Polk county political notices and local updates
Local notes announce G W as Republican candidate for Polk County representative and Fray Wimierly for sheriff. Other items mention the Poteau Lumber Company busy shipping north, early corn harvest, new flag for public events, and various residents traveling or visiting. County affairs discuss July 5 meeting date due to July 4 holiday and plans for the new court house site deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W
Representatites
Polk County
Fray Wimierly
Shorif
Hekety
County Seat Move Referendum Dominates Polk County Vote
The Polk County change to move the seat from Dallas to Mena drew near total support across precincts. Faulkner township did not vote. Total votes counted show Mena with 1925, short of the required 2481 by 1241 to win, and the overall majority stands at 684. The report also touches on local notices, advertisements, and brief community updates including personnel changes at a telephone exchange and farming remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Mena
Faulkner
Gap Springs
Barton
Polk County
Mena College work underway_September bids for site work
Mrs L P Curtis arrives from Kansas City to begin preparations to open Mena College by October 1st. Charles Craig selects the ridge north of Mena as the site with a commanding view. On the 30th bids for excavations and foundation walls will be opened and contracts let, plans for the superstructure to follow for contractor review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena College
L. P. Curtis
Kansas City
Charles Craig
Mena
How to Send Money to Soldiers Payment by postal orders
The post-office department explains methods to send money to soldiers in the field or abroad. Use specific postal stations for payments at Camp Alger Chickamauga Park Tampa or Military Station No 14 Cuba. Include company and regiment in mail. An additional 2 cent tax applies to all money orders under the internal revenue act.
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Post-Office Department
Camp Alger
Washington, D. C
Chickamauga Park
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tampa
Fla
Tamp
Cuba
New York
N. BA
Emulsion promotion touts Scott and Bowne remedy
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a tonic to feed a wasting body and soothe coughs with glycerine and hypophosphites. It claims children will thrive after using the product, urging trial before cod liver oil and noting price and availability at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Soldiers Depart With Flag as Mena Volunteers Leave
Saturday marked the departure of Mena volunteers recruited by Lieutenant Hendricks and Private Glitsch. After voting on the county seat, the group gathered at Mena Street HQ where Mayor Whayne and Rev. Schermerhorn spoke. A W St. John presented a flag. Color bearer George Dole and Carl Glitsch spoke for the troops, vowing to defend the flag and remember its ideals. The Port Arthur Route band played as they headed to the station amid cheers. Mrs Desbrow pinned bouquets on each soldier, and a list of recruits from Companies E F and G was read, including Hadlock Edwards Adkins Pipkin Robertson Few Haley Wofford Wisdom Gammon Doles Cramer Andrews Sorrela Pittman Carter Campbell Miles Straugho Jacobs Jackson Denk Songong Garris Beckel Page Johnen Winn Bultin Gibbons Markel Varley Phillips Ridge Parker Jobert Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena
Hendricks
Glitseh
Mena Street
Whayne
Schermerhorn
J. C. Byers
A. W. St. John
Mena Star
George Dole
Carl Glitsch
Maine
Port Arthur
Tom W
Wofford Hamp
M. Wisdom
Clyde C. Gammon
George E. Doles
L. Cramer
Rolland
Andrews
Walter L. Sorrela
Sydney
Pittman
Jesse Carter
SJ Campbell
Miles
Corron
Robert Wilson
Straugho
JE Jacobs
Hugh Jackson Charles William Denk Otto Harold Pany
G. Fred
Zeesibales West
Jen
Ompsin E Hoes
Fagao
Robert N. Garris Dake Beckel Harmon D. Page Jewell
Johnen Jobn
E. Winn
Jacob R. Bultin
Jas W. Gibbons
Robert S. Markel
Clyde Varley Felix H. Phillips
Francie M. Ridge
Mat C Parker
Charles Jobert
H Richardson
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Anon
Petsfish
Heath
Our City
the Star
The
Poteau Lumber Company
C. W. Smith
D. H. Hopkins
Victorsville
Mich
Joe Hayward
St. Joseph, Mo
Star Building
W. S. Matheny
Hot Springs
B. F. Owens
Eagle Gap
C. W. Knight
Howett Avenue
Geo. Dole
Bert Todd
Mr. Todd
Ernest St. John
A. G. Paul
Minois
Omaha Exposition
Charles Pugh
McMahon
Pittsburg
Kas
A. M. Finney
Reeves & Dennis Real Estate
L. J. Lockrege
Texas
S. D. Lary
Texarkana
Janssen
Woman's Home Mission Society
the Methodist Church, South
R. W. Johnson
Hatfield
Mr. Johnson
David Moore
Faulkner Township
Star
W. R. Thurmond, Esq
Arkansas Townsite Co
A. Gaccagher
de Queen Street
Mena, Arkansas
Evans City
Globe
Pipkin & Hanes
John J.ingalls
Kansas
F. D. Thompson Publishing Co
St. Louis
Ingalls
Savage and Jackson Drug Co
Amber Barham
Chas
Jobers
Chickamauga
Miss Barham
Lilly Barham
J. M. Venable
Ink
A. B. Miller
West Virginia
Capt
P. H. Miller
Pierce Oil Co
C. E. Horr
F.C. Savage and
J. G. Jackson Drug CO
DeWitt
John C. Dunn
Wheeling
W. Va
Scott & Bowne
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