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Newspaper
Fort Smith Elevator
Location
Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1890
Page
4
A struggling Arkansas family faces poverty and the threat of losing their farm. Mrs Budd sells a clock to fund Patty’s schooling, and Patty graduates with honors. Years later the recovered farm is bought back, credited to Patty’s education and her mother's sacrifice.
Frieco Line announces Fort Smith arrivals and departures with connections across Texas Oklahoma and the West. Train No 2 links St Louis and East and Southeast, while No 4 connects Currten Kansas to multiple western states and offers Pelhman Sleepers to San Diego via Albuquerque and Los Angeles. CHAS HALL, agent, Fort Smith Arkansas.
An old testimonial from Rev FF Shrour of Blue Mound Kansas claims Dr King s New Discovery cured his lung disease after five bottles. A parishioner writes of dramatic weight change and improved health. Free trials at W H Cole s Drug Store with regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
In a rural England village a couple debated marriage by banns. The man claimed he would not wed but the woman proposed publishing the banns to test public opinion. At the wedding oath both said I will, then the man angrily protested and she confessed she had changed her mind.
Dr. A. T. Doll of North English Iowa since 1883 reports he often prescribes Chamberlains Colic Caetera and Diarrhoea Remedy because he knows it reliable for patients. For sale by all druggists.
A garbled dialogue shows Goat McCorkle, the new real estate assessor, arguing with Misthar O'Toole over a proposed twenty dollar valuation for premises. O'Toole disputes the assessor's authority while McCorkle insists on impartial appraisal amid contested property boundaries and duties.
A Washington Star report recalls a West state gallery observer noting Senator Ingalls looked thinner and sharper in a long session. The anecdote includes a quarrel between two negro men and a vivid depiction of events surrounding era figures and local memory.
An apparent con artist posing as a starving wanderer surfaces as a passerby intervenes. The traveler confronts the beggar who boasts of faking despair for money, then extorts a dollar. The con is halted when the traveler promises aid only after exposing the scheme, and the tramp leaves whistling.
A scrambled fragment shows a boy tumbling into the street after a tumble down stairs. A scooter protests the danger and calls for the boy to return, while others mock and taunt. The text is garbled with unclear dialogue and misread names.
A rustic scene from a Fort Smith area publication describes a bank cashier humorously handling deposit withdrawals and forged, misread names. It recounts a depositor needing funds, a friend’s signed order, and a spelling mix up leading to a mistaken payee. The piece also advertises Plantation Chill Cure and local wholesale agents Fort Smith and Jenny Lind.
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