Drill Club Formed for Sham Battle with Red Men
A Thursday meeting organized a drill club in Illinois with about thirty members. J D Jones chaired, G B Doles served as secretary, and a three person committee was set to draft bylaws. The group planned drills 7 to 5 in a park and a sham battle with the Red Men, including a staged ambush and assaults on a beleaguered coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celetion IL
D. Jones
George BE. Doles
W. Batchelor
George Doles
Cr. J. Cavitt
Alan
Assenger S
United States
Water Works Bids For Mena Improvement District No 3
Water works commission of Mena district opened bids Saturday at the K P hall for the new system. Bids included cast iron pipes and spiral wrought steel pipes from CG A Reese Frank Schifold Gorman and Steele and E N Maxwell. Prices ranged from about 19 813 to 23 725 dollars with timelines from sixty days to seven months. Commission adjourned for a hour trying to decide best bid and pipe type.
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Water Works Commission
Improvement District No. 3
Mena
K. of P. Hall
CG. A. Reese
Fayetteville
Ark
Frank Schifold
New Albany
Ind
Ati P.m
Business Block to Rise in Mena Texas Says Weld Purchaser
Mr GN Lockridge of Vanaistine Texas has bought Weld at the corner of Mena street and Honert avenue and plans a brick 265 by 100 foot front with plate glass. He will let contracts before returning to Texas to begin by October 1 and will stock $10,000 in foods. He has studied Mena, visited his brother-in-law William Scroggins, and expects robust growth and solid business standing. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen men plan their second annual ball at Jatseen parl Pavilion on July 27 with 20 tickets sold and a possible special Pittsburg train for attendees, aiming for a grand public event.
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GN. Lockridge
Vanaistine
Texas
Star
Mena Street
Honert Avenue
Honett Avenue
Lockridge
Mena
Wm. Scroggins
Brotherhood of Railroad
Jatseen Parl
Pittsburg
Ti Order
Improvements at Ice Plant in Mena Expand Ice Output
The Mena Ice & Cold Storage Co. runs at full capacity shipping ice along the Horatio to Poteau line. Four carloads have been shipped this month. improvements include a 265 foot blow pipe for shavings from local mills to fuel the furnace and a 30 by 60 foot barn for delivery teams. The well is 22 feet deep with 16 feet of water, and 300 feet of hose with a force pump will project water 200 feet.
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Mena Ice & Cold Storage Co
Horatio
Potean
Lehdigh & Havens Planning
To Let Mail Contracts In Sedalia
Mr. C. C. Palmer has joined J. D. Franklin & Co United States mail contractors at Sedalia Missouri. He will let contracts for carrying mail through the country and leaves today for Redland to oversee a contract there. The Star wishes him success in this new role.
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C. C. Palmer
J. D. Franklin & Co
United States Mail
Sedalia
Redland
Palmer
Willis and Latimer Wed In Texarkana Nuptials
T. O. Willis of Texarkana and Miss Marie M. Latimer of Mena wed at 10 30 this morning at the parsonage with Rev J Greene officiating. They boarded the southbound train for a brief stay in Atlanta Tex and will be at home in Texarkana after August 1. Latimer is the daughter of S M Latimer of this place and Willis is a contractor and respected business man.
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T. O. Willis
Texarkana
Marie M. Latimer
Mena
J. Greene
Atlanta
Tex
Railway Officials Go South
A special two car train carried General Manager J. A. Edson General Superintendent W. E. Green Superintendent of Motive Power F. Mertsheimer Resident Engineer A. B. Rust and General Roadmaster O. H. Crittenden on an inspection trip south Saturday morning stopping near the round house and yards likely to consider improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Edson
W. E. Green
F. Mertsheimer
A. B. Rust
O. H. Crittenden
Grade stakes unloaded for railway work at local yard expansion
A large lot of grade stakes enough for five miles of railroad track was unloaded Tuesday. They were consigned to Resident Engineer A. F. Rust. With Rust away, the Star cannot confirm their exact use, but they are believed to be for the yard enlargement project at this location.
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A. F. Rust
Medical Examined Notice for Polk County Examiners
Notice from the Polk county Arne Board of Medical Examiners that a meeting will be held in Mena Arkansas on July 25 1890 to examine applicants for medical licenses under state law Attendance requested By order of Medical Board J N Porren Chairman Jr M Dace Secretary W L Howard recently at Rich Mountain reported a two month school vacation and a new school house will be built during the break with Mr McKey teaching at the mountain school near Mt Mena
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Board of Medical Examiners
Polk County
Arne
Mena
Ark
Medical Board
J. N. Porren
Jr. M. Dace
W. L. Howard
Rich Mountain
The
Star
Marriage Licenses Issued locally
Licensed to wed. On Monday licenses issued to T. C. Willis of Texarkana and May M. Latimer of Mena, Harry Beaston and Grace Booth, both of the country, T. R. Johnson of Hatfield and May Weaver of De Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Willis
Texarkana
May M. Latimer
Mena
Harry Beaston
Grace Booth
T. R. Johnson
Hatfield
May Weaver
Pasture For Stock Offered East Of Town On Dallas Road
Those seeking good pasture for stock can contact T A Philpot located a mile east of town on Dallas road. Prices are one dollar per month per head of stock. Also offerings include shirts socks hose and suspenders at the Racket Store.
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T. A. Philpot
Dallas Road
Municipal three cent fares and Detroit franchise fight
Detroit adopts three cent fares on street railways and Gov. Pingree moves to secure a special legislature session to push municipal ownership. He issues a proclamation urging support against opponents of the plan as the council gears to franchise ordinance passage.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Citizens’ Street Railway
Pingree
Common Council
Rock Creek
Wyo
George Miller
Edgmont
Demming
Pine Ridge
Wyoming
Cottonwood Creek
Red Rock
Nebraska
Chadron
Neb
Pine Ridge Table Land
Romine
Ultimatum in packing house dispute reached soon
Kansas City July 15 an understanding between Schwarzschild Sulzberger and the butchers union may come soon. The firm issued an ultimatum allowing the union committee a reasonable time to persuade men to accept terms and notify the company of acceptance. If no action is taken after the period an additional 24 hours will be given to dismiss offending members or the house will be opened like other packing houses. Dr M A Simmons Liver Medicine advert appears at end.
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Kansas City
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
Butchers’ Union
Unian
M. A. Simmons
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W. E. Snyder
Wilmar
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Ree
Jet Upshaw
Hermann Street
Co. E. Hurley
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I. T
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Indian Territory
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Cora Hudgins
Hal Norwood
C. ©. Palmer
Eureka Addition
Sarah Cummings
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Washington Pump Company
Mt. Mena
C. W. Darling
Chicago
N. B. Barden
J. M. Grant
Paris
J. E. Smith
George McCravey
Choctaw Railroad
A. F. Rast
Pittsburg & Ttaff
Texarkens
Rust
Battle Creek, Mich
George 8. Smith
Postal ‘Telegraph Company
Little Rock
A. N. Smith
J. D. Crawford
Bucynes
Kan
Mr. W. C
Nellie S Moore
Miss Pearl Davis
Merchant Davis
Hatton
Commercial Hotel
Silas Morphew
Big Fork
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T. P. Green
Nouthern
Pittsburg & Gulf
F. T. Robertson
Northern Pacific
George Case
Missouri
the Star
Here
George Clark
Barnhart
Denny
Dann
Cherry
Donaldson
Miss Bertha Hot
8. D. Fox
Hotel National
J. C. Jones
J. G. Pate
Star of the West
Pike County
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Mr. Jones
R. T. Smither
Brookfield, Mo
Shreveport
Smithers
W. H. Crow
C. A. Smith
de Queen Street
A.J. Dean
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