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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1899
Page
4
A 1900 forecast highlights Mena as the forthcoming big town of West Arkansas after rapid growth in 1808 and anticipated gains in 189). The piece notes a New Year dawns with bright prospects, introduces a farm journal offer via Texas horticulture, and mentions weather extremes affecting northern states with heavy snow and a record cold blizzard.
Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal argues for George Dewey of Vermont and Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia as the 1900 presidential ticket with Stars and Stripes as the sole platform. He notes platforms often fail but flags remain unbroken while Havana authorities threaten confiscation of saloon property for selling liquor to American soldiers in uniform. The piece implies a temperance crusade by the U.S. government would enforce prohibition without leniency.
Kansas City plans a factory to produce handles for farm and mining tools, double-trees and neck-yokes for wagons. Oak and hickory will be the main materials, with Mena highlighted as an ideal site due to abundant timber in nearby woods.
A Kansas City Journal note highlights two Pennsylvania cities Harrisonburg and Erie profiting from municipal ownership of water works. It reports Erie has earned about $40,000 in the past eighteen months and the state capital shows similar gains, arguing public utilities owned by the city are advantageous and increasingly popular.
A Kansas City Star editorial echoes Major General Francis V. Greene suggesting employing Cubans on the island and paying fair wages from revenue. It argues the plan could also apply in the United States for levees roads post offices and buildings to create jobs and boost prosperity, urging similar steps for American idle workers.
The Kansas City hangman Jas Brown, executed for murder, professed faith in the Lord on the scaffold and urged readers to “meet him in heaven.” The piece questions whether a bloodied life can merit heavenly admission and notes Brown’s lack of friends or family concern. It condemns the religious justification used to excuse his crime and contrasts his death with the victim’s unpreparedness.
The state agricultural circular compares pork and beef to cotton, arguing raising pork and beef, especially pork, yields quicker profits and helps restore worn cotton lands. It notes experiments by the department to show the value of shifting from cotton to livestock for farmers.
Experiments show corn is not essential for pork and beef, enabling cheap production with ten months to a 275 pound hog. Arkansas has large cattle and hog herds, with disease risks similar to other states. Fattening crops double as soil improvers and boost subsequent cotton yields, making pork and beef profits alongside cotton. Copies of bulletins are available free on request.
The Kansas City Journal notes the rise of women in Yale's graduate program since 1892 when the university opened graduate studies to men and women equally. About forty women are enrolled this year among roughly 2,500 university members, praised for genuine scholarship and respected by professors.
A collage of brief items notes early strawberry blooms in Siloam Springs and Henry Wilson reports. It covers the Arkansas State Poultry and Pet Stock Association show in Little Rock, Porto Rico railroad tests under U S ownership, sheriff salaries and jail profits in Sebastian and Jefferson counties, and calls for reform including a new state house, public institutions, and better cattle practices. Local editorials urge a modern state building and public improvements across Arkansas.
Henry Wab, writing in Courier-Journal, endorses Dewey of Vermont and Lee of Virginia as Democratic candidates for president and vice president. He argues the party should nominate plain, proven leaders and drop divisive arena politics, urging a platform grounded in Democratic principles and territorial policy.
A cable from General Otis reports Aguinaldo’s disappearance and Filipino insistence on withholding Iloilo from American forces marching from Manila. Otis views the act as a major, suspicious move by Aguinaldo while US troops prepare to seize Iloilo city and harbor. Additional note: Canada cuts domestic letter rate to two cents per ounce starting January 1.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints declared itself unqualifiedly opposed to seating Congressman-elect H. Roberts of Utah in the U.S. House. The statement, issued last night from Independence, Missouri, underscores strong Mormon opposition to his admission.
Lincoln Neb Jan 3 The twenty sixth biennial session of the Nebraska legislature opened at noon today with Republicans bolstering a nine vote joint ballot majority, seven in the senate and two in the house, signaling a likely successor to United States Senator Allen.
Rome newspapers report a wealthy American woman commissioned a gold snuff box encrusted with diamonds from a top Rome jeweler as a New Year gift to the pope. It is said the box contains a check for 50000 dollars inside.
Gov. P ingree took the oath of office at noon and the evening inaugural reception followed. The event was described as the greatest inaugural social since many years, marking a high point in the capital’s social calendar.
Des Moines Iowa January State Treasurer Merriott reports the state’s debt stands at about 78 000 dollars, marking a reduction of 322 000 dollars for the year.
Receipts of gold at the Denver Mint in 1805 totaled 20,195,005 dollars, up 7,229,544 from 1807. In Kansas City Kansas residents approved a 74,000 dollar lien plan to fund a new high school through a 1,594 to 725 vote.
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