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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1898
Page
5
Report on Tabernacle meetings shows large crowds despite weather with three services last Sunday. Men and women gathered at different venues for sermons by Mr Sundays and Mr Oliver, with fasting and prayer held Wednesday and about eighteen prayer meetings across town.
Perry Advertiser serves as the city official paper, with Sam E. and Frank M. Carrell leading as publishers.
Friday notices from a small town record a mix of business ads, personal updates, and community happenings. Editors note wedding greetings, political calls, and local trades from Dr Kellogg to a Davis County reporter, with farm loans, auctions, and a council race looming.
Maupin, formerly of Perry, now associate editor of the Omaha World Herald, debuts as a lecturer titled Maupin the poet lecturer and journalist. He gave a well received talk in Omaha on The Literature of the Bible Its Wit and Its Slamor at Grant Street Christian Church and begins a Nebraska lecturing tour this week.
The item lists ads for Bailey and Robinson clothing S Henness Co general merchandise Draper and Loughlin drugs Wild and Ball shoes Wilson and Ferguson furniture plus social notes. Mrs Perry Williams visited Des Moines and Mrs W L Knowles visited near Bagley. J B Green and H C Graves visited Perry to hear evangelist Will Sunday. A Woods family appears as witnesses before a grand jury in a gambling case at Adel. Elinor Gordon of Iowa City will lecture on Quo Vadis at Peoples Church. Evangelical activity and social events are described with a quiet tone. The school board met with WW Nickels sworn in as director and JT Davis reelected president. Dr M G Sloan Prof W A Monroe and J G Stanley discussed Gregg fund support for normal schools in Perry and Dexter to aid Dallas county teachers. An application to court for land disposition is mentioned. A classified “trustworthy and active” ad for 30 traveler positions is included from Chicago.
A veteran engineer recalls a warm start in Marion and a sharp wind shift near Rhodes, noting a late night dash to Madrid for water. The piece also reports on a Y M C A lecture at the M E church by John Jay Lewis, praising the course for improving town culture and earning public support for future sessions.
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