Local News Notes From Polk County Area
J P Landes expected to start for Kansas City tonight. Several residents returned from visits in Texas and Missouri. Horticultural society meets Saturday at 1 30 at the county clerk's office. The Chautauqua events begin tomorrow at the opera house. Descriptions of local travel, subscriptions, club meetings, and a marriage in Shreveport are included along with a note on a local grocer change and a tale of oxen yoke tragedy on the road.
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Horticultural Society
Grandest Ball Yet in Mena by Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
The second annual ball of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen on Monday night January 2, 1899, filled the Savage block lodge hall with about 175 couples. An engine model by J J Sullivan, holly and mistletoe decor, and music from an Ft. Smith orchestra created a festive scene. Frank Marsh of Pittsburg and Mrs George Cornell led the grand march after 8 30 pm, followed by a supper at Hotel Mena. Visitors from Pittsburg attended, including Ada Isnard Ethel Casad Kate Jones and several Messrs. Palmer Baker Larkins Warren Albright Meek Stephens Marsh Maghan Williams Van Pelt and John Gillham with his son General Manager Robert Gillham. Mr Gillham praised Mena’s rapid growth since the railroad's arrival and predicted a big town in a few years.
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Mena
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Savage Block
J. J. Sullivan
Pittsburg
Gulf
Ada Isnard
Ethel Casad
Kate Jones
Mesdames Wheeler
Smith
Logan
Palmer
Baker
Messrs
Larkins
Warren
Albright
Meek
Stephens
Marsh
Maghan
Williams
van Pelt
John Gillham
Robert Gillham
Here
Pumphrey Plans New Two-Story Brick Near Market
M. E Pumphrey, owner of the Kansas City Market, buys the adjoining lot and plans a two story brick building. The Star notes his prosperity and mentions a forthcoming business announcement directing customers to his meat and game offerings.
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M. E Pumphrey
Kansas City
Pumphrey
Death of Justice of the Peace J H Thornton
J H Thornton died at his daughter Mrs 0 A Alexander home in east Mena Tuesday night January 3 1899 after illness. He leaves a wife and several children. The Woman's Literary Club hosted a reception at the opera house Saturday night serving lunch and dancing to ring out the old year and welcome the new.
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Justice of the Peace
J. H. Thornton
A. Alexander
Woman's Club
Woman’s Literary Club of
Mena
Opera House
Red Men Banquet Installation Tomorrow Night
Ouachita Tribe of the Independent Order of Red Men plans an installation ceremony at the opera house tomorrow night January 5 followed by a banquet at the Hotel Mena. Also notes plans to enlarge the railroad warehouse by a fifty foot addition near N. M. Roach's wholesale house and advertises Prickly Ash Bitters as a kidney and liver tonic sold by Jackson Drug Co.
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Red Men
Ouachita Tribe of the Independent
Order of Red Men
Opera House
Hotel Mena
N. M. Roach
Jackson Drug Co
Meeting of Pittsburg and Gulf Officials at Mena
General Manager Gillham and senior officers arrived on the southbound train for a meeting here to discuss next year's work and potential changes. Gillham toured local farms and properties, including a 50 acre fruit farm and multiple nearby tracts bought recently, reaffirming he has no plans to sell near Mena. Also noted are evangelistic services at the Mena Evangelistic and Missionary Bureau with plans for a free reading room and correspondence table, along with a bear brought in by local merchant J. B. Winton weighing 350 pounds and killed east of Cove.
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Gilliam
Pittsburg & Gulf
Robert Gillham
F. Mertshiemer
W. E. Green
R. ©. Hubbell
A. P F. Rust
O. H. Crittenden
F. T. Robertson
Mena
Mr. Gillham
J. P. Landes
FP. M. Reeves
M. K. & T.trust Co
D. D. Hoag
J. B. Winton
M. D. Winton
Mr. Winton
Cove
Willman Dies After Signing Transfer Papers
E Willman, longtime commission business owner on East Sherwood Avenue, died Wednesday evening after signing papers to transfer his business to N M Roach. He had been ill and planned to return to St Joseph Missouri. Remains were shipped to relatives there.
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N. M. Roach
E. Willman
East Sherwood Avenue
St. Joseph, Mo
Egger Items and Local Conditions
Health is good and weather is cold, with farm work rapidly advancing. Corn and pork prices are rising, a few cases of la grippe are reported near Cherry Hill, and immigration from the Indian Territory is heavy this winter. Wheat sowing may have been damaged by December’s freeze. Big Fork cemetery was cleared and fenced. A A Beds arrived from the Territory and rented Frank Wimberly's Cherry Hill farm. Hr Hatten died on Christmas Day. interment at Big Pork. Racket Store offers nearly anything you want.
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P. D. May
Big Fork
Indian Territory
A. A. Beds
Frank Wimberly
Cherry Hill
Water Works to Be Built by City Council Petition Action
The City Council acts on a petition for water works and appoints a commission led by S L Lindsay J P Landes and J G Jackson. S L Lindsay J P Landes and J G Jackson named to oversee the project with tax levy to fund the system and contracts to be let soon. Also noted is the December 28 1898 marriage of W A Byers and Miss Harriette Ensminger in Kansas City followed by their arrival in Mena.
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S. L. Lindsay
J. P. Landes
J. G. Jackson
Mena
To Cure a Cold in One Day Claim
An old advertisement touts “Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets” to cure a cold in one day and promises money back if it fails. The genuine product bears “L. B. Q.” on each tablet.
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Avila
Mena Visit Brings City Official North for Holidays
J C Banks and wife, formerly of Gravette, now of Mena Ark, arrived Saturday to spend the holidays with his parents east of town. Banks is city recorder in Mena and acts as mayor in the absence of that official. The note warns of dangerous times for health from croup colds and throat troubles and promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a life preserving remedy. Hanes and Egolf.
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Gravette News
J. C. Banks
Mena, Ark
John
Mena
O. K
Hanes
Chicago of Arkansas noted in Clinton bye item
Joe Landes sent five dollars to this office last week to continue the great religious weekly. He invites inquiries about Arkansas and signs with his Mena address. The item also mentions paints from Joplin Monarch Vane Calvert and Mena Paint and Paper Co and Jackson Drug Co.
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Chicago
Arkansas
Clinton (Mo
Joe Landes
Joe
Mena
Joplin, Monarch, Vane’ Calvert and
Mena Paint and Paper Company
Jackson Drug Co
Trainmasters and dispatchers relocated to Mena offices
Rail officials announce headquarters and offices for Trainmaster A J Johnston and dispatchers in Mena. Johnston will oversee trains between Stilwell and Shreveport from the midway division, with J R William and F H Heeshen reassigned. Key staff move to new telegraphic and yard offices to speed freight departures. Johnston visits south to assess the division and plans to relocate his family and assistants soon.
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A. J. Johnston
Stilwell
Shreveport
J. R. William
Port Arthur
F. H. Heeshen
Kansas City
Mr. Johnston
Johnston
Tis
Mena
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Joe McKee
Rogers
Fred McKee
A. Langfedt
St. Joseph
J. W.tucker
Topeka, Kan
Ely Edmiston
Janssen
City
The
Star
Dickover Brickyard
R. T. Connally
Rocky
A. H Cummings
H. C. Hensel
Western Newspaper Union
Dallas
Tex
F. & Perry
Squire Perry
W. H. Sterwig
Enterprise
Polk County
J. W. Eeds
Houk
Woman's Literary Club
E E. Gentry
Rust
Gentry
Lexarkana
E. W. Hardberger
Willie Chamble
Atlanta
Southern Hotel
F. E. Balthrop
Bulger
Bessie
Mena Grocery Co
C. IF. Knight
C. W
Charles
Mr. Knight Jr
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L. F. Ball
R. R
Queensware
Racket
Egger
Lula
Levi’s
Scott & Bowne
New York
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