Perry Daily News Miscellany Slice of Town Life
Perry Iowa items recount local ads and notices including photos for Parker family, dentistry by Dr Kellogg, ice cream social at the Christian church, Perry Nov elty works gunsmithing, town arrivals and travel notes, river baptisms, train travel and Republican congressman return, business changes, letters remaining uncalled, new building projects, opera house entertainment, regional wedding and school news, and sports of Leslie Barnard at Panora with Perry ties.
Frank Munn Dead After Chickamauga Death
Telegram reports Frank Munn died at 10 40 this forenoon at Chickamauga. The body will reach Des Moines via the Wabash Sunday morning and Perry may receive it that evening. Perry is asked to share in the sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson & Ferguson's
West Side Triangle
Wilson & Fergnson’s
Dennis Graney
Kern’s
CM. & Si P Ry
Omaha
Loth
Morrison
Dubuque
Frank Bennett
H T. Munn
BE. K. Paine
Chickamauga
Frank Munn
Munn
Chattanooga
Boone Democrat
J G. Little
Perry
Elsie Chandler
Chicago University
Baptist Church
Ed. Jones
New Times
Dallas Center
Des Méines
W. R B. Markley
Council
Des Moines
Wabash
Sick Soldier Boys In Perry After Fevers
Five ill soldiers from Company B arrived in Perry last Friday evening. Fred Griswold Harry Moore Stanley Cooper Chas Mills and Serg J N Fessler suffered fevers. Cooper and Moore are in serious condition with high fevers while Fessler is improving.
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Company B
Perry
Fred Griswold
Harry Moore
Stanley Cooper
Chas. Mills
Serg. J. N. Fessler
Fessler
Cooper
Moore
Public notice on embalming for infected bodies in Iowa
The State Board of Health of Iowa decrees that from September 1 1898 infected bodies may be shipped by rail to a destination only by an embalmer holding a State Board of Health diploma. Wilsons & Friends announce readiness to embalm bodies dead from diseases such as diphtheria scarlet fever leprosy typhoid measles and whooping cough for shipment per law. Penny Iowa.
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State Board of Health of
Iowa
Ouy
State Board of Health
Wilsons & Frienses
Weat Side Triangle
Penny
Rumor Denied on Milwaukee Shop Move to Madrid
Engineer Tom DeLand sought verification after a false report spread about Milwaukee shops and division being moved to Madrid. A letter from Milwaukee system General Manager W. Colaius clarifies no change is contemplated for Perry as a division point.
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Valley Junction
Milwaukee
Madrid
Iits
Ieport
Tom DeLand
Collins
Milwaukee System
Referenco
Big Milwaukee railroad business drives freight and passenger rush
The Milwaukee railroad reports heavy freight from grain fruit and stock with ten more Perry freight crews than in 1892. Passenger traffic soars due to the Omaha exposition, with crowded trains and standing room in demand. Exposition traffic may spur a Manilla local extension to Perry or Marion. The Endeavor society hosts an ice cream social at the new Christian church on Saturday evening.
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Milwaukee
Morrison
Perry
Council Bluffs
Manilla
West End
Marion
The
Endeavor Society of the Christian Church
Letter from Gurd Riffle from Cuba to Father at Home
Gurd Riffle in camp at Point Montauk Long Island writes Aug 25 1898 about service in Cuba noting trenches and casualties near Santiago. He recalls being shot in toe and blanket roll stresses, praises First Cavalry and Rough Riders, describes night attacks and dreads, and mentions upcoming three months pay and health.
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Chas. Riffle
Gurd
Point Montauk
Long Island
Wicof
Cuba
Beil
Santiago
Forse
Des Moines and Omaha Visitors Dominate Local Social Roundup
A flurry of visits fills the week as Des Moines and Omaha guests tour the city. Local residents, including Miss Ada Livingst, Miss Nora Aehlung, and Ada Tubbs, host and hostesses welcome friends, with trips to Omaha for fairs and expositions noted among numerous relatives and civic movers.
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U.S. Wooders
J. BR
BW. Zilley
Omaha
Mass Erama Yeager
Sioux City
Welch of
Herndon
Chas. Lutze
CC Morrison
Adel
de. H. S. Jones
Panoras
Fifty Second Iowa Returns After Camp Thomas
The Fifty Second regiment of Iowa volunteers arrived in Des Moines Tuesday afternoon after serving at Camp Thomas. Most are glad to be home and will receive furloughs of thirty or sixty days before muster out. Three sick men remain in Company B and will likely return home soon.
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Fifty-Second Regiment of
Iowa
Des Moines
Camp Thomas
Conpany
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Ladies of the Christian Church
Ora Williams
City
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Omaha Bee
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Brow
Marie
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Allerton
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Mithe F
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al Powell
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Otley
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Celia
Fannie Eisele
Chicago
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St. Louis
Thetown
C. C. Holly
Congress
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G. H. Fenner
Deadwood
Dakota
Republican Congressional Committee
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A. M. McColl
Woodward
Hall
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Robbie Cardell
Ann Arbor
Ralph Chandler
Jess Resser
Iowa City
Noam Wimmer
Drake
Julia Colvin
Cornell
Mt. Vernon
Leslie Barcard
Bayard
Panora
Ames
Leslie
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Pearl Hughes
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W. H W. Skinger
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H C Flack
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Stuart
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Cedar Falls
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Didds
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CG. E. Walker
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Hanner Boys
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