Local News Notes From Mena City
J W Wagner called Monday with a renewal for the Star and many residents and visitors are noted. The city council bans new wooden buildings within fire limits as business and homes expand. Several local folks move, buy land, and pursue work in nearby towns and markets, including a Dallas professor, a Port Smith visitor, and a North Missouri buyer planning to relocate.
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Mena
Woman's Literary Club
Dunn
Hotel National
Sharkey Wins Easily Over McCoy in Ten Round Bout
Special to the Star New York January 11 Sharkey defeated McCoy by knockout in the tenth round after leading most of the bout. McCoy twice dropped Sharkey in the early rounds but Sharkey recovered each time. In the final round a right hand to the neck under the jaw knocked McCoy to the floor for a knockout.
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McCoy
Star
New York
Sharkey- McCoy
Sharkey
Port Arthur Channel suit clears legal hurdle for canal plan
The Kansas City Star notes the Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the Port Arthur Channel and Dock Co. against Charles T. Crary, removing final legal barriers to the Kansas City Pittschers Gulf railroad digging a deep water channel from Port Arthur to the Gulf. Three dredges will begin work tomorrow as preparations for an illustrated Star edition of Mena 1898 proceed. Local saloon licenses are issued in Polk county and nearby towns. Dallas sees Baptist ministers arriving, and Dal las houses fill as health seekers move from malarial areas. The extra Star edition will showcase Mena and target northern readers considering relocation. Oyster supper planned by the Ladies H. M. of the M. E. church south. Isaac Pipkin returns from Anniston after discharge. second Arkansas regiment may be sent to the Philippines. Leo Willman returns from St Joseph to settle E Willman affairs. Bert Hiltebrand buys Willman photo gallery assets.
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Kansas City Star
Galveston
Court of Criminal Appeals
Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company
Charles T. Crary
Jefferson County
Channel Company
Kansas City, Pittschers & Gulf Railroad
Port Arthur
Gulf
Lott Road Sold. new owners plan early work and connections
The Lott road was sold under a United States court order and bought by Col. 8S. W. Fordyce and associates. Construction will resume soon with speculation about a link to the Choctaw or to the Kansas City Texas and Eastern line. Promoters are silent but advancing preparations while promising new territory for Hot Springs and Arkansas. The Ouachita Camp of the Independent Order of Red Men held a successful installation and banquet at the Opera House with over 100 guests, followed by speeches and a banquet at Hotel Mena hosted by Mr Shing and wife, indicating the organization’s strength in the city.
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Lott Road
Fort Smith News
United States Court
Ouachita
Independent Order of Red Men
Opera House
Hotel Mena
Shing
Polk county benefits noted by resident
Wmn. J. Medford, longtime Polk County resident, praises the railroad and town for growth. He says people travel forty to fifty miles to sell cotton and other produce here and report higher prices, while buying goods more cheaply than in Hot Springs.
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Wmn. J. Medford
Polk County
Hot Springs
Fire Laddies to Dance Masquerade Ball at Opera House
The H. and L. Co. No. 1 will host a masquerade ball at the opera house on February 1 to raise funds for equipment. The Mena fire department has joined the Southwest Arkansas Association.
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Opera House
Mena Fire Department
Southwest Arkansas Association
Y P S officers elected at Christian church meeting
At a Y Pp meeting in the Christian church last Thursday evening officers for six months were chosen: R. H. Legate president Miss Fannie Easton vice president Miss Bessie Howe treasurer and Mes Rouse corresponding secretary. Chautauqua entertainments by Prof D Norton at the opera house drew good crowds and favorable remarks.
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Y. Pp
The
Christian Church
R. H. Legate
Fannie Easton
Bessie Howe
Mes. Rouse
Oyster Supper by Ladies Aid at George Clark Building
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. BE. church south will host an oyster supper at the George Clark building on De Queen Street Thursday evening January 12. All invited. J M Caulkins family arrived from Davis City Iowa to settle here with their car of goods en route. Robert Fortune and J J King from Cove attended probate court bringing fifty one turkeys and two deer. Bananas sold at Arkansas Store for twenty cents a dozen.
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H. M
M. E. Church
South
Ladies Aid Society
M. BE. Church
George Clark
de Queen Street
J. M. Culkins
Davis City
Iowa
Mr. Caulkins
R. L. Gore
Robert Fortune
J. J. King of
Cove
Racket Store Ad Promotes Local Goods in Mena
Local ad highlights cheap cotton fabric at the Racket Store in Mena. It also markets fiddles and banjos along with other items, branding the shop as a go to destination for affordable music and textile supplies.
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Mena
Prickly Ash Bitters advertised amid illness and court notes
A health ad mentions Jesse Palmer improving after severe illness with Prickly Ash Bitters sold by Jackson Drug Co. Another item notes J Wetherall’s remarriage at his boarding house after moving from Kansas City to Mena, with his brother Herbert transporting the body home. Also reports Miss Sharpe and a cartoon joke, plus Edinburgh iconoclasm and a Spanish War veterans preference proposal in civil service.
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Bright
Jackson Drug Co
J, Wetherall
Mena Lumber Go
Kansas City
Herbert
Washington
Congress
Witty exchange on manners from Chicago Daily Record
A brief quip on gender roles and politeness shows a lady avoiding contradiction while a gentleman refrains from provoking, illustrating strict social etiquette as noted by the Chicago Daily Record.
Town Tops Fatal Fire in Indiana Destruction and Loss
A deadly blaze in Frankfort Indiana on December 6 destroyed the Commercial block housing six businesses and the opera house. Newton Wallace was killed and Daw radhey fatally injured amid estimated losses around 100000 dollars.
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Indiana
Frankfort
Ind
Newton Wallace
Daw Radhey
Princess Frederick of Württemberg Dead
Stuttgart reports the death of Princess Frederick of Württemberg mother of William II king of Württemberg. The aged royal figure passed away in Stuttgart on December 6.
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Frederick of
Wurtemburg
Stuttgart
William II
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