Conway News Briefs Highlight Local Visitors and Trades
Conway notes list visitors from Harrison Harrison Arkansas and Mt Vernon and Enola and California township. Local merchants Paine Co advertise groceries hams and cakes. Prominent residents J G B Simms, J Roden, J F Cox appear in town reports amid calls for cook wood and heating stove wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Brown
Little Rock
A. J. Witt
Armistead’s
F. M. Dowdy
Holland
Tom Rogers
Bristol
Wallace Graddy
Beryl
B. F. Reddick
C. K. Sherrin
Harrison, Ark
J. A. Reedy
Enola
Dan Stewart
Mt. Vernon
S. E. Anderson
Jonesboro
R. K. Wilkerson
Col
J. G. B. Simms
Dr. Teas
Plummerville
Robert Naylor
Cascade
Conway
Paine & Co
John Gentry
California Township
Paine’s
William Brady
Newton Township
Thomas Lyons
Republican
Ely R. Lee
van Buren County
I. B. Griffing
Miss Lula
Lettie Kelsey
Hamlet
California
Paine's
Charley Wright
Fl Paso
Excelsior
W. A. Ray
W. O. Rowlett
James Gentry
Guy
Conway notices and ads mix on Oak Street improvements
Philip Yeager improves his West Oak property. Lachowsky Debons offer air tight stoves and heating heaters. J T Akines opens a new Oak street meat market. Local ads promote hats, book publishers, cures, and an Opera House event. Community news covers arrests, school issues, weather, and local commerce in Conway Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Yeager
West Oak Street
Lachowsky & Debons
Shepard's
J. T. Akines
Oak Street
Conway
T. L. Cox, Sr
T. L. Cox, Jr
M. C. Brennan
George Shaw
Clinton
Hendrix College dedicates third Academy as Conway enters conference year
Arkansas Methodist notes Dr. A C Millar's confident outlook after the Hendrix College dedication of the third Academy. Conway city council considers buying the electric light plant with a committee to negotiate. Local ad column lists Chamberlains remedy and property for sale in Conway. Cotton markets and goods available from J E Martin Co. Agricultural ads mention steam engines and a saw rig for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Millar
Hendrix College
Hendrix
Arkansas Methodist
Conway
W. B. Wilson
Jno
Centerville
Iowa
Chamberlain
W. H. Martin & Co
Kingsland & Douglass
Ark
Mother's Friend Ad Promises Pain-Free Childbirth
An 19th century ad extols Mother's Friend as a liniment rubbed on the abdomen to ease labor. It claims external use prevents internal remedies and reduces anguish for expectant mothers, stressing it should never be taken internally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam
Residence for Rent Near Hendrix College
A good residence near Hendrix College is for rent. Apply to J. W. Underhill. The text notes dietary fats and praises cod liver oil in Scott's Emulsion as easily digested and beneficial for nerve brain and digestive power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrix College
J. W. Underhill
Scott
Multiple Crises Reported Across Nation and Localities
Reports cover a Poughkeepsie asylum riot injuring several keepers, a protest by the Illinois Women’s Federation against excluding colored clubs, a Chicago man’s suicide witnessed by his wife, a currency report noting bank deposit growth and a law change, education statistics for 1898 99, a Kentucky Philpot-Davidson feud battle with deaths, and the death of Kang Yi with Yu Hsein’s self-inflicted demise in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Illinois Women’s Federation
National Federation
John Pfeiffer
Chicago
Pfeitzer
Comptroller of the Currency
United States Commissioner of Education
Clay County
Kentucky
Philpots
Davidsons
Washington
Kang Yi
Yu Hsein
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tee Ie Shepard
Tinners
Sheet Iron Workers
J. W. James
G. O. Agee
D. H. Colquette
J. W. Hicks
Faulkner County
George Balmat
John Hiett
B. A. Arthur
Clifton Township
Joe Roden
J. F. Cox
Eagle Township
Henry Sanders
City
Esquire Kinby
L. A. Patton
Wooster
John Vaughn
Palarm Township
W. T. Johnson
W. T. Johnson, Jr
Saltillo
Nora Langford
Ellen Graham
Naylor
Julius Favre
John Haas
J. E. Martin & Co
James A. Teague
Otto
Arkansas School For the Blind
A. C. Hovis
G. D. Dickerson
W. D. Laney
Arkansas
Ft. Smith
John Holland
Spencer Street
Earth
Frauenthal & Schwarz
W. B. Thomas
Quitman
Underhill House
North Front Street
Telep
Fraventhal & Schwarz
Leo Schwarz
Stift-Florshheim
H. EF. Cureton
Springfield
Mode Tyler
W. B. Mills, Jr
R. B. Phillips
V. Yeager
Martin
Anti-Saloon League
McKinley
Balmat
C. C. Jones
W. H. Martin
Mary Riley
Central College
Aylmer Flenniken
Union County
Hope
Riley
Prof. Riley
Central
Gregory
C. H. Gregory
Errik Lixcoun
Couway, Ark
New Methodist Church
H. A. Knowlton
W. Tgth Street
J. EK. Martin& Co
Rock-a-Bye
Tampa
Fla
Era Regulator CO
Caspar Dam
City Bakery
Criterion Publication Co
21St St
H. A. Shinn
Chas. L. Pettis
Duane Street
New York
Bank of
G. Smith
W.W. Manttin
W. P. I. H. Pvin
E. W. Gantt
Conway, Ark
William HeEss
Remick
Havana Medicine Co
Olive Street
Louis
A. H. White & Co
Sam Frauenthal
Bolton & Young, Attorneys-at-Law
Postoffic
G. W. Rice
Philips Building
Front St
J. A. Pence
North Front St
John Hess
C.J. Hamilton
Kinchelor
C. J. Hamilton
The
Conway Telephone Co
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Mobile
Wichita
Kansas
Cy. Pueblo
Denver
Memphis
St. Louis
Galveston
Honoeress
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