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Newspaper
Conway Log Cabin
Location
Conway, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1900
Page
3
Railroad timetable lists outbound trains from Conway on the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway. Eastbound No 2H departs at 6 07 a m and No 232 at 6 36 p m. Westbound service details provided by agent I W James.
Repeated town visit mentions. Several residents including Beara, Beryl, Holland, and Little Rock figures travel to Conway onTuesday. Local merchants Paine's J N Simpson & Son and Mrs J W Hicks promote goods from corsets to holiday items with low prices.
Local briefs report Morriston organ contest totals, Conway leads in multiple categories, and Heber benefactor Col. Max Frauenthal praised for philanthropy. Notices cover C N Menty Santa letters, Woodmen of the World elections, and legal outcomes including a Travelers Protective Association suit won by Mrs. Hoss.
A village blacksmith from Grahamsville recalls how Chamberlain's Cough Remedy saved his five year old son from dangerous croup. The father notes the medicine dissolves the tough cough and can be given safely to babies and adults, with no opium or harmful drugs.
Read this notice: a person seeks good mule colts with stable assistance and invites contact with Mr. Walton on Saturdays or other times. Also included is a testimonial about recovering from a sixteen year cough after using Gregory's Healing Oil with two five drop doses in peat spring.
A telegram from Poplar Bluff Missouri to the Chicago Record says the Illinois Central may extend a line from Poplar Bluff to Texas via Arkansas. If built the route would pass near Conway as operating inland near the Iron Mountain is unprofitable. An air line from Poplar Bluff to Texas would run close to Conway west of the Iron Mountain.
Ballard's School House host John Smith of near Quitman visited this week. Eugene Birdwell, here some time, left last week and hoped to go to Oklahoma. O G Moore traveled to Mount Vernon for lumber. No writing school was held as planned. R M Blasingame went to Little Rock with hogs. Dan H Wharton Jr bought a new buggy. Boys hunting rabbits this week. Weather remains pleasant. Thursday, Dec 6, 1900.
W M Hackler made a business trip to Little Rock on Thursday. Edgar Price of Mt Pisgah died of congestion and was buried at Winkler praveyard Thursday. Penson and Caleb Bullion of Otto visited Mr James Bullion’s family. J L Harvill begins improvements at his home. F Martin sold forty acres near Jacksonville road to D G Harrison of Chadwick. Several Chadwick residents returned from a hunting trip near White River. Verge Williams bought the Dillon farm near Clintons road south of Chadwick. Public notice: Faulkner County to hear Cora Harber’s claim at Conway January 19 1901 before H H Myris Register.
A fragment reads MO W TEDFORD T P P GEO H LEE with ties to Little Rock Arkansas, indicating names connected to a local context.
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