Local News Items From Mena and Nearby Areas
Local notes report CG Darling arriving soon from Hargo North Dakota and R B Porter with wife visiting from Holton Kansas seeking a home site. Numerous property transactions and improvements include Egolf Drug shop sign, W I Boyer’s store painting, T M Jones building two houses on West Port Arthur, N B Barden contracting, A O Alexander buying Hall addition lot for a five room dwelling, and Hotel National adding a 20 by 40 foot sample room. Workers and residents travel for business, education, and marriage announcements appear alongside mining investment chatter and weather remarks.
Local Celebrations and Moves Highlight Mena News
Mrs T W Phillis of Carthage arrives with two children to join husband in Mena where they will live on Hermann Street. Phillis to manage new steam laundry by Miller and James. A P Rust of Pittsburg and Gulf travels to Kansas City to secure records and set Texarkana HQ. Rust admired for quiet manners and business focus in Mena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Hoefel
Maxia, Tex
Mena
T. W. Phillis
Carthage
Phillis
A. P. Rust
Pittsburg & Gulf
Kansas City
Texarkana
Mr. Rust
San Francisco Favored for Muster Out by Twentieth Kansas
Nine tenths of the Twentieth Kansas officers and men sign petitions urging muster out and discharge in San Francisco. Kansas City officials say transporting the regiment as a body to Kansas City is impractical due to cost and logistics, even at a hypothetical $10 fare, and men would disembark en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Star
Hong Kong
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
San Francisco
Baker
Kansas Regiment
Manila
John A. Brown
Kansas Citys
L. M. Jones
Committee On Finance
Brown
College Contract Let For Hendrix Academy
The Hendrix academy in Mena will be built after N B Barden was awarded the contract for 8500 dollars. The contract is signed and Bond will be posted by Mr Barden and Townsite company. Building work to start at once with school to open October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrix Academy of
Mena
N. B. Barden
Barden
The Polk County Teachers Normal Opens at City High
The Polk County Teachers Normal began Monday in the city’s high school building with Prof. A. H. Peacher of Van Buren as instructor. Peacher, superintendent of Van Buren public schools, is regarded as a bright young educator. The session lasts only this week, limiting attendance from the country. Enrolled teachers include Deborah Owens Sue Compere Maude Levins J G McKinley Addie McKinley Maggie Riddling J G McKinley James Rogers W L Nichols W E Ware G E Watkins Anna Hudgins Helen Porch W M Shields A T Hamiter Bessie Reese W F McKinley Sam Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal
Polk County
Teachers’ Normal
A. H. Peacher
van Buren
Peacher
Deborah Owens
Sue Compere
Maude Levins
J. 8. McKinley
Addie McKinley
Maggie Riddling
J.G McKinley
James Rogers
W. L. Nichols
W. E. Ware
G. E. &Watkins
Anna Hudgins
Helen Porch
W. M. Shields
A. T. Hamiter
Bessie Reese
W. F. McKinley
Sam Perry
Frisco Line Magazine offered to share Southwest farming profits
A reader is invited to send names of friends in the east who might be interested in the territory. The note promises to forward copies of Frisco Line Magazine and the Arkansas Farmer and Fruitman, illustrated guides highlighting regional resources and farming prospects. Address to Bryan Snyder, GPA, Friscoine, St Louis, Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco Line
Arkansas Farmer and Fruitman
Southwest
Bryan Snyder
GPA
Friscoine
St Louis
Fine Pigs from Cox stock farm arrive for Dallas collection
Attorney Pole McPhetrige received by express today a pair of registered Poland China pigs from the Cox stock farm at Granfield Missouri. He sent them to his home near Dallas to add to his stock collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pole McPhetrige
Express
Poland
Cox Stock Farm
Granfield
McPhetrige
Dallas
Lung Irritation Foretold and Cures Promised by Doctor Mel
A fragment claims lung irritation or consumption will be cured by Dr. Mel's PhweTar-tioney, promising to strengthen the lungs and prevent coughing or colds, asserting the remedy will work and be beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel
NEW PUGILISTIC STAR Jeffries Unseats Fitzsimmons at Coney Island
James J Jeffries, a stout west coast challenger, defeated world champion Robert Fitzsimmons in 11 rounds at the Coney Island Athletic Club. Jeffries used a crouched stance and long left jab to overpower the veteran, never facing real danger and emerging as the conqueror in straight and forceful action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Jeffries
West
Coney Island Athletic Club
Robert Fitzsimmons
Jeffries
Drummers to Testify on Trusts and Travelers
Percy E. Dowe president of the Commercial Travelers' National League will testify before the industrial commission on how trusts affect commercial travelers. He cites 150000 members fighting for their existence and 350000 travelers spending millions daily on rail and hotel costs. He claims thousands oppose trusts and will present cases of employment losses caused by trusts, including the chair trust, steel combination, and tobacco deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Industrial Commission
Percy E. Dowe
Commercial Travelers’ National League
Dowe
Chair Trust
American Steel Combinaton
Combine
To Colonize Cuba Plan A Veteran Colony
Paul Vandervoort of Omaha reports President McKinley acknowledged his offer to transport a large colon y of Civil War veterans to Cuba as a private expedition. Veterans nationwide flood Vandervoort with letters while the plan attracts major support from the West and South for a fall departure regardless of government sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Paul Vandervoort
McKinley
Cuba
Vandervoort
Grand Army of the
United States Cruiser Newark Safe Detained for Coal
The U S cruiser Newark is reported safe yet detained in Smith channel due to coal shortage. Two of her steam launches reached Anend, a port on Chile's north Chiloe province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tho
Newark
Santiago de Chile
United States
Smith Channel
Anend
Chile
Chiloe
Steel Combine Negotiations Break Off
Negotiations for the proposed consolidation of iron and steel sheet mills in the United States have been declared off. The retreat appears to end a bid to organize a steel industry merger, with no immediate revival reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Combine
Pittsburgh
Torpedo Factory Explosion Rocks Marietta Ohio
The Marietta Torpedo company factory blew up yesterday afternoon killing at least two men named Clyde Porter and Carl Harte who were seen with horses at the scene. The plant was ruined as windows shook across the city and debris, including horses and a wagon, was blasted apart. The blast likely resulted from nitro glycerin being carelessly unloaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, O
Tune 14
Marietta Torpedo Company
Clyde Porter
Carl Harte
Porter
Dewey Sailed Into Manila and Far Pacific Expeditions
Since Dewey sailed into Manila last year, 23 army expeditions crossed the Pacific and four by Suez to hold new possessions. The force carried 1,279 officers and 87,287 men, with about 500 more officers and nearly 2,000 men not on expeditions. Of the total force, scarcely 1,000 have returned to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Manila
Washington
Pacific
Suez
Cleveland Steam Fitters Strike in Cleveland
Over 800 steam fitters from every plumbing shop in Cleveland strike for higher wages and a uniform local scale. They demand an eight hour day with 3 dollars for fitters and 1.50 for helpers after a formal wage request was ignored. One firm has conceded the demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Young Bride Killed in Serenade Firefight
Wichita reports a serenade turned deadly when Harry Randa fired on newlyweds on their front porch. Bride died from gunshot through the lungs, groom wounded. Earlier, Mrs Wallenstein died of blood poisoning after rose thorn injury at a Jewish wedding in the same city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Ray Higgins
Waetonga
Harry Randa
Buek
Charivari Party
Henry Wallenstein
Wallensteims
Hillmon cases postponed again in Leavenworth
In Leavenworth Kansas on June 4 the Sallie E Hillmon cases against Mutual Life Insurance of New York and Connecticut Mutual Insurance of Hartford were continued in federal court until October 16.
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Hilmon
Leavenworth
Kan
Sallie E. Hillmon
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company
Hartford
Also Mentioned on This Page
CG. W. Darling
Hargo
North Dakota
R. B. Porter
Holton, Kas
Egolf Drug Company
W. I. Boyer
T. M. Jones
O. A. Alexander
C. A. Lindsay
Hall Addition
Hotel National
Jackson
Mena Grocery Company
E. T. Cutler
Charles W. Williams
Board Camp
Texas
O. M. Smith & Co
de Queen Street
H. J. Hoover
Nora Barton
W. J. Barton
Cove
Fayetteville
The
State University
J. B. Hickman
Janssen
Wisconsin
Durham & Batson Mining Exchange
J. A. Simms
J. R. Joplin
G. W. Clardy
Pittsburgh Gulf
J. L. Rankin
W. H. Hall
J. G. Trout
Tarkio, Mo
Dr. Livingston
Parks
William King
Laura Kendal
Squire J. M. Cherry
J. O. Thomas
D. H. Hopkins
Hazel
Hopkins
W. A. Batson
Chicago
W. P. Feaxel
Tessie
T. Wdgrar Graves
Nashville
Arkagelphia
Ark
Mise Weazel
Kansas
Pacific Coast
Hendrix Academy
Young Californias
Fitzsimmons
G. A
Lesbia M. Bostwick
Maria Liewen Steirngranat
Miss Bostwick
Jackson Drug Co
Macon
Lafreny
Clarence
M. D. Felker
J. N. Albright
Kate Sharp
Independence
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Ardmore
I. T
Ledbetter & Bledsoe
Medicine Lodge
M. M. Pugh
M. BE. Church
South
Jackson Drog Co
Watonga
Sogott
Arkansas
Court House
JW. Mudgime
W.J. Davia
J. W. Hudgime
Poll Circuit Court
Saly
Polk
Stephen Thornton
James Lowther
Jeanie
Neds
W. Midgine
Thin Ee
Stelter
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