End Drawing Near and Bond Plans Highlight 1900s Dispatches
Mapnip notes Capt Gen Augusti in the walled city and joint occupation prospects with European war vessels for Manila. Washington reports bond issues must be advertised nationwide for 80 days to reach moderate investors. Two new yellow fever cases appear in McHenry Mississippi prompting quarantines and protective measures at Camp Fontainebleau.
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Mapnip
Augusti
August
Manila
Tagal
Spain
Washington
Dingley
Ways and Means Committee
Gage
House
Treasury Department
United States
McHenry
Mins
Washieron
Miss
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Fontainbleau
Kansans to abolish metropolitan police July first
Gov Leedy announces a proclamation abolishing metropolitan police departments in Kansas six largest cities effective July 1 to allow mayors to select new officers. About 250 positions will be filled with Republicans expected to control all cities except Leavenworth.
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Topeka
Kan
Leedy
Kansas
Leavenworth
Bryan's Regiment to Join Lee's Army Corps
It is probable that Col. William J. Bryan and the Nebraska regiment under his command will be assigned to Maj. Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee's army corps. War department officials were reticent, but strong authority supports the expected assignment.
Duluth and New Orleans Railway incorporation filed
Articles of incorporation were filed for the Duluth and New Orleans Railway company to build a line from Duluth Minnesota to a gulf point. Headquarters at Nevada Louisiana. Rates limited to two cents per mile for passengers and freight, no higher than the commissioners’ schedule. Nicaragu Canal news reports senate committee agrees to bill for canal construction with new lines.
Hailstorm damages crops and windows in Kansas county
Information from Great Bend Kansas reports a hailstorm that swept the northeast part of the county last night. The storm's path was about two miles wide and eight miles long, damaging wheat and corn and breaking window lights. In Hungary many villages lack a doctor within ten miles.
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Great Ln
Kan
Hungary
Mt Mena Summer Resort Opens To Southern Guests
An informal opening at Mt Mena summer resort was held last Saturday night with about seventy five visitors from Kansas City Fort Smith Texarkana Shreveport and other southern points. Mr and Mrs Gillis lease the hotel and hosted guests while Land Commissioner F A Hornbeck and officials toured the property. TheMt Mena Inn event signals the opening of a popular resort expected to draw many from the region this summer as a refuge from disease and heat.
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Mt. Mena
Kansas City
Fort Smith
Texarkana
Shreveport
Mount Mena
Mt Mena Inn
Court House Free Yes Vote Editorial Ad
Evans City Globe editor endorses a yes vote in the courthouse issue. A one minute cough remedy is touted as curing children after other remedies failed for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. Pipkin Hanes.
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Evans City
Globe
Pipkin & Hanes
Delker and LeRoy Ship Ore to St Louis Mill
Delker and LeRoy shipped a thousand pounds of ore from the Gold King Mine to National Ore and Reduction Co mills in St Louis for a mill run. Mr LeRoy departs for Oklahoma tomorrow then to St Louis to supervise smelting and negotiate machinery to expand operation. They believe they have struck rich and expect great wealth from the mine.
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Delker & LeRoy
Gold King
National Ore and Reduction Co
St. Louis
LeRoy
Oklahoma
DeWitt County Vote Urges Yes On $5,000 Per Voter Plan
A county solicitation urges a $5,000 fund with a payment of $2 per voter and calls for a Yes vote. The notice stresses the per voter cost and the proposed use of funds, reflecting local campaign language.
Best for all to have the county seat at Mena
The passage contains multiple business notices and testimonials for DeWitt's Little Early Risers Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. It mentions Milesburg Pennsylvania and Toledo Ohio druggists with claims of effectiveness and a reward for catarrh cures.
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DeWitt
John ©. Dunn
Wheeling, W. Ve
Pipkin & Hanes
Mena
Milesburg
Hall
T. J. Cuexny & Co .Props
Toledo
F. J Cheney
Weer & Treax
Ohio
Vannixe
Rissan & Marquix
Medals Awarded At St Joseph Academy Exercises
The medals were distributed Sunday after delays caused by late arrivals. Winners include Mattie Fisher for Christian Doctrine gold, Alice Gallagher Christian Doctrine gold, Nellie Lee Mathematics gold, Ruth McPhet rige Geography silver, Ray Burke General Proficiency silver, Lela James Reading gold, Mary Boyer department silver, Clifford Cole regular attendance silver. Notice: Polk county teaching license exams set for June 23 and 24 1808 in Mena, attendance required for those previously examined irregularly.
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St. Joseph Academy
Mattie Fisher
Alice Gallagher
Nellie Lee
Ruth McPhetrige
Ray Burke
Lela James
Polk County
Mena
Bicycle repairs and gear at AT THE Jewelry
A brief item notes bicycle repairs and supplies available at AT THE Jewelry, described as the place where watch repairs are done properly. It lists pumps, oil, cements, tire tapes, wrenches, bells, valves, plugs, patches, grips, enamel, cyclometers, oil cans, spoke wrenches, locks, and bicycles repaired.
Fresh advertising snippets from Mena Arkansas era trade pages
A fragmentary collection of ads and notices from Mena Arkansas including Jackson’s drug and soda fountain promotions, Post-office Inspector Honek visits, Arkansaw store chicken barter, paint and paper company offerings, Prickly Ash Bitters health claim, leather goods shop on DeQueen street, Nicholls meat market deals, and a Kansas City meat market listing with annual receipts.
Stoves and Ranges At Lloyd Hardware De Queen Street
A carload of the celebrated Bridge and Beach cook stoves and ranges is offered at seven cents per unit at Lloyd hardware store on De Queen street. Call and inspect the neatest and best stove offered for sale in Polls County.
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Bridge & Beach Cook
Lloyd Hardware
de Queen Street
Polls
Reed
Special Round Trip Rates to Texas Cities from Mena
Round trip rates from Mena to Texas points via Kansas City Pittsburg Gulf Railroad are valid 30 days. Rockport Aransas Pass Port Arthur and Galvester Martin La Porte Seabrook are listed with fares 27.95 14.95 218.05 19.15 respectively.
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Mena
Texas
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Gulf Railroad
Rockport
Aransas Pass
Pottlans
Corpus Christi
Port Arthur
Galvester Martin
la Ports
Seabrogie
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Gulf
Nicaracas Canal
Wasatxotox
Senate Committee On
MT. Mena Summer Resort
Carl Glitsch
Little Rock
Hendrick
Indian Territory
Geo, Dole
Allen Few
Mat Park
Marc Robinson
Pricwiy Asa Brrrers
I. C. Savage and
Jackson's Drug Co
R. S. Owen
Umbolt Jeans
Nena
N. B. Barden
Ge Ene
Erices
Wheeler & Wilson
Green & Lewis
Jackson
Postoffice Book Store
Arkansaw
Honek
Pt Smith
Joplin
Monarch
Vane Calvert and
Mena Paint and Paper Company
Savage and Jackson's Drug Co
Geo. W. Knowlton
N. M. Roach
Frieght Depot
Sherwood Avenue
Ark
JR. Wilkerson
DeQueen Street
Nicholls
DeQueen Street Wear
Vulgins
Sherwood i
Ett
Star
H. Hopkins
Dallas
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