Local News Notes From Mena Area
Local notes report visits from P Masters of Board Camp and G L Lockridge of Van Alstine to families here. Henry Vernon, a watchmaker from Alnwick England, joins Mena Jewelry Store. J H Hamilton plans a 20 by 50 store building with gal vanized iron veneer. Discharges returnees R M Garrett and L A Barney come home from Anniston. A fire at Brewer building on De Queen street draws a crowd. J M Culkins buys land from Geo McCravy for a future residence. Garlands of Acorn plan a nursery with apple trees for sale. horticultural meeting on Saturday January 21 at 1:30 pm. H C Orr escorts Boston capitalists through city in two private cars. Free reading room at Mena Evangelistic and Missionary bureau open 9 am to 9 pm. employment bureau hours 9 to 10 am. Constipation and liver trouble notes promote Prickly Ash Bitters sold by Jackson Drug Co. 2-21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena Evangelistic and Missionary Bureau
Bright
Jackson Drug Co
Lead Ore Prospect Near City Promises Rich Find
J W Wilson brought a fine lead ore specimen from a prospect hole five and a half miles southeast of the city. The solid ore weighs several pounds and looks very rich. Al Baker of Joplin Missouri is interested, and they plan to begin active work soon after opening a twelve foot face of rich ore.
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J. W. Wilson
Cester- Day
al Baker
Joplin
Wilson
Honored engine room crews receive ornamental oil can awards
Complimented, Passenger Engineer Hoge and Freight Engineer T. J. Clayton were each presented with an ornamental silver oil can for best maintaining engines with minimal oil use, per the inspector. A. S. Miller, conductor on the Pittsburgh & Gulf, buys Janssen avenue lot for a steam laundry plant. Also notes on health and One Minute Cough Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoge
T. J. Clayton
A. S. Miller
Theittsburg & Gulf
Janssen Avenue
Mena Street
Drowned in the Ouachita A.P. details four deaths at river crossing
The Ouachita River's high swift current killed four people on a Sunday trip to church twelve miles east of the city. Joseph Bates and his family crossed the ford when a fording hole failed, their wagon collapsed, and all were swept away. Mrs Bates, a child, and Miss Corley perished. Mr Bates and a younger child survived. Miss Corley’s body was sent home to Lockesburg, with her brothers arriving to reclaim the remains. Funeral services followed, weather delaying a Polk County Teachers Association meeting.
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Ouachita
Joseph Bates
Della Corley
Mrs Bates
Song
Miss Corley
Mr. Bates
Lockesburg
T. E
J. Corley
Bates
Polk County Teachers Association
M. EB. Charch
South
Thomas Abbot
Mr. Green
Mark P. Olney
Abbott
Anna Nedry
McKean
A. W. St. John
Greene
Wear
Miss Nedry
Jesse G. Palmer
C. C. Palmer
Nodaway County
Mena
Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad Company
Jesse
Baptist Church
W. L. Compere
C. J. Greene
White Oak Cemetery
Ohio game and fish car tour stops at Mt Mena
An Ohio game and fish commission car, led by Commissioner Albert Brewer, passed through the city en route to Texarkana. The party bagged two black bears and a cub, four deer, and fourteen wild turkeys, while also taking in local scenery.
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Ohio Fish and Game Car
Ohio Game and Fish Car
Albert Brewer
Fish and Game
Ohio
Texarkana
Mt. Mena
Ladies' Guild Organized by Episcopal Members
A group of Episcopal church ladies met at Mrs. Bissell's home last Wednesday to form the Ladies' Guild linked to the city church organization. Elected officers include Mrs Kissell president Mrs Shaver vice president Mrs Pickering treasurer Mrs Matheny secretary and Miss Maud Shaver corresponding secretary. The guild plans a meeting this afternoon with Mrs Anderson. A note adds Dr. Simmons' Cough Syrup sold by Jackson Drug Co. Lim for fifty cents a bottle.
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Episcopal Church
Bissell
Ladies’ Guild
Kissell
Shaver
Pickering
Matheny
Maud Shaver
Anderson
Remarkable Funeral In Atchison For Nora Finnegan
Topics in the Kansas City Journal notes the death of Nora Finnegan at Atchison aged LOS years. Her funeral Tuesday featured six pallbearers who were her sons, followed by six grandsons who lowered the casket, a scene described as perhaps unmatched in America. An advertisement promotes Dr M A Simmons Liver Medicine for weak stomachs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Atchinson
Nora Finnegan
America
Drugs at Wholesale by Jackson Drug Co on Mena Street
The Jackson Drug Co on Mena Street reports a large increase in stock and offers wholesale filling of orders. They specialize in supplying country physicians with medicines in large quantities and can supply everything needed in any quantity called for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Drug Co
Mena Street
One Minute Cough Cure Advertised by Hanes and Egolf
An old advertisement promises relief from coughing with One Minute Cough Cure. It claims to loosen the cold and ease coughing quickly and is pitched as the best cough remedy for children, offered by Hanes & Egolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easant
Anes & Egolf
Hanes & Egolf
Saturday Evening Post praised as versatile home reading
An ad praising the Saturday Evening Post highlights its wide range of subjects, short stories, poems, and the Publick Occurrences that are Making History department. It notes its 1729 Franklin founding and current Curtis Publishing Co. ownership, urging readers to secure a copy. Also an endorsement for De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve by Paul Perry of Columbus, Ga.
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Saturday Evening Post
Benjamin Franklin
Curtis Publishing Co
Philadelphia
Paul Perry
Columbus
de Witt
Anes & Kgolf
Home Grown Strawberry and Raspberry Plants For Sale
Many thousands of strong home grown plants in varieties Michell Crescent Gandy Bubach and Chas Downing and Gregg black raspberry ready for spring planting. Address boarding house north of freight depot Mena Ark Hedt W H Barragan. Funeral notice for J H Gardner eight miles east died of kidney disease. Burial at Cherry Hill cemetery. Dr M A Simmons Liver Medicine recommended for gloom and nervousness.
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Michell
Cresent
Gandy
Bubach
Chas. Downing
Mena
Arie
Hedt W. H. Barragan
J. H. Gardner
Cherry Hill
Books for school readers at Hanes and Egolf’s Drug
Notice directs all seeking school books to Hanes and Egolf’s Drug store for available supplies. The brief item points readers to the location and purpose without additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanes & Egolf's
Cure Coughs and Pneumonia Fears With New Discovery
Warns of deadly grip abroad and urges immediate treatment for bronchial troubles. Promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as infallible, killing germs, healing lungs, preventing after effects. Priced 50 cents and 1 dollar with money back guarantee. Trial bottle free at I C Savage’s drug store.
Strawberry Plants for Sale and Town Notes
500000 Early Michel strawberry plants offered at 75 cents per thousand. Pure stock and good stock offered by C H Glenn Rich Mountain Ark. Reads as local column with assorted town notes on health, law, travel, property purchases, saloon opening, and a Nebraksa visitor considering cattle ranching near the territory border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Glenn
Rich Moametain
Ark
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P. Masters
Board Camp
G. L. Lockridge
van Alstine,Tex
Wm. Scroggins
Henry Vernon
Alnwick
Eng
J. H. Hamilton
Sherwood Avenue
R. M. Garrett
L. A. Barney
Second
Arkansas
Anniston
Ala
Brewer
de Queen Street
J. M. Culkins
Davis City
Geo. McCravy
Garland
Crawford
Acorn
Stara
Garlands
Horticultural Society
H.C. Orr
The
Pittsburg & Golf
Boston
Mr. Orr
Ouachita River
the Teachers’ Association
St. Vitus
Simmon
C. C. Palmer's
H. A. McKee
Mrs.c. C. Palmer
Best Pitt
Jackson Drag Co
Lula
Granness
Poe
John Morgan
Mr. Watson
Mr. Brown
Kansas City
Lunsford Place
L. Rison
Neb
Norway
DR. Bell
K. K
Carden
Roach
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