from Great Britain of war munitions for Spain.
Wilshmeton correspondent reports 7,000 new troops sail from Tampa under General Greeley. Infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and signals form a large force to land near Santiago by Friday night or Saturday. Ships Indiana Tielena Dancroft carry Gen Shafter’s command with plans for a landing and flag over Cuba by Sunday.
Washington report says the year will close with U S manufactured goods totaling record levels. First time exports exceed imports in the fiscal year as $10,000,000 plus surplus grows. Imports of manufactured articles still exceed exports by a large margin but the gap narrows amid rising world demand.
June 7 dispatches from Washington outline Admiral Dewey gaining control in the Philippines with insurgent support, capturing officers and 1,800 troops as transports arrive. The Madrid and London press weigh implications, while金融 the Reina Mercedes casualty figures and naval losses are reported. Senator William A. Taft wins the prohibition party nomination for governor in Kansas.
Dispatches describe a cable rupture severing Cuban links to Washington while U S forces bombard Santiago. Insurgents and Spanish combat daily as insurgents land supplies and labor to establish a base. Food shortages rise and troops face near starvation as Sampson says bombardment cleared the way for troops.
Five American warships bombarded the shore defenses at Guantanamo Bay on a Tuesday dawn. Spanish artillery answered briefly before the fleet’s continuous fire forced Spanish troops to retreat from Caimarera to the town, with heavy destruction reported along the fortifications. June.
A June 9 disputed dispatch from Hong Kong claims Manila has fallen and is now occupied by Philippine insurgents led by a rebel junta. The report states the Spanish garrison at Manila yielded after obstinate resistance, with insurgents jubilant over their advance and prisoners being taken.
Fragmentary text references June deadlines, marines, and a steamer Ianther sailing west. Mentions body Sampson and a landing near a coast base to support operations. Officers reportedly oppose actions in Washington, with hints of a foothold near an area named ei.
Private advices from Carlos VI indicate a slow privateer readying Pelayo and its auxi taries for service while a small Spanish force remains in Santiago. Reports allege 50 000 soldiers are not present, only about 6 000, poorly fed and disheartened by anarchist activity. A U S letter accuses the United States of violating international law by seizing ships before war and flying a Spanish flag. General Fitzhugh Lee promotes Russell G Harrison and Hobart U Harrison aides. Shen Si poised to become capital over Pekin as China contemplates capital changes.
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