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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1898
Page
3
A jumble of verse and notices, including a misdated poem about Mistah Winter and a nonsensical warning about snow, followed by ads and notices for patent medicine, a teachers association program for 1899, pneumonia cautions, a spoon offer for Star subscribers, a Roosevelt club note, and local real estate listings. The items mix literary verse with medical ads and local notices, reflecting a late 19th century newspaper page.
A Rocky region note describes abundant game including three bears brought in by hunter B Connally, warns against low timber prices as sawmills cut pine, and urges timber to be held for better value as December 1898 obituaries record the death of John R Beaston near Mena. A brief cough cure ad promotes One Minute Cough Cure from Pipkin and Hanes and Lloyd's Hardware Store touts St Louis price levels.
An open letter from the Mena Jewelry Store declares a commitment to stay in Mena and offers watch work jewelry repair and sales. It invites local objections with reasons and promotes a broad stock including watches clocks jewelry silverware spectacles and other articles. The note foreshadows Xmas goods promised by Santa Claus and urges readers to visit for gifts or custom requests.
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