Election slate lists local candidates for April 2 1901
Voters are presented with the ballot for the April 2 1901 election featuring Meyer H A Bolton for mayor or similar post and W H Martin for Recorder. Aldermen candidates include W W Martin G D Dickerson Sam Frauenthal W D Cole Jr and Dd 1 Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
H. A. Bolton
Recorder
W. H. Martin
W. W. Martin
G. D. Dickerson
Sam Frauenthal
W. D. Cole, JR
1. Young
Local Notes from Vilonia and Conway Area
Local notes report business updates from Menty and Paine & Co, calls for events and meetings, and personal items. Items include Kupion Oil ads, visits from D L Paisley and Mrs Knowlton, millinery by Miss Birdie OConnor, and a Confederate Veterans meeting in Conway. Deaths and illnesses in Vilonia are noted, with community updates and upcoming sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Bros
Leo Schwarz
St. Louis
C. N. Menty & Co
Esc. H. H. Probst
Conway
Atic
Temp
Fry
J. E. Martins & Co
Village Life Notes from Vilonia March 16
Vilonia appears as a thriving village with a busy mill and Davis as a prominent miller. Oscar Simpson runs the only drug store. his marriage to Dora Gray was held at the bride’s home on March 3. The holiness school reports 46 pupils enrolled and 30 in daily attendance with 4 new students this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilonia
Davis
Oscar Simpson
Simpson
Dora Gray
Dora
Holiness School
Holiness Brethren
J. F. Montgomery
Holiness
Burglar Shot During Attempted Cashman Store Raid
George Littel, a negro burglar, was shot in the back by Cushman Supply Co. superintendent W H Denison about 11 PM Friday as he tried to flee after breaking into the lower room. The wound is painful but not fatal. The affair involved officers locating loot near the burglar’s home and Dr Evans treating the wound. Litle, once in Dr Evans’s employ, had recently stolen from Allie Steele. Sheriff Hindle filed the suspect and jail time awaited court. The report notes Denison is son of Rev J M Denison. Also announces G A R encampment in Hot Springs March 29-30 1901 with round trip tickets available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Littlen
Cushman Supply Co
W. H. Denison
Mr. Dennison
Messrs
Allie Steele
Charley Padgett
Steele
Padgett
Mr. Denison
Dr. Evans
Cushman
Des Are
Darkey
Litle
Hindle
Batesville
J. M. Denison
United Confederate Veterans to Memphis Reunion Tickets
United Confederate Veterans convenes in Memphis Tennessee from May 25 to 30 for its eleventh annual reunion. Round trip from Conway is 3.80 dollars with tickets on sale May 27 to 30. Return validity until June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Confederate Veterans
Memphis
Tenn
Conway
For Sale Three Steam Engines and Machines at Conway Ark
Bargain on terms to suit the purchaser. Three steam engines in good condition two are 20 HP and one 25 HP Also one Kingsland and Douglass sawing machine and a first class wood lathe Call on H I Tompson at Conway Arkansas for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsland & Douglass
Conway
Ark
Mother's Friend promotes easier pregnancy during childbirth
Advertorial claims a topical liniment eases pregnancy discomforts and childbirth without internal use. A hotel proprietor in Tampa praises his wife’s easier second birth, and the ad urges obtaining Mother's Friend at drugstores for $1 a bottle from The Bradfield Regulator Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Ten Lives Lost in the Storm of the Ninth
A storm on the ninth caused ten fatalities listed by name and location. Mrs. Gus Rufe Hammer, John Turner a boy from Pine Prairie, J A Wooley Newcastle, Pinkey Watson colored, an infant Becks, Mollie Davis Rockhill, Olivier Roberts 13 Rockhill, Chas Dowling near Paragould, John Fitzgerald Booneville, a colored boy Dreams at Carson Lake drowned in a swollen creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Rufe
Hammer
John Turner
Pine Prairie
J. A. Wooley
Newcastle
Pinkey Watson
Becks
Mollie Davis
Rockhill
Olivier Roberts
Chas. Dowling
Paragould
John Fitzgerald
Booneville
Dreams
Carson Lake
Railroad Men Told To Buy Homes At Hot Springs
A movement to buy homes at Hot Springs for railroad workers is reported. The Missouri Pacific and related lines held a stockholders meeting in St Louis electing directors including Geo J Gould Russell Sage and Frank Jay Gould with proxies representing eighty percent of Missouri Pacific shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Hsiang
Prince Tuan
Russia
China
Moulton
Ala
Bud Davis
Cuba
Oo Oils
War Department
Congress
Department
Russell Sage
John T. Terry
R. M. Galloway
Howard Gould
Frank Jay Gould
Caoba
Missouri Pacific-Tron Mountain Railroad Companies
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Iron Mountain Company
St. Louis, Tron Mountain & Southern
Geo. J. Gould
G. C. W. Lowrey
Turbulent mix of corporate changes and foreign policy notes
The report details changes in Tron Mountain directors with Thos T Eckert replacing Rufus J Lackland and cites a 1900 net earnings increase of 2 431 495. It notes Britain’s refusal to amend the Hay Pancofta treaty, delaying Isthmian canal construction. A Chicago laundry boiler explosion killed several and injured many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago
Frank Uatneman
Martha Jacobi
Bessie Kusaba
Kate Voss
Catherine Kelly
George Piehl
Emma Soebruski
Minnie Olsen
Bolton and Rice Attorneys at Law Open Offices
A. B. Bolton attorney operates from the Post office area with G. W. Rice offering practice across all courts. Office location listed as Philips building on Front Street. Notary Public services available at Martin and Harton Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kk. A. Bolton
G. W. Rice
Philips Building
Front St
Martin & Harton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Menty
D. Ll. Paisley
Little Rock
E. Ll. Knowlton
Paine & Co
Elgin
B. L. Farrow
E. A. Bolton
Meridian
Miss
J. W. Akin
E. Martin & Co
G. W. Donaghey
Texas
Birdie O’connor
J. E. Martin & Co
J. BK. Martin & Co
Archdeacon Rhames
Old Methodist
Guild
G. W. Cato
Linder
Frank
Nashville
Dors
Boschee
Ballard School
John Dallas
Ebenezer
John McKinney
Sharon
W. A. Snow
Warsaw
J. H. Lee
Early Ford
Ryebert Roberts
Joe Robins
Lonoke County
Mrs. Blasingame
Tennessee
Cole
Hastiag
Robert Wilkerson
Rooker
Henry Langford
Edgar Langford
Rence Son
H. Cady CO
Providence
Worcester
C.m.armistead
Gheap Store
Profis
Sam Sarason
Bates
Arkansas
Root
J. W. Jamis
H. I. Tompson
Conway Electric Light CO
THE
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta, Ga
News OF the World
Quaker Valley Merc. Co
Morgan and Harrison Sts
P. S
Drugeista
Patuca Plantation Company
Patuca Valley
Honduras
Terwis
Matioa Plantation Company
Markey
Biucn Plantation Company
Mercantile Agency
Cleveland
Ohio
Huthling
Philadelphia
Electric Improvement District
Ayootsan
Khoetch
Altien
Tan Collinctor
Kowlkner County
Cadron Township
Pebreary
al Conway
Samme
Hien Pack Som
Faulkner
Sam Frasenthal
J. A. Pence
North Front St. Conway, Ark
MO. T. Young
B. L. Harton
Ervin Linco
Couway, Ark
John Hess
DR. C.J, Hamilton
Kinchelor
DR. C. J, Hamilton
Conway Telephone Co
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Mobile
Wichita
Ft. Smith
Kansas
Pueblo
Denver
St, Lous
Galveston
Townsend
Ticket Agt
Mexico
J. W. James
WaHekes Worth
H. A. Shinn
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