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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1899
Page
4
The Sevier County Star is promoted as the town building paper and urges readers to send extra copies to friends in other sections. It notes Horatio as a potential bank site, mentions a smallpox scare in Little Rock, and cautions about the Philippine Islands purchase as a costly white elephant. Also gives farming tips for early potatoes and peas to hit the early market.
Those wanting extra copies of the illustrated Star edition of February 8 may obtain them at no cost by visiting the office. The notice also invites readers to learn more about Mena by calling in person.
In publishing a daily paper we will be enabled to more closely gather news each day. Regular daily news gathering will allow us to provide a greater amount of news for the weekly edition.
The Jesse James trial over alleged complicity in the Kansas City Missouri Pacific train robbery is in progress. The state rested its case last Saturday asserting proof of his involvement while the defense presents substantial evidence of his innocence.
The Port Arthur Canal company withdraws a damages suit against Sabine Land and Improvement for obstructing canal construction. Sabine Land agrees not to interfere further. With about half a mile left to dig, the canal will soon be ready for use and projectors deserve credit for the vast undertaking.
Friends of B O Flower will be pleased to learn he leads a new magazine The Coming Age Vol 1 No 2 February offering substantial reform writing on industrial welfare. Published Capely Square Boston priced at 2 00 yearly subscription requests can be forwarded.
On Saturday March 4 the Star will start a four page evening daily edition with six columns of telegraphic news and full local coverage. It pledges clean family reading, aims to match Kansas City papers the same day, and offers ten cents a week delivered by carrier or mail.
A letter from Milan Kansas dated February 28 1899 applauds the Mena Star for its upbuilding efforts and local pride. The writer J L Srons sends one dollar for a year’s subscription and notes the newspaper’s role in shining a light on Mena Polk County and Arkansas.
Port Arthur News reports Bro Saint John of the Mena Star issued a twelve page edition highlighting a city of 4300 population built in Arkansas mountains. The piece praises the Star as a key factor in developing Mena with solid business blocks and beautiful homes in twenty seven months.
Arkansas Gazette comments on a wartime tax viewed as a harsh burden for white Americans, predicting it will be borne for many years. The piece frames the tax as a heavy obligation tied to the war effort and national policy.
The coal famine predicted due to the coal miners’ strike will cause little trouble in our area because there is an abundance of wood.
An old advertisement promotes Siaimons Squaw Wine Wine for Tablets as a superior remedy to build up and fortify the system against miscarriage, claiming strong protective effects for pregnant women.
State Republican item lists Tommy Ryap of Syracuse NC as champion welterweight signing to fight oe Johnson of St Paul for twenty rounds at Hot Springs on March 1 with ringside weight 150 pounds. Pine Bluff Graphic notes miners demand 6 cent advance while convention adjourns amid strike fears and other regional notes follow.
The piece describes a puzzled citizen named Billingsley amid a strange affair involving a signed note with an apparent rabbit’s foot, noting his peaceable reputation. A nearby report mentions eighteen negro gamblers jailed by a constable's deputy, who found prisoners missing from their beds at dawn, and an ad touting Dr M A Stimons Liver Medicine for constipation.
The piece argues American forces in Manila face a severe military problem as Filipino attacks continue. Insurgents employ irregular tactics, melt away when pressed, and harass U.S. troops through the city streets. The writer notes the fighting is likely to escalate toward a brutal, knife‑edge war with little chance of quick pacification.
In a whimsical exchange, Mr Jimson asks Miss Skylark to sing. Miss Skylark modestly hesitates and responds with a playful, hesitant line about trying. The dialogue turns into a light, nearly theatrical moment with a touch of comic miscommunication between the two speakers.
Dusty Diggs claims luck slips from a pocketsoap while Rusty Riggs doubts luck in soap. The dialogue contrasts superstition with advertising hype for Scrubbemsoftly's solvent soup promising quick, safe child remedies and mentions boarding houses and bachelors seeking homes.
An old advertisement touts a cure for colds promising rapid relief with a tablet product. It mentions refunds and branding cues like AUVO Brotmo and L. B.Q, suggesting a promotional claim typical of period drug spots.
Advices from the steamer Nuestra Senora da Carmen report the US gunboat Petrel under Commander C Cornwell visiting Cebu on February 22. Marines and bluejackets landed, flag raised over the government building, rebels fled with guns, and Twenty third Regulars left for Cebu aboard the Pennsylvania. Dispatches say Lloilo remains quiet and business resumes. Madrid dispatches about foreign warships disembarking troops are disputed by US officials.
The Manila dispatch to Washington urges the Oregon to sail for immediate presence to influence insurgent forces and deter European interference. Lord Beresford predicts China bankruptcy in four years and notes Britain’s Egypt aid could help China trade. Evansville cyclone razes homes and causes heavy property damage. One Minute Cough Cure advertised by Hanes & Co.
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