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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1898
Page
5
Small town record item lists Parker offering baby photos and elegant cards, local businesses promoting shoes and dry goods, political speech by A B Cummins, and social notes from Des Moines and Omaha visitors. Mentions of fall shoe ads, church exchange, travel tickets to Omaha, and local fairs with prizes and cattle sales.
A jumble of local notices and society items from Adel Iowa includes visits by residents to Redfield and Madison, a cloak sale, church arrangements for winter, alumni and fraternal society notes, and reports on attending grand lodge and Maccabees events. The city hosts church relocation to the People’s church for winter, visits from Kansas and Wisconsin travelers, and updates on local officials and parade of veterans returning from campaigns.
Perry will welcome a peerless opera company that has long delighted locals. More than forty prominent citizens have pledged the needed funds, ensuring their arrival though exact date remains unsettled. The troupe recalls a tragic past rail accident in which several members perished, yet the current organization is expected to be warmly received.
Stephen Harris, as attorney for Jesse Skinner of Colfax township, petitions for a $1009 judgment against Maude Parrett. He alleges he courted and won her affections last February and that the engagement was broken, causing him harm of body or soul. The suit was filed Monday in Adel News.
Beavyer in Line reports old time miscuristy among Beaver township Republicans as Whig caucus nominations lead to a, harmonious outcome and a joint ticket favored. A dissolution notice states all firm debts payable at 5 percent, with farm loan terms. Town letters list includes Maggie Bryan, Dr. Elliott, Mrs Reed, Mary Larson, Norman Osivalg, Mattie Reed, and others for the week ending August 1, 1898.
Local notice offers money to loan on improved farms at five percent annual interest. Optional payments allowed on any payment day. For details contact J W Russert & Co in Adel, Iowa.
The article notes ongoing classes for children and an active elder girls program to start next week. Shorthand and stenography see rising demand, with calls for help to join the work. Mentioned are the town’s improving winter term plans and a theater performance drawing crowds in Springfield. A job ad seeks trustworthy county managers with home-based office work and monthly pay.
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