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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1898
Page
4
The report notes high optimism for Mena Arkansas, with imminent start of the new courthouse and jail, strong fruit crops expected in 1899, and a demand for rental housing. Townsite Agent Landes says six more houses could be rented now. Local business men report very satisfactory trade, with several doubling expected sales for the year.
The horticultural society urges all fruit and vegetable growers to attend Saturdays January 7 meeting. Attendees should participate in deliberations and prepare to work together for the coming season to gain the best advantage.
The Texas Supreme Court overruled the motion for a new hearing in the Port Arthur canal case. Residents along the lower road celebrate as work to resume and complete the canal that connects Port Arthur to deep water is expected shortly.
The letter thanks readers for support of the 12 page Christmas Star and promises further improvements each year. It expresses holiday wishes and a prosperous new year to subscribers and supporters.
A fragmentary opinion piece argues the Merrimac was a worthless old hulk sunk to cover a theft and questions Hobson's hero status while acknowledging brave acts. It critiques public sentiment and the portrayal of war heroes amid controversy.
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Day and Whitelaw Reid would receive at least 100000 each for Paris peace commission work while James Bassett Moore would gain 50000. Senators Davis Pryce and Gray face only expenses plus salary. The letter denounces such pay as boodling and urges public outrage, noting later that no such fees will be paid.
The Mena townsite company deeded 2 percent of selling prices for school and park funds, with 1 percent to schools and 1 percent to street and park improvements. The school board backs a test suit to enforce payment, while the city council supports cooperation and a final Supreme Court decision. Many properties sold by others may owe the tax, now a lien if unpaid.
The Port Arthur Newsman ends its Pittsburg and Gulf railroad account by noting New York influence along the route from Kansas City to Port Arthur. The piece implies a warning to detractors who fail to find suitable locations or business opportunities, joking that they may as well leave the earth.
Small tracts of land near towns with railway connections in the southern country offer profitable cultivation of fruits and vegetables. Owners are urged to consider utilizing these plots for productive yields and potential market access.
The article urges farmers along the railway to shift from cotton to fruits and vegetables. It argues large shipments can be made by carloads, enabling cheap transport and higher profits. It calls for organized, systematic growing and shipping to northern markets for quicker, better returns.
Augusta Chronicle and other papers praise President McKinley for a speech honoring Confederate dead and urging national unity. The chorus of Democratic editors highlights his tribute to veterans and calls the address authoritative across the South. A Ravenden Ark reader endorses Dr Simmons Liver Medicine in a brief testimonial.
A about ten year old Armenian speaking no English attracted attention in Harper Kansas last Saturday and Sunday. He traveled alone from the old country and was placed with P J Quigley at the Kansas City Union depot. Jesse Murphy gained his trust and care, then Agent Hart assisted. By Tuesday he reached Anthony and found his sister a peddler.
A collage of clipped notes from Arkansas papers on prohibition sentiment garland county farmers rail line progress and public dislikes. Mentions include Garland upgrades rural debt for school fund interest and a planned January start for new A and C U railway service with lane subsidies. Also notes deaths and a shift from cotton to strawberry farming in Sevier county.
A Dallas 1851 Pioneer issue recounts events around Mountain York weddings Joel Leming and Dottie Wilcoxson Sidney Barrett and Lizzie Miller and Bethesda Springs stories. It notes S J Tilden likely New York governor, Guiteau, and local crime tales including a mad dog incident, a shooting by Judge Carder, and sheriff Pipkin’s return from Little Rock with Bailey plus a Clark county pursuit over a stolen wife and mule.
Fragmentary verse mentions Cheatham's Chill Tonic and a winter mood. The text reads as a poem snippet with archaic phrasing and a jumbled line about November and a narcotic or tonic product, likely a local ad or lyric fragment from a historical page. The readable entities include Cheatham's Chill Tonic and Jack lson vrug Co. but details are incomplete.
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