Local News Notes From Mena and Surrounds
Local items report E M Green leaving for a business trip in Missouri J B Hickman and A C Garson visit from Janssen and Joplin Mo Mena sees new projects including an ice plant brick block meat market laundry and court house vault work The circuit court opens next Monday March term Judge Frezel presiding Several residents plan trips to Kansas City St Louis and Carthage Community news covers Janssen park cleanup new photography gallery plans and a slight yard wreck at No 355 Fire alarm at Bert Hiltebrand gallery prompts action. Lent instruction at Catholic church weekly
Sheriff Pipkin Dead After Pneumonia At Home
Sheriff J L Pipkin dies at his Clendening street home from pneumonia after exposure while meeting taxpayers. Funeral at Dallas cemetery with Rev Compert officiating. Pipkin had served as sheriff 1880 84 and was re elected last fall. Survived by wife Abi gail McKinney and six children. former spouses noted. community offers sympathy. Also brief notices mention Arnica salve, a theater troupe at the opera house, and Dr Simmons Cough Syrup advertisement.
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Pipkin
J. L. Pipkin
Clendening Street
W. L. Compert
The
Baptist
Woutchur Druge
Jecksop
Savage, Manes
Rolf
Coffeeville
Miss
Emily Barron
Minor Pipkin
Isabella McCormic
Isis
Kansas City Meat Market Moves to New Market Location
The Kansas City Meat Market announces relocation to a new market three doors east of the old site and invites patrons to continue using their services. The notice is signed by M. E. Pumpney, proprietor. Also included is an advertisement for Prickly Ash Bitters claiming to correct digestive disorders and to be sold by Jackson Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
M. E. Pumpney
Paying Kansas City Prices in Mena Venture
Nashville cattle dealer W. J. Briggs sold a herd of fat heifers to M. E. Pumphrey at Kansas City prices during his first trip to Mena. Briggs plans to return after shipping from Hot Springs and visiting city markets. J. Shee of Sedalia writes his daughter, once dangerously ill with croup, recovered after using One Minute Cough Cure. Hanes & Egolf.
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Kansas City
W. J. Briggs
Nashville
M. E. Pumphrey
Mr. Briggs
Hot Springs
Mena
J. Shee
Sedalia
Hanes & Egolf
Hanes
Miss Winneford Landes Hosts Fort Smith Dance Night
Miss Winneford Landes of Fort Smith closes her dancing class term with a formal dance tonight. Fine music will accompany the open doors and guest list, offering an evening of unusual pleasure and social engagement. The notice also advertises Dr Sawyers Little Wide Awake pills as a cure for biliousness and inactive liver. Jackson Drug Co.
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Winneford Landes
Fort Smith
Sawyers
Jackson Drug Co
Mayor Whayne Leads Ditch and Culvert Work at Port Arthur
Port Arthur Avenue improvements include a ditch between Campbell and Armour streets to stop water from flooding lots. A culvert is being cut across Port Arthur Avenue to redirect flow and grading at the site. The work repurposes rock from Janssen park in the adjacent lot where a pond formed after heavy rains. Whayne may contribute to costs as he benefits from the project.
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Port Arthur Avenue
Whayne
Campbell and
Armour Streets
Port Arthur
Janssen Park
Death of Young McKinney Marks York County Loss
Young McKinney, a longtime Polls County resident and Primitive Baptist preacher, died February 22, 1899 at age 76. He served as county treasurer until last October and was laid to rest near Potter beside his wife, leaving a legacy as a respected local figure.
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the Star
Young McKinney
Tone
McKinney
Polls County
Potter
York County
Mr. McKinney
Pumphrey couple to make Mena home after Pittsburg wedding
Mr. H W Pumphrey and bride married at the bride’s Pittsburg Kansas home then came to Mena with his mother and will reside with his father and brother Mack in the Kansas City Meat Market. Mrs. M E Pumphrey visited Pittsburg for a couple of weeks.
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W. H. Pumphrey
M. E. Pumphrey
Thurday
Pittsburg
Kan
Mr. Pumphrey
Literary Club session features Mark Twain reminiscences
The Literary Club and The Woman's Literary club met with Mrs C H Byers for an open session recalling Mark Twain and reading his writings with music. The next meeting will be with Mrs Dr Dagg. Also an ad for Dr Simmons Cough Syrup at 50 cents a bottle promises satisfaction or money back from Jackson Drug Co.
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Jossey & Marvins Company
Opera House
Dr. Simmons
Jackson Reado Ey
Woman's Literary Club
C. H. Byers
Mark Twain
Dr. Dagg
Jackson Drug Co
Appointment of Sheriff to Fill Pipkin Vacancy
The governor will consider the sheriff appointment on Friday to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Pipkin’s death with all interested parties heard before a decision. J R Gray of Atkins Arkansas endorses Dr M A Simmons Liver Medicine, praising its cure for sour stomach liver troubles la grippe and bilious attacks and calling it superior to a 25 cent package of Black Draught.
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Little Rock
Pipkin
J. R. Gray
Atkins
Ed Poe
George Jackson
Annie Poe
Free copies of Star edition via Land Commissioner Hornbeck
Notice offers February 8 free copies of the illustrated Star through the land office for friends and inquirers. The ad also promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as a digestive aid, claiming it strengthens digestion and cleanses the bowels, sold by Jackson Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Hornbeck
The
Star
Jackson Drug Co
Local Notes From Mena and Nearby Areas
Omaha visitor praises climate and contemplates settling in Mena. Fort Smith music firm Bollinger and Patten visit for tuning pianos. Rain harms fruit growers meeting. Mena orchestra dance enjoyed despite lower turnout. Officials Frezell and Steel travel for Nashville court. Arkansas Home and Guide launches in city. Mrs Clayton to Tennessee. Allen sees potential in Mena. Train delays due to wreck. J G Jackson buys Campbell and Port Arthur lots. Local social updates and notices include walkers, music borrowings, and a Pope Leo XII biograph feature in Ladies Home Journal.
Broken Arm Reported for Mrs Wilkerson on Janssen Ave
Mrs J R Wilkerson broke her right arm near the shoulder after a street stumble in front of her home. Dr Ramey reduced the fracture and the patient is doing as well as could be expected. Also notes a patent medicine advertisement and a lumber firm seeking workers with teams.
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J. R. Wilkerson
Janssen Avenue
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E. M. Green
Missouri
J. ©. Byers
W. M. Terry
James Payne
Bulger
J.B. Hickman
Janssen
F. ©. Savage
Joe P. Landis
M. E. Pumphery
A. W. St. John
Carthage
Janssen Street
Cornell
St. John
Harry C. Winn
Pinehurst Place
Circuit Court of
Frezel
A. C. Garson
Joplin, Mo
A. F. Rust
Maintenance of Way Department
St. Louis
George McAravey
J. B. Littlejohn & Co
Nettie Winn
Old Electric Gallery
Hornet and
de Queen Streets
de. J. BR. Davis
Ryan
Indian Territory
J. P. Davis
D. Whitwam
Kansas
J. B. McMahon
Bridge and Building Department
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway
Bert Hiltebrand
Polk County Horticultural Society
G. T. Martin
Cole Hill
Mr. Martin
Arnica
Jackson Rug Co
Signal of Liberty
Young McKinney Read
Bright
Ee Sawyer
Plorence Adams
Omaha
Lindsay's
R. Bollinger
O. P. Patten
Bollinger Music House
Mr. Bollinger
Mr. Patten
Cove
A. C. James
Grant Robenson
John‘ Bookout
Circuit Court
W. B. Frezell
Steel
City
Locksburg
Overland
Arkansas Home and Guide
Home and Health Club
Frank S. Foster
T. J. Clayton
Pulaski
Tennessee
C. H. Allen
Savanah
Shreveport
J. G. Jackson
Campbell Street
Simmons
Mr. Jackson
de Queen
Mr. and
Mrs. Collins
Brownstown
Minnie Killian
Grace McDowell
Thomasville
Creach Roberts
Leo XII
Leo XI
March Ladies Home Journal
Pontiff
Vatican
de Witt
M. E. Church
South
M. A. Simmons
Mena Lumber Co
Dwin
de. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine
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