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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1898
Page
3
A compact bazaar listing items such as a large dish pan coffee set a wash basin pudding fan frying pan Berlin kettle preserve kettle and soup ladle with assorted old price tags and coded marks suggesting sale pricing and stock.
Rain floods tents at Camp Thomas near Chickamauga Creek as the Fifty second Maine unit camps face drainage fixes and a harsh water supply while parading and cheering to tunes like Diane and America The new Fifty second band and Lt Ed Brown report rations including bread vegetables and meat with 52 2 18 ounce loaves per day and 1250 pounds meat per 1000 men.
A June afternoon tea at Mrs. Levit Bulkley’s Otley Avenue home featured smilax and carnations to beat the heat with a luncheon for twenty four. Guests included numerous local ladies and Miss Jessie Edquist played piano. Another Coon River picnic honored Moss Amy Blapchard of Adel with lawns lit by Japanese lanterns and a birthday celebration for Pearl and Rae. The Junior Endeavor Society hosted a church lawn gathering with ice cream and cake. Mrs. P C Rude hosted a social for Clare Winkler and M Stetson of Chicago with souvenir booklets and a tea luncheon marked by June roses and elegant tables.
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