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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
7
A wartime oration urging capable, steadfast men uncorrupted by office power. The speaker calls for citizens with courage, honor, and resolve to serve, resisting manipulation by authorities. Includes a humorous aside about a cough remedy and a local advertised product.
A test run by the cyanide method on ore from Swartout and Darhym near Mena yields $60 per ton potential. Ninety six pounds of broken ore produced a silver button and three silver jars, with traces of metal. J Swartout plans a complete ore-separation plant five miles away, as interest grows in the enterprise.
The Baptist Church held morning and evening services with a sermon by Dr Mills and Miss Wickum on Christ Slaves and Gods Love. The M E Church South reported strong attendance despite some regulars absent, with Juvenile Missionary Society and League meetings. The Presbyterian Church had a fair crowd for Rev Schermerhorn's sermon on She hath done what she could, noting his upcoming departure after the spring Presbytery meeting. Also a medical ad promotes Prickly Ash Bitters for nervous weakness and digestive issues, sold by Jackson Drug Co.
Mayor Mark Whayne has accepted a position with the land department of the Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company and will start May 1. He expects his territory to cover Bentonville and Northwestern Arkansas. Local health notes claim one minute cough remedy is effective for severe lung and throat troubles.
The Timber Men’s Association hosted a lively semiannual gathering on March 9 in Room 9 and 9p m at the Savage ball. Officers were chosen including Stark, W. E. Stalnaker as Senior Hoo Hoo and J. Brickman as Junior Heo Hoo. attendees hailed from Shreveport to Thomasville with fifty five cats observed on the roof. Many attendees returned by late trains. A local advertiser extols One Minute Cough Cure as a universal throat remedy amid pneumonia season.
A Dal las merchant in Polk county announces retirement after ten years in Mena Arkansas. He expresses gratitude to friends and customers for loyal patronage and hopes his business dealings have been satisfactory. He notes regret at leaving the mercantile trade and asks for future patronage if business arises again. Dated March 6 1899. Dr Sawyers Arnica and Witch Hazel Salve advertised for piles hives scald head eczema pin worms burns and cuts. Jackson Drug Co. 31 School Exercises. The public school held a program in the Baptist church with about three hundred pupils, songs by all, and performances by grades. A similar Methodist program will be held next Friday afternoon and attendees are invited. Dr Simmons Cough Syrup advertised 50 cents for fifty doses. Jackson Drug Co. wd
F M Reeves has awarded the erection of a new brick corner building at Menastreet and Janssen avenue to B H Barden. The 25 by 98 two story structure will house the post office and a business room on the first floor with offices on the second. Hayes & Beverforden handle brick work and plastering. J W McCrarey to excavate and A B Brown to do foundation stone work. Prickly Ash Bitters offered by Jackson Drug Co.
E. Thomas, a renowned stone cutter from Mena, completed the first stone walk at his home. He recently opened a ledge of this stone at the Robinson quarries near town.
In an ad styled claim the message asserts true greatness lies in quality not volume. Geo. Smith of the People's Drug Store Seymour Conn testifies after twenty five years of selling the product, stressing that customers seek quality cures over sheer quantity.
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