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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1898
Page
3
Fragmentary verse recalls a dramatic sea voyage toward the American and Spanish lands under purple skies. A sailor reflects on loss, the Maine disaster, and calls for resolve as the ship fights winds and waves near shore amid mournful cries. The piece ends with an ad promoting One Minute Cough Cure as a pneumonia preventive.
A Philadelphia paper envisions a future city with rail transit air power asphalt streets and cheap unlimited light while noting three small agents the ant the bee and Dewit's Early Risers. Pipkin Hanes ad copy and a 1630 duel on American soil are also referenced along with medical remedies and a domestic joke.
A district meeting of the Ouachita association of the Baptist Church with Hickory Creek Church is set for the Saturday before the fifth Sunday in May at 10 a m. An Introduction sermon will be delivered by Eld H C Ridling. A missionary sermon Sunday at 11 a m by Elds B F Cannon and Lem Ridling. First and second queries presented by B F Cannon, J J Hoskins, B Duck, and S A Neighbors.
In Hastern Polk County Minnesota wolves are killing deer and threatening settlers and cattle. A timber wolf chased four deer into Ralph Green’s clearing and killed one near his door, injuring another animal during an encounter as Mrs. Green faced the incident.
Green arrives with a rifle scene shows a fruitless hunt as Mrs Green skins a deer and contemplates life’s pleasures. The ad pitches DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills as a cure for headaches constipation and biliousness promising health benefits.
D B Jobin sheriff and ex officio collector announces tax collection stops at numerous townships and precincts from January 1898 through February 1898 for real and personal taxes due in 1897. Delinquents face penalties after the wind up. attendance requested to avoid a rush.
A historic price list lists items and costs including 9 lbs Arbuckle coffee for 1.00, 20 lbs navy beans for 1.00, 30 lbs steel wire nails for 1.00, 20 yds domestic cloth for 1.00, 20 yds checks for 1.00, 20 yds Humbolt jowns for 1.00, 100 lbs patent flour for 2.40, and other items such as butter, axe, and traces with small unit prices.
Regular meetings are held on the first Monday evening of each month at Hotel Mena. George Keaton serves as president and J P Landes as corresponding secretary.
A promotional notice announces New York publisher George P Rowell offering a two hundred page book listing newspapers in the United States with 1000 plus circulation, plus state lineups of towns with higher circulations, issued December 16 1897 and mailed postage paid for one dollar.
The Frisco Line promotes itself as the direct through car route to Southwest Missouri Southern Kansas Arkansas Indian Territory and Texas The most direct route to St Louis and the East Double daily vestibuled trains with free reclining chair cars observation and sleeping rooms Harvey dining tabs Ask your nearest ticket agent for full particulars or write G T Nichoson Gen Pass Agent St Louis Mo
A notice from an individual stating nonresponsibility for debts incurred by someone else as of February 20, 1808, with reference to leaving home and a location indicated as 680. The terse declaration implies a legal or memorial intent to disassociate from obligations tied to the specified person and time.
Local advertisement hawks Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for colds. It promises refunds if it fails and urges farmers to bring produce to depot locations. Shelter and care offered at a depot one block southeast of fright depot with good prices for produce.
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