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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1899
Page
4
The Mena Star, established 1800, traces its origin to 1884 when praised as a premier Polk County paper by The Stern. This brief note highlights historic branding and regional influence in early Arkansas journalism.
The piece portrays optimistic growth for Mena toward a 10 000 population goal and praises mayoral enforcement of city ordinances. It notes support from Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad in development and mentions anticipated congressional action on currency law. It also comments on Arkansas politics and Jeffersonian dinners as social context.
The city team's efforts improve street cleanliness and enhance the town’s overall appearance, with residents eager to see a tidier, more orderly community through sustained cleaning.
The Kansas City Star criticizes a patchwork sidewalk system while Arkansans comment on local infrastructure and cleanliness as summer approaches. The piece highlights civic duty to repair sidewalks, notes various regional topics, and mentions legal and transportation notes from De Quincy and Pittsburg Junction lines.
Russellville Democrat quotes describe C Holmes of Buffalo New York as a prominent and well informed lithographer, noting their resources and impact. The remark reflects admiration for local expertise and the capacity to realize regional talent.
The Springfield Republican intimates that insurance companies are now in about the same condition that the Republican party has been for many years not in condition to do business in Arkansas.
The Kansas City Journal notes the weather department reports only thirty six snows during the winter. It does not provide figures for last fall or this spring, but the total is not expected to exceed four hundred seventy five.
A Fort Smith wholesaler subscribed 5000 dollars to the railroad bonus, signaling strong local support for the Mansfield and Waldron line. The outlook for construction is most bright as Fort Smith Elevator notes the ventureors’ positive sentiment.
The Arkansas Gazette notes that support for municipal ownership of public utilities is spreading nationwide, not limited to Detroit and Toledo, and especially growing for gas and water supplies.
Ft. Smith Elevator notes a shift from exclusive cotton to diverse crops with emphasis on potatoes and cantaloupes. The message highlights vast opportunities for enterprising farmers and a broad agricultural expansion across Arkansas as a new era begins.
The article notes Winthrop plans a canning factory, with local farmers ready to supply fruit and vegetables. It argues the venture should expand to Mena, praising the area's excellent fruit country and capability to ship produce.
The State Republican of Little Rock hints at politics being set aside and suggests a citizens' ticket with the slogan Turn Arkansas loose could win if the issue were current. The phrase likely means freeing Arkansas from the restraint of anti trust laws now.
The Kansas City Star reports 3000 quarts of champagne for 1800 guests at the Croker Jefferson banquet last night, about a quart and one seventh per person. A counted 1500 guests would yield two quarts per plate, a $7 cost, and $3 for other provisions. Democrats split on money, but free silver and gold bugs may agree on a 1 to 5 spend ratio of solids to liquids.
A Fort Smith Elevator clipping notes Charles E. Tripler of New York City as an inventor or discoverer of a promising new liquid air substance. Arch ie Pea piell of Chicago reportedly produced liquid air months earlier, with supporters urging proper credit. The Healy Ice Company, linked to Mr. Campbell, hosted experiments, and public sentiment favors acknowledging both inventors amid a rush of rapid discoveries.
An early 20th century advertisement promotes a laxative medicine claiming rapid cold relief and money back guarantees. It highlights a tablet format and implies genuine ingredients, using colloquial misspellings to mimic regional sales copy.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch interviews show Roswell Flower Judge Gary and Bryan Kennelly forecasting a nationwide surge in land values. They cite strong demand, rising prices, and shifting investments from stocks to real estate as the century closes. The trend spans across the North South East and West with hotel and railroad activity cited as evidence.
The Arkansas Gazette reports wages rising for 700000 workers in major industries signal improving business conditions. Rising pay boosts purchasing power, boosts demand, and spurs additional production and employment across states.
Paragraph argues that blood ties between royals do not prevent disputes among German Americans and Anglo American factions. Notes that close relatives have fought despite kinship, illustrating the irony of feuding within connected groups. Distills a reflexive view on intra-ethnic disputes in the era.
The Arkansas Gazette discusses a vote of censure against Hon. J. E. Wood for remarks at a Little Rock public meeting. It frames the censure as a blow against free speech and questions the action’s implications for public discourse and accountability.
The constitution guarantees petition and free speech, but the current legislature shows a tendency to ignore them. Within a week the house voted to censure Mr. Woods, acknowledging the action should never have occurred and that free speech must prevail.
Kansas City, Pitts burg and Gulf receivership proceedings move forward with Trimble and Martin traveling to the East. Reports place them in Philadelphia and likely New York as talks of compromise among factions surface. Present receivers enjoy broad support among security holders while state-level action awaits before possible Supreme Court appeal.
Judge D D Hoag of Kansas City Kansas returns from a trip to Mena Arkansas with General Manager Robi Gillham. Hoag holds land investments near Mena and predicts bright prospects for the new city on the Pittsburg Gulf. Fruits in bloom and a bustling town with a new courthouse jail and telephones marked active growth.
The Kansas City Star reports arrangements nearly complete to keep the receivers for the Pittsburg & Gulf in charge. All foreign interests are said to have agreed to the present receivers, potentially leading to the withdrawal of the suit in U S court of Missouri to supersede them.
A vintage advertisement claims giving Scott's Emulsion to a baby nourishes feeding three to four times daily, with rapid digestion benefits and a positive effect on nursing mothers too. The copy notes twenty five years of proven results and lists a dollar price at druggists. Scott & Downe Chemists New York.
Miss Florence Hammersly deputy clerk in Fort Smith visits Mena and offers affectionate impressions of the town. She notes its location, pine hills, healthful air, hopeful residents, and rapid growth with 4 000 people and new homes. She praises notable residences and sees Mena as present and future, with a thoughtful tale of gilded life covering life’s breaks.
A vintage advertisement claims iron nerve and splendid health result from use of Dr Kings New Life pills. It asserts that strong energy comes from a well functioning stomach liver kidneys and bowels and offers the pills for 25 cents at F C Savage’s drug store.
Land for sale or trade, eighty acres, title perfect and unincumbered in Clair County Missouri ten miles from Osceola. Desires sale or trade for property near Mens. For details write or visit at Camp Bell Street Hall addition Mena Arkansas. Also note Jackson Chill Tonle for chills and fever.
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