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Newspaper
Conway Log Cabin
Location
Conway, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1900
Page
3
Train times listed for the Little Rock and Fort Smith route with station notes and agent I W Jaw. A timetable fragment shows a 32 p.m. gate and service details.
Local notes list visits by W. N. Owen E A Bolton R B Sims Dr. George Harrod and others in Conway Morrilton and Little Rock. Advertisements promote jeans caps corsets and dry goods from J N Simpson Son and Mrs J W Hicks. Births and deaths noted with child born to J M Courtney and death of Henry Reeves.
Tickets offered for various Arkansas events with one fare return options. Grand Lodge meeting in Little Rock Nov 19 23 1900, sale Nov 17 19, final return Nov 24. Arkansas State Baptist Convention Hope sale dates Nov 14 15 16 18, final return Nov 20. Ft Smith conference Iron Mountain certificate plan one third sales Nov 8 14, certificates by Nov 23. Little Rock Hot Springs conference sale Nov 19 22 final return Nov 27.
Mr E L Phipps of Poteau Ark praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing bloody flux swiftly. The remedy earns favorable opinions and quick results in severe cases, sold by W H Martin & Co.
A Phillips of Company M 33d Infantry writes from the Philippines to his sister Mrs Cochran of Hot Springs. He says peace seems unlikely and that conditions on the island contradict newspaper reports of peace.
A Mormon elder met a farmer’s wife in Benton County who hosted him for the night. He later claimed Jesus appeared and instructed him to marry her, prompting her to reply that the Lord ordered her to beat him with a chair. she nearly acted on the command.
Henry Plank, likely the last ante bellum White river steamboat pilot, died at Little Rock. Forty years ago he ranked among the best pilots on the Memphis and White river trade. Four smallpox cases were reported at Pine Bluff, all of whom were colored.
Grand Master Harry H Meyers calls an emergent session of the Arkansas Masons at the Masonic Temple Little Rock on November 27 1900 at noon to lay the state capitol cornerstone. Railroads offer reduced fares for attendees as the event is billed a notable state occasion.
Murphy and Mehaffey of Little Rock sue the Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Co for 50 000 damages. Hon John E Bradley a Fort Smith lawyer sues after being ejected from a train for refusing to pay a 50 cent bridge toll at the Mississippi River crossing in Memphis, challenging the companys authority under federal charter terms.
The sixth Epworth League convention of the Fort Smith district Arkansas conference M E Church South met in Rogers and elected officers for Bentonville 1901 with Miss Lora Hall as president Frank Harrison first vice Dora Selvy second vice Mr Miller third vice Rev Whitman fourth vice Miss Steele secretary Miss Edith Cogswell junior superintendent and executives Mrs Frank Burnham Fred Bartell C V Lyon along with program committee Dr Mason of Siloam Springs and C H Cotsworth of Bentonville.
A two year old boy of Mr and Mrs J E Clarkson Batesville fell from the second story of his home and escaped injury. A few years ago a child of T E Morris fell from the same window and was instantly killed.
Reverend Lawrence Smythe pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Smith and rural dean of the Fort Smith district died at 76. He had been healthy until six months ago and had served over forty years in Fort Smith, beloved by locals. The report also notes the death of George McGraw, a farmer from Arkansas County, from wounds caused by an assassin two months earlier, with two African Americans jailed for the killing.
Businessmen in Little Rock make elaborate plans to welcome visitors for the cornerstone laying of the new state capitol building on the 27th.
DeQueen plans electric lights after the city council granted a charter to eastern capitalists, signaling upcoming illumination for the town.
Gov Jones proclaims November 12 as Arbor Day after urging from citizens and the Arkansas Federation of Women’s Clubs. The day honors forestry and tree culture, urging planting and cultivation to beautify grounds and sustain forests for industrial use.
Public health warning against mercurial catarrh remedies urging use only of reputable medicines. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo noting mercury free formula and internal action. Advertisement claims authenticity and price 75 cents per bottle.
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