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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1898
Page
5
Community notices include candidates for Sheriff and Assessor in Sere County, plus local moves, marriages, club meetings, and business changes. Reports detail job shifts, new buildings, a library gift, millinery openings, a hotel reopens, and religious services scheduled for April.
Judge Stinnett orders a county seat relocation election from Dallas to Mena set for June 25 after petitions bearing 951 names. court had reviewed petitions and bond. Local events include a female minstrel show at the opera house and fruit tree planting on Stilwell farms in De Queen Janssen and Mena with 12 000 trees.
The post office has grown to an international money order office serving foreign countries. In the first year since its U S status, 4 000 money orders have been issued, reflecting strong business for a town barely eighteen months old.
The letter from L C Walters notes a Denmark cow in Polk County as a grand mother at three years nine months and eleven days, never dry since first calf. Also announced are commemorative medals for the Trans Mississippian exposition, with obverse portraits of prominent western women and a reverse buffalo hunt scene, produced in various metals and limited by demand.
Mark Whayne and his full ticket swept the vote in yesterday’s city election with 218 ballots cast for mayor and the Democratic ticket averaging 124 votes per position. The gathering remained quiet as a large voter base was ineligible or absent.
In a Bryan discussion in Cameron Nebraska two women compare his faith and church plans. A Baptist warns he may seek immersion, but the Presbyterian friend doubts he will join with fear of public immersion. The exchange reflects local talk on Mr Bryan's religious affiliation.
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