Pittsburg and Gulf Canal Defies Opponents at Port Arthur
A Sunday Kansas City Star column highlights Port Arthur work, the Sabine Pass obstruction, and the Pittsburg and Gulf railroad gains. It notes 20 million spent on the line, 44 million more planned for the canal, the canal’s eight mile length, and future ship movements to Liverpool, Hamburg, and elsewhere.
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Kansas City Star
Port Arthur
Sabme Pass
Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
Pittsburg & Gulf
Sabine City
Gulf
Southern Pacific
Kansas City
Est
Gillham
Issue the Greenbacks and the War Debt
The Arkansas Gazette argues that the government faces about 550 million in debt, much of it wartime. It says if war with Spain occurs, funding should come from sources other than new bonds and contends greenbacks were best money in war and peace, urging their exclusive use in peacetime without a war.
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Spain
Arkansas Gazette
VEGTABLES FOR THE NORTH FARM NEAR DE QUEEN BEE REPORTS PLAN
The De Queen Bee describes a near town vegetable and fruit farm preparing a twenty acre strawberry field this week with plans to extend to fifty acres in the future. Cauliflower, radishes, spinach, Irish potatoes are under cultivation and part of the acreage will be cotton this year with fruit and vegetables planned for next year.
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de Queen Bee
Johnson
Johnson Farm Ventures Into Northern Market
The Johnson fruit and vegetable farm, long focused on home use, begins raising vegetables for the northern market. Mr. Hooker, who leads the enterprise, demonstrates thorough understanding of the business and their supporters await favorable results with confidence.
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Johnson Fruit and Vegetable Farm
Hooker
Postmaster Reeves Praised by Paris Express in Mena Star Review
The Paris Express of Paris Arkansas compliments F. M. Reeves of Mena for a copy of the Mena Weekly Star. The review edition calls the Star a veritable gem with a description of Mena, town growth, Arkansas resources, and engravings of business houses and notable citizens. Prof Reeves, formerly of Logan County, is noted as prospering in Mena.
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Paris
Ark
F. M. Reeves
Star
FE. M. Reeves
Mena
Mena Weekly Star
Arkansas
Reeves
Logan County
Port Arthur dredges could finish canal soon
The Port Arthur News notes two new dredges are being built for the canal and the three dredges could complete the job within sixty days at current width and depth. The article contends injunctions are not hindering progress noticeably.
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Port Arthur
Pittsburg & Gulf Wins Harvest Excursions Contention
The Pittsburg and Gulf passenger department secured victory in the dispute over harvest excursions. Western lines had refused earlier, forcing the Gulf line to cover fare differences to Kansas City to sustain trips from other territories. Chairman Caldwell of the Western Passenger Association announced that all western roads will join Pittsburg & Gulf in homeseekers' excursions starting next Tuesday.
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Pittsburg & Gulf Passenger Department
Western Lines
Gulf Line
Kansas City
Caldwell
Western Passenger Association
Western Roads
Pittsburg & Gulf
Neosho
Wealthy Frank Gould Buys Expensive Dog for Ten Thousand
A note reports Frank Gould paid ten thousand dollars for a dog, illustrating how some dogs are valued more than working men who earned the money. The remark prompts readers to consider the nation’s drift and future.
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Frank Gould
Boom in Fitzhugh Lee bid for Cuba consul general president
A pro Lee movement forms for Fitzhugh Lee to run for president. postwar Democrats have avoided fielding a former Confederate, hoping to bypass Bryan as a candidate and seize a chance to place a Confederate veteran on the national ticket.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Cuba
Democratic Party
Bryan
Municipal election hands bills touch on partisan bias
A fragment discusses last Saturdays hand bills labeled a republican meeting printed at a republican office run by a democrat or at a democrat owned shop. It notes the job was set by a true republican who let democratic spelling slip and argues partisan politics have no place in city elections, suggesting an axe to grind.
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Fannie Hopkins
Junesboro
Bill Worthy
Bud Hopkins Worthy
Siloam Springs
Citizens Beautify Town with Yards Gardens and Trees
Residents across the town are beautifying yards planting gardens fruit trees and vines to improve the community’s appearance and curb appeal. The effort reflects local appreciation for greener spaces and enhanced streetscapes.
Officials elected as citizens free from party bosses dictation
Officials chosen by citizens will be free from control by party bosses and under no obligation to grant plum jobs to hangers-on for party favoritism.
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Party Pap
Citizens ticket formed after Saturday night gathering
Local residents met and organized a citizens ticket in the field Saturday night. The event reflected a populist turn with strong political sentiment and calls against established leadership.
Kansas City Star Sends Aid Train to Matanzas Relief
The Kansas City Star organized a relief effort for Matanzas after reports of starvation and death. A twenty-car train loaded with food medicines and clothing plus over $1000 in donations traveled from Kansas City to New Orleans and then to Matanzas by steamship. Thousands applaud the charity as the world marks the aid.
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Kansas City Star
Specia
Matanzas
Star
Kansas City
New Orleans
Port Arthur Editor Recalls Kansas City Trip
D L Stump of the Port Arthur News recounts a recent Kansas City visit described as a playful misadventure. He notes wandering into a home, breaking a bell handle and throwing it into the street while remarking on Kansas City as a “gay old bird” that cannot fly until Port Arthur provides its wings.
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D. L. Stump
Port Arthur
Tex
News
Kansas City
David
The
Saints
Missouri
Port Arthur Route Band Plays Patriotic Concert in Janssen Park
Report notes the Port Arthur Route band performed sacred and patriotic music in Janssen park last Sunday afternoon before a large crowd. The writer proposes raising funds to keep park concerts weekly or granting the band exclusive refreshment-stand privileges for the season in exchange for continuous Sunday performances.
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Port Arthur
Janssen Park
Announcement of R. W. Allen for Polk County sheriff
A regional notice promotes R. W. Allen for sheriff of Polk County in the Democratic primary. Allen has lived in Polk since boyhood and built a countywide reputation through years in business in Dallas and Cove before moving to Janssen. Friends credit his business methods with strong upcoming primary backing.
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R. 8. Allen
Polk County
Allen
Dallas
Cove
Janssen
Postmaster General Garey Pushes Postal Savings Banks
Postmaster General Garey argues that postal savings banks will grant financial independence to wage workers, encourage saving, mobilize hoarded funds, boost national capital by one fourth, and lower current interest rates.
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Garey
Citizens Call for Clean Politics Amid Party Rhetoric
A column observes rapid vegetation from April showers and March sun while critiquing political labels. It urges calling voters citizens rather than politicians and cautions about party muddiness in public life.
Arkansas at Omaha exhibition and farm talk from Arkansas papers
Aggregated items show Arkansas will have a state exhibit at the Omaha exposition and feature farmer and producer voices. Topics cover diversification, domestic crops, rail and factory aims, legal reform calls, court cases, cattle dipping stations, and local agricultural progress across Cleveland county Magnolia Journal Siloam Springs and Eureka Springs areas with calls to increase home production and manufacture of wool and cotton.
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Arkansas
Cleveland County
Magnolia Journal
Eureka Springs
James A. Wilson
Washington
Little River Ledger
Race and politics spur Beaumont crowd remark in Elmwood Leader
The Elmwood Leader editor recalls a Beaumont incident where a crowd of Black residents discussed race and local office. A darkey explains the white-to-Black population ratio and notes a prior color official was ousted after a harsh police judge outcome, leading residents to vote for white men.
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Elmwood Leader
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Tex
Afri’ca
Oranges Shipments Move Over Pittsburg and Gulf Line
Three trains loaded with oranges passed through Mena on Monday and Tuesday. The consignments came from the South American Republics and California via New Orleans and the Southern Pacific. The fruits were headed to eastern cities including Boston, Baltimore, Scranton, and Providence.
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Pittsburg & Gulf
Mena
California
New Orleans
Boston
Baltimore
Scranton
Providence
R. I
Good Goods Prompt Delivery by James Vick's Sons
Rochester seedmen James Vick's Sons express shipped a recent seed and plant offer in rapid time. Seeds and plants arrived well packed and in excellent order, with fresh and nice specimens noted.
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James Vick
Rochester
N. Y
Racket Store offers goods and drugs in local ads
Valued business lines advertise hardware tinware perfumes shoes and laces at the Racket Store. Jackson's Drug Store and Gallagher's promote new goods and garden seeds. Owen, Welch, Clark and Roach advertise prices, groceries, dress goods, dry goods, fertilizer, and seed potatoes in Mena Arkansas.
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Roach
Whal
Sherwood Avenue
Mena
Ari
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ST. John & Sons
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Ene
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Owen
Macintoshes
Jackson's Drug Store
Dr. Nassal
H Norasly
R. S. Owen
Gallagher's
Jackson
L. W. Welch
G. A. Clark
W. Welch
Incke
Clark
Gen A. Clarks
G A. Clark
Callon
Oxwainey
Nive
Oxfords
Jacheon
N. M. Roneh
Geen & Lewis
Jackoon's Drug
Times
Tif
Gaenn & Lewis
Garen & Lewis
Pune
Jackson's
Uprug
E. Willman
Marke
W. H. Delker
Queen Street
W. J. Lloyd Hartware
J. W. Dany
Ramey
Office Jackson
Bermuda
Bluwgrass
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