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Newspaper
Conway Log Cabin
Location
Conway, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1901
Page
2
Conway Log Cabin is published by J W Underhill and Mrs J W Underhill through The Conway Printing Co printer and publisher. Subscription price is $1 a year.
A public opinion piece discusses opposition to a costly Arkansas Capitol project citing the architect’s large fee and alleged lobbies. It urges dismissal of the architect and calls for fair spending. The item also reports a pistol duel in Conway County leaving three wounded in a drunken dispute.
Col. J. G. B. Simms promotes bringing branches of state charities to Conway as a path to greater prosperity. He says inducements could be offered and that the town’s people are capable of securing the institutions by making the best offers.
Conway organizes a commercial league this week to keep a constant watch for opportunities benefiting the city. The body seeks broad citizen support and can propel Conway to a first class city or let progress stall.
The text argues that spending on good roads yields returns through farmer benefits like better hauling capacity and longer lasting wagons and teams, plus merchants and county growth from increased business. It links road investment to local economic gains and longer usage life of transport means.
The piece protests state spending and urges action by lawmakers amid roads funding debate. It notes a $36 000 cut from a $50 000 architect appropriation and calls for road improvements. It also mentions Justice Marshall and the Frisco extension in Conway context.
A Frisco railroad survey team under A L Phillips, which began near Frisco in January, returned from Harrison Arkansas last Saturday. They met a second survey group and discussed routing from Quitman to Little Rock and possible lease moves. Observers suggest a Chadwick Missouri to Conway route may connect Little Rock to St Louis, signaling active enterprise.
January 28 Senate debates repeal of county uniform text book act and approves measures on state taxes for franchises and a new state chemist. House amends venue changes and restricts primary voting. January 30 Senate passes franchise tax plan and anti trust bill while House acts on liquor sales and Vicksburg siege commission.
A Mexican war veteran and editor urges use of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to restore his pension increase after Mexican diarrhoea in 1847 and 1848. He claims the medicine provides quick relief and is safe to take, with W. H. Martin & Co. selling it.
The mothers favorite remedy claims to be safe for children and cures coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It contains no opium or injurious drugs and is offered by W H Martin & Co with a note about subscriptions.
The legislature considers numerous measures. Debates on insurance, negligence, and corporate liability shape the session while a 2 cent railroad fare proposal passes third reading. A joint resolution to alter term lengths fails, and street paving and state house finances draw attention as Helena hosts Judge Trieber's banquet.
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