Mena's Growing Education and Church Expansion Notes
The town reports rapid growth in 1897 to 8385 school enrollment, with plans to build a college on College Hill funded by local trusts. Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Catholic churches operate schools, with pastors, ordinances, and new chapels. A Women’s Literary Club forms, aiming to build a library, while a Mission Bureau offers weekly services and employment aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitstow
Great West
W. M. Wear
J A. Faulkner
W. Z McKean
Bessie Peazell
Nora Dagg
Helen Porch
Annie Nedry
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust Company
Townsite Company
College Hill
Mena
Port Arthur Avenue
Sisters of Mercy
Cause of Education
Society of
Womar’s
Dutch Republic
State Federation of Clubs
Texarkana
Missionary Bureau
EF Thompson
New Residence Nearing Completion on West Armour Street
Colonel dP Landes builds a modern dwelling of unusual attractiveness in the port city district. carpenters and architects finalize architectural designs as plans by Josep Heydrick are reproduced elsewhere in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dp. Landes
West Armour Street
Josep Heydrick
La Grippe Remedies and New Mena Private Hospital
Thomas Whitfeld & Co promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe relief and pneumonia prevention, sold by F. Savage. In Mena, W. A. Sutherland and partners plan a private hospital in Hall addition with modern patient care facilities slated to open by April first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Whitfeld & Co
Wabash Av
Jaksonst
Chicago
F. Savage
Uo Op
W. A Sutherland
Mena
Dangers of the Grip and Cough Remedy Claim
The article warns La Grippe can lead to pneumonia but asserts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy prevents pneumonia and cures grippe faster than other treatments. It notes tens of thousands used it with no pneumonia cases and mentions F. C. Savage as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. C. Savage
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. E. Church
South
J. Y. Christmas
J Greene
Epworth League
Lardies’ Aid Society
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
HM. A. Tucker
H Rosehermerhorn
Armsterdam and
Zwolle
Bismarck
Dr. King
F.C. Savage
Bankston Photo Co
W. L. Compere
Father McCormack
Father Gallagher
Christian Church
E Browning
Campbell Street
Port Arthur
FF. I Wyatt
Kansas City
Kas
Episcopal Church
Bishop Brown
Little Rock
Interior
Mena, Ark
Mena Star
Bankstos P Hote
Co-Mena, Ark
H. A. M'Kee
Bankston Photo
Mena, Ark, M. E. Church, South
Jackson Drug Co
Jackson Drug O'S Store
Mena Street
I. G. Jackson
Propr
Hanes & Egolf
Dea
Lers
Reeves-Dennis Land Co
Arkansas
Ark
Geo. W. Knowlton
N. M. Roach
Frieght
Sherwood Pavenue
A. R. Laswell
J. R. Wilkinson @ Son
Janssen
de Queen
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