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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1899
Page
4
The Mena street lot, previously priced at 800 dollars, sold Saturday for 850 dollars amid persistent rains aiding crop growth. Fanston, described as a “peace at no price” advocate, remains ready to contest issues. The Missouri Kansas Texas Trust Company has changed its name to Guardian Trust Company.
It is estimated the Texas flood will cut this year's cotton output by 200000 bales, prompting questions about an ensuing price rise. Market observers weigh supply disruption against other factors to gauge potential gains.
The Arkansas Gazette correctly forecasts Mena becoming a first-class city within a few years and predicts a population exceeding 5000 in the next census.
With the academy and the water works system both started and under process of construction, all who wish can find employment and business will assume increased proportions.
The mineral prospects and the initiation of work on the academy buildings, plus the letting of contracts for a water system, are boosting activity in Mena notably.
Eight hundred dollars in cash was refused yesterday for the vacant lot at the corner of Mena street and Port Arthur avenue. This is a good price and demonstrates the high demand for Mena dirt in the market.
Mayor Hamilton has received several inquiries from parties seeking to install electric lighting plants in town. He suggests proceeding cautiously and saving potential for better prices and terms later.
G. M. Valentine, linked to a Perth Amboy bank robbery in which $165,000 was stolen, is described as "a steady man" though authorities note the boldness of stealing that sum and evading capture.
It is clear the Anthracite coal trust plans to raise prices for both floaters and coal buyers this coming autumn and winter. Meanwhile Western Arkansas residents report ample wood supplies for heating.
The Clifton Eye lauds J P Landes for becoming general townsite agent of the Port Arthur Route from Texarkana north to Kansas City. The paper notes Landes has many friends in Missouri and calls him a grand fellow, praising the move as lucky for the route and his supporters.
The passage argues that combinations drive business adaptation and that public utility lines should be owned and run by the people. It claims such owner empowerment is inevitable and will occur through lawful means as a protective measure for the public.
Plans underway in Mena include college building work, upcoming water works, and new brick business houses with contracts let. The railway company is preparing extensive improvements, signaling substantial local expenditure and development.
Article notes liquid air’s growing practicality from Scientific American and Kansas City Star reports. A New York plant makes 1500 watts of liquid air daily, a turbine wheel cools a room, and one gallon equals 85 pounds of ice cooling. Projections claim major savings in Nicaragua canal blasting and potential use as motor power and refrigerant. The Star hails liquid air as a force combining heat, cold, light and power with cheap production and safe control.
Read readers note on producing seed potatoes and best land for crop. Practical steps include protecting sprouts from direct sun, choosing deep rich sandy loam or well prepared soils, furrow planting five inches deep and three feet apart, and soil thrown to plants until ridges stand three to four inches above ground. Use barnyard manure or slaughterhouse refuse with wood ashes or kainit for sandy soils, or without ashes for clay soils. Apply 300 pounds bone black and 200 pounds superphosphate potash for best results among tested formulas.
The speaker declares himself a peace at any price advocate when life and property can be saved. He notes Republican ties yet opposition to expansion and questions the acquisition of Porto Rico and other West Indies islands amid wartime arguments.
The speaker argues against retaining the Philippines as an American possession citing little benefit for American labor and suggesting only a few exceptional individuals gain from imperial holdings. He praises Colonel Funston for loyalty and fighting qualities, asserting his influence on public opinion and administration.
The St Louis Post Dispatch argues that JP Morgan and Co plans a Mexican loan of 110 million dollars while American capital remains underused. It questions why funds favor public debts over funding mineral wealth, agriculture, and manufacturing.
A ponderous reflection on greatness not always equaling philosophy. It argues that true greatness lies in steadiness through fortune’s swings, using good and bad for the public good and facing fate with undaunted resolve.
Six Arkansas politicians to receive ten dollars per day for supervising the erection of the new state capitol building have been appointed, with taxpayers bearing the cost. The six Arkansas men for volunteer army commissions have not yet been appointed.
Business leaders urge generous special premiums to attract large crowds and creditable country displays. They report success and strong ability to offer liberal terms, confident the investment will yield good returns.
Reports from Hot Springs say the Lost Louisiana has been rediscovered eight miles from the city. Explorer Kit Carson, aided by maps and charts provided by the Spanish council in Mexico City, has been searching for six weeks.
The removal of division offices from Texarkana to Kansas City and the discharge of clerks surprised Texarkanians and the involved officers, according to another report in this paper.
A Tribune investigation shows 300,000 traveling salesmen in the United States face upheaval from trusts. About 150,000 may lose jobs, 85,000 are already dispensed with, and 25,000 face sweeping salary cuts with resignations. The toll affects railroads hotels and other allied services, totaling tens of millions in salary losses.
W. S. Boyer reports a specimen of black rock from the Edison mine seven miles east of town. Brought in by Harry Radcliff on Monday the rock clearly carries precious metal in paying quantities. The ore was found forty six feet from the tunnel opening, with large quantities visible and being mined.
Excitement over rumored paying gold near Board Camp has spurred many new claims and prompted prospectors to begin development work. Lt. Hall leads a party including Dockery Buckley Williams Tyre Osboro with camping gear to stay several days or weeks to locate and work claims.
Prof Soests of Durham and Batson's mining exchange reports an assay of rock from the Eddison claim owned by Boyer and others yielding two tenths of an ounce of gold by fire assay. Rock from the same lead gave four tenths ounce by cyanide. An assay for T L Campbell of Dallas showed 22 dollars of gold per ton, taken one foot below surface.
A Mena resident received Thursday morning inquiries from Grand Cane Louisiana requesting information about Mena as a healthy place to live. The letters asked about board prices and circulars or papers about Mena, prompting the Star to suggest the Immigration bureau publish advertising matter.
A community picnic will be held at Bigfork postoffice on Saturday July 2. Everyone is invited to join for dinner and lemonade stands with prices a dollar, swings two fifty, and auction stands thirty five dollars. Attendees are urged to bring well filled baskets and listen to a planned address by A. W. St. John.
P O Patton of Bolinger Music Co says the company values Mena music interests and will have Mr. Bolinger visit next month to oversee business, noting they think highly of Mena compared with other towns they visit.
News spreads that a quartz rock assayed at $824 per ton at Durham and Hatson's last week spurred numerous Dallas parties to file mineral claims across the section, as prospectors seek the rich vein.
Advertisement claims Lung Irritation leads to consumption and promotes Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a remedy. It asserts the product will strengthen the lungs so a cough or cold will not settle in, priced at five cents and sold by druggists.
Texarkana July 18 agitation sweeps railway circles after Kansas City headquarters order abolishing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway auditor office and shipping all records to Kansas City The move triggers widespread layoff notices to clerks and signals consolidation under receivers Col S W Fordyce and Webster Withers with several named officers facing removal from Texarkana roles and principal KG P G officers also affected in the upheaval near Arkansas Gazette report.
A Grantsburg man recounts twenty five years of coughing and costly treatments before using Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. He credits the remedy with strengthening weak lungs and saving his life.
Extensive arrangements by Kansas City and Missouri Masons for a special Great Rock Island Route train to Colorado Springs via Colorado Springs to Denver. Departs Kansas City Saturday August 5 at 6 20 PM arrives Denver and Salt Lake and Cripple Creek side trips offered. Tickets good to August 31 with various excursions and sleeping car reservations advised.
Product touts cure for weak eyes and sore lids with claims of removing styes and granulated lids. Sold in tubes with a guaranteed satisfaction promise through all reputable druggists.
Summer excursion rates from the Kansas City, Miteberg and Gulf railway are greatly reduced for round trips to Alabama Canada Colorado District of Columbia Georgia Iowa Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin and Texas. See D. Cavrry ticket agent for particulars. Requires contact via phone number 8.
A travel promotion touts Colorado California and Texas summer resorts with illustrated material on fishing venues reachable via the Port Arthur Route. It promises favorable round trip rates and directs readers to contact NEBL Cavirr Ticket Agent in Mena Arkansas for details.
An advertisement by Gaurkey & Lasa offers cures for cancers tumors goiters and related ailments with no payment until treatment is delivered. References of cured cases available upon application. Includes a PO Box address in Dallas Ark and mentions Rovhet store pricing.
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