Local notices and town updates announce elections and misc. events
Town marshal election details, Democratic primary motion, store owners Jonson and Hellopeter now have a telephone in their shop. Miss Bessie Spring returns from Gorelc Springs. Constable S. A. Smith trips to Port Arthur. A warehouse grows for Gann and Ole. Strawberry plants arrive with party members. Mena Lumber Co. planing mill starts up. Miss Ellen Mosher and A. E. Stilwell’s secretary travel from Port Arthur to Kansas City. Woman’s Literary Club meets with Mrs Green. next with Mrs Frady. HM Carr and George Mathews return from Port Arthur. M. E. B. Sunday school entertainment nets funds for song books. Lloyd Hardware visits from Eureka Springs. town praised for growth. Rev. Was home welcomed by family. Farmer William Doss reports a thriving season with garden and fruit trees. Methodist oyster supper successful. L. M. Jones buys forty acres near Potter for fruit farming. May street graders work Amsterdam street west of the school. Prickley Ash Bitters advertised as four medicines in one dollar. Pettifish frames feather wreath for glass cover. contemplates moving to Mena for a machine shop. Cough remedies urged. One Minute Cough Cure promotes health. Drunken pair Paxton and Walker cause city trouble. jailed, escaped, recaptured, fined. School officials plan to extend term with a $125 monthly wage after public school closes.
City council ends abrupt over second class city plan
A special city council meeting over making Mena a second class city ended abruptly after minority factionists withdrew. The census committee later swore 3,567 residents, up from 3,185 in January, highlighting continued growth as debate continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena
Palmer
J.t.rady
A. A. Colton
Mark Whayne
Ye Lindsay
Www. W. Whitley
Carder
W. A. Reese
A. Banks
M. W. York
Whayne
Whitley
Lindsay
Telegraphed for Strawberry Plants In Mena
A Star reporter notes rapid fruit industry growth in Mena as W A Barragar of St Joseph Missouri secures ten acres south of town. He telegraphs his sons to ship enough strawberry plants by express to plant the tract. Barragar was once a leading Missouri berry grower, making this venture far from an experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena
Star
W. A. Barragar
St. Joseph
the Midland
Free framed pictures and magazine copies offer
A notice offers two large colored pictures free for framing and four free copies of Ur To Dave, a humorous illustrated magazine. Each issue features front and back color drawings and 40 to 50 humorous images by American artists. Send 10 cents for postage, address to It To Dare, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
America
Dare
Chicago
Cattle Shipment Arrives from Mississippi to Oal Lodge
Mr B Allen arrives with 800 head of cattle purchased in Mississippi and shipped from Vicksburg to Oal Lodge I T via Meng. Cattle unloaded for feeding and watering then reshipped today. Pierce Barum accompanied the buyer and visited his father and family briefly. Ad lists furniture and household items for sale at Green & Lewis store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. B. Allen
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Oal Lodge
I.T
Meng
Pierce Barum
Mr. Allen
Barringer Secures Ten Acres Near St. Joseph for Strawberry Planting
W. H. Barringer of near St. Joseph, Missouri, has been in town several days and yesterday acquired ten acres of ready plowed land from Councilman York, less than a mile out, and wired his sons to ship strawberry plants at once to plant it all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Barringer
St. Joseph
York
Burglary Strikes Deller's Meat Market on De Queen Street
A rain storm did not deter a thief who cut the wire screen at Mr Deller's meat market on De Queen Street and took about forty five pounds of cured meat from display. Delker offered leniency if the burglar returns to patch the hole or specifies future heists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deller
de Queen Street
Catholic Church Benefit Announced With Lecture and Music
An entertainment event to aid the Catholic Church is set for Friday March 18. Rev P J Horan of St Louis will give a lecture alongside music and recitations from local talented performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Spring
The
Presbyterian Church
Catholic Church
P. J. Horan
St. Louis
Lost Between Sunrise and Sunset Timepieces
A fragment notes a timer or clock detail described as “between Sunrise and Sunset” with sixty diamond seconds per set. The text focuses on a poetic timepiece concept without clear event or person context.
Mena Jewelry Store offers repair services and cash for gold
A vintage notice touted Mena Jewelry Store as a place to buy solid gold rings and silverware, with repairs described as "As It Should Be Done." It promises to make custom rings, repair broken jewelry, and buys gold or silver items at market price, inviting customers to bring in articles to raise cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena Jewelry
Mena Jewelry Store
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Gorelc Springs
S. A. Smith
Port Arthur
Ole & Gann
D B Johnson
M. B Barham
St. John's Addition
Mena Lumber Co
A. L. Musick
Mews
N. A. Cramer
Pittsburg & Gulf
Ohio
Ellen Mosher
A. E. Stilwell
Kansas City
Woman's Literary Club
E. M. Green
A. Frady
HM. Carr
Supt
George Mathews
Taylor
M. EB
Opera House
W.J. Lloyd
Lloyd Hardware Store
Eureka Springs
Rev. W. L
William Doss
the Methodist Church
Pickard Building
L. M. Jones
Potter and
May
Amsterdam Street
Sherwood
de Kidder Avenue
Savage and Jackson Drug Co
BS. Pettifish
Heath
Grippe
Pipkin & Hanes
Jud Paxton
Will Walker
Polk County
A. Gaccagher
Mena, Arkansas
Green & Lewis
Call and S
W. H. ‘Booth & CO
Honert Avenue
Tena
Win
M. Penningtoh
Winn & Pennington
Southwest
Harry
Winn
F. C. Savage and Jackson Drug Co
Arkansas Mutual
New York Life
T. E. Beck
J. H. Hamilton & Co
Janssen Park
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