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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1899
Page
7
City officials met to discuss the Triangle property deed and the proposed building project amid routine business. The council granted O A Knell permission to use city property for a fire department event and approved street use for a fire department tourney.
The report notes forthcoming events in Des Moines with a pow wow and a degree ceremony. It mentions the Women's Relief Corps social at the Grand Army Hall, addresses by Comrade Ja. Stuckey, and a celebration lasting late into the night. Donations and social programs are highlighted.
Local column notes Mary LaBarr sues Tolman Wiltsey for 10000 damages over the alleged seduction of her 13 year old daughter Ethel. Other items include marriages, visitors, sick lists, moving reports, a farewell sermon for March 12, and elected school directors. Community updates from Fairview cover illness, visits, moving, and church meetings.
Miss Nunnis Jones closes a successful winter term of school at Strawberry Bas with an interesting program and sumptuous dinner. The event leaves pupils and patrons with pleasant memories. Mrs R A L Hill arrives from Perry to find the Hill family struck by grippe, but improving thanks to nurse Miss Goats’s aid.
The Cary Safe Co. touts long standing status as a major producer of proof safes. Read testimonials claim safes withstood fires, preserving books and papers. The firm promotes earnings with contracts to the red States and offers exchanges or upgrades, plus low Northwest transit rates and a March travel sale with Geo. Ucatou of Pony, Iowa for details.
Fragmentary advertisement text urges readers to invite patronage and invest in spring goods. It mentions selling items to benefit both speaker and audience, with emphasis on truth and mutual benefit, though many words are garbled.
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