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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1899
Page
8
In Agana the narrator lodges with the governor, noting keen social exchanges with Senorita Palacios and Dorotea. A talk with Mac in the engine room reveals shared loyalties, while Padre Sebastiano and others weigh travel plans and potential discreet arrangements for future movements as repairs on board finish.
In dawn light at Agana I attend mass with Padre Bartolomeo and view votive wax images of miraculous cures. The narrator studies the town layout, forts, and cliffs, noting Mount Tiniquio, Orote peninsula, and the plaza as the reef search plan begins. The scene introduces Senorita Dorotea and hints at plans to locate a wreck, with events set to continue.
Charles Kinser, a town painter, fought Jeff Upshaw near a saloon after a sidewalk quarrel. Kinser sustained nine gashes to head and face, received fourteen stitches from Dr. Reese, and was taken to the city jail to sober up before court. Meanwhile, Buck Woodson injured his arm in an accident, a false cyclone report reached De Queen, and Texas passes an anti trust law requiring dummy officers. Gooseberries impress a local grower O P Warner. The Hook and Ladder company answered a false alarm for a minor fire near Green and Lewis saw mill.
Our range is splendid and cattle grow fat. Sabbath school at Acorn each Sunday. Short crop of winter apples promised. No vacancies. hotel crowded. Lumber and ties shipped. timber plenty. Hog losses from measles around sixty percent. School district has eight miles of railroad and a new schoolhouse at Gourd Nick. Hire fifty dollar teacher with an assistant. Wash trees to deter borers with soap lime salt sour milk. Strawberry fever abated. Polk County faith strong. Urges old men to attend horticultural meetings and avoid drinking and gambling to encourage youth. Crops look fair. corn color good. little cotton planted. cotton does well but no gin nearby. Potatoes being grown, potato blight troubling. To Oklahoma and Mountain View, return, one fare, two dollars. Tickets June 6 1899, return by June 27. Mountain View on Washita river now accessible via railway extension. Opportunity to buy land in Oklahoma. Washita County known for streams rainfall and wheat. KE W Thompson A GP T A Topeka Sebastian VT A Chicago
An excursion train passed through the city Tuesday and was reported wrecked near Horatio. Later reports say the engine tender and two coaches left the rails but injuries were slight. The engineer, fireman, and several passengers were shaken but not seriously hurt. Rescue crews and help arrived, cars were cleared and the train continued on its journey.
Saturday morning M R Etheredge express messenger on the Pittsburg and Gulf railroad received a telegram from his Charlotte New York home stating his mother was stricken with paralysis Sunday night and not expected to live He left on the morning train to her bedside.
Jackson Drug Co on Mepa street notes a large increase in stock. The establishment fills wholesale orders and specializes in supplying medicines in large quantities to country physicians. They offer a full range of drugs in any required quantity.
Those seeking good pasture for stock may apply to I H Philpot at his home half a mile east of town on Dallas road Prives for each head of stock 1.00 a month or 5 vents a day.
Polk County Arkansas 1804 county court term to establish a new public highway. Notice states Will seeks order to lay out a road from Stringtown road at Gem Ground toward Gilead church and Megins place, intersecting Stringtown road between Beever and Andrews places.
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