Last Day of Court as Judge Feazel Prepares to Leave
The nine day circuit court session ends with final verdicts and appeals. F W Jaques vs W Clements resolved for the defense. J T Alley vs Fred Salyers favored Alley and will be appealed. Colonel McNeil urged setting aside a divorce decree in W T Booker vs Emily Booker. request denied. Majority of afternoon given to minor cases and docket clearing before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feazel
F. W. Jaques
Wm. Clements
J.T. Alley
Fred Salyers
de Queen Street
W. T. Booker
Emily Booker
Highland Park Addition Sale Near Mena
Mr and Mrs vonnawicker sold a 16 acre tract adjoining Mena to J P Todd and A W St John for 4000 dollars. The land lies four blocks from the courthouse, with about eighty acres cleared by Zwicker and a vineyard and orchard. Todd and St John plan to survey parks and streets, creating the Highland Park addition and placing lots for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich Mountain
Zwicker
Messrs. St. John and Todd
Highland Park
Burial of the new woman at Bloomer social draws laughs
The First Christian church event in Bloomer featured a light misreading of the burial of the new woman as the wearing of bloomers, while attendees enjoyed a successful supper and cake auction. An instrumental quartet impressed guests, and Colonel J. O Byers claimed the largest cake, joking he was no hog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Mena Firmly Sought as Site for New Railway Hospital
The Star reports strong support to place the railway hospital at Mena, citing its altitude and healthfulness as ideal. Dr J R Davis, the division surgeon, says selection is likely and plans to travel to Kansas City with a large petition from railroad men to press for Mena's choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena
Central Division
J. R. Davis
Suregon
Kansas City
Local News Notes From Mena Outline Town Moves
The column records many small town happenings including residents moving into new homes in Eureka and Hornbeck additions, a cottage remodel, and a new frame cottage north of town. It notes measles in Reeves family, improvements to hotels and saloons, lumber deliveries for contracts, and Civil War era style social updates involving Mrs. A. Frady, Mrs. Roberts, and Ex Mayor Carder. Also mentions marriages in the city, arrivals from Kansas City and St. Louis, and local business travel by P. H. Cherry.
Reception held for Rev H R Schermerhorn and wife
A large crowd of friends from the Presbyterian and M E Church South gathered at the opera house Tuesday night to honor Rev H R Schermerhorn and his wife. A.M. St John presided as master of ceremonies as Mrs Long sang, and guests praised his ministry. Judge J C Byers and Dr Dagg spoke for Christian and M E South churches, with Green absent. The gathering closed with the singing of Blest be the Ties That Bind and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Schermerhorn
Presbyterian Church
M. EB. Church South
Opera House
Mena
Schermerhorn
J.C. Byers
Dr. Dagg
Christian Church
M. E. South
Rev. Green
America
Deaths of C. D. Sharp and Andy Wimberly in 1899
Chas D Sharp dies after five days of spinal meningitis at nephew C A Smith's home in the city. He was a M B Church member, with services in Honey Grove Texas planned for interment. Also, Andy Wimberly a Polk County farmer dies at age forty after pneumonia, with funeral at Big Fork cemetery this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. D. Sharp
C. A. Smith
J. W. Clark
Terrell
Texas
Honeygrove
Sharp
M. B. Church
South
Knights of Pythias
Order of Red Men
Mr. Smith
Andy Wimberly
Egger
Wimberly
Petit Jury
Polk County
Big Fork Cemetery
Narrow Escape From Fire Near Home
Mr and Mrs H J Conley living north of town woke to fire rolling from their fireplace and catching items near their sewing machine. Prompt action and available water stopped the blaze though the floor and woodwork around the machine were badly burned, and the couple feared losing their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Conley
De Queen visitors attend Mena Red Men lodge events
De Queen residents Berry Akin B Enoch BE Williamson W B Morris E Winford and Elmer Williamson visited Mena yesterday to attend the Red Men lodge last night and the ball tonight. Akin and Enoch are old friends of Dr. Savage and are visiting him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry Akin
B. C. Enoch
BE. H. Williamson
Morris
E. Winford
Elmer Williamson
de Queen
Mena
Red Men's Lodge
Messrs
Akin
Enoch
Dr. Savage
Conductors Move Division Headquarters to Mena
The Caddo Division No. 380 of the Order of Railway Conductors relocates its headquarters from Shreveport to Mena. The move aims to leverage Mena as a midway point and home base for the largest number of conductors, strengthening and expanding the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Railway
Shreveport
Mena
Local lodge membership grows at Mena with drive for fifty
Twenty eight members enrolled, reaching forty since arriving at Mena, with a aim of at least fifty. Regular meetings set for Sunday nights at the Masonic hall, the lodge's headquarters. Officers listed include K. Winans as chief conductor, W. H. Tobin as assistant chief conductor, T. J. S. Young as senior conductor, W. E. Humphrey as junior conductor, G. W. James as inside sentinel, C. Bush as outside sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena
Masonic Hall
K. Winans
W. H. Tobin
T. J. S. Young
W. E. Humphrey
G. W. James
Inside Sentinel
C. Bush
Outside Sentinel
Grape Farm Head Arrives to Transform Heath Orchard
Accompanying P. H. Cherry to Heath six miles north of town is A. R. Knight a New York state grape grower. He will manage Cherry farm and plant fifteen acres of strawberries while Cherry adds fifteen more acres east of town making fifty acres total. Knight travels with his family and will move into the new home after this afternoon’s train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Cherry
A. R. Knight
New York State
Mr. Cherry
Heath
Mr. Knight
Death of Charles Fish proprietor of Fish's Second Hand Store
Charles Fish aged proprietor of Fish's Second Hand Store died at 11 20 am at his home behind the store from pneumonia. He had been sick about a week and grew gradually weaker, leaving a wife and four children, one of whom is at Fort Smith. Funeral planned for tomorrow. Also notes Port Arthur excursion train passing through town this morning and a delivery team mishap on Herman street without major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fish
Fish
Fort Smith
Port Arthur
New Gulf Town
J. B. Littlejohn & Co
N. M. Roach
Herman Street
Janssen Avenue
Janssen
St. John Street
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Highland Park Addition
John Place
THE
Christian Church Social
B. FP. Pettifish
Acorn
H. Byers
Reeves
Rosepla
John Zwicker
E. W. Chappel
Eureka Addition
C. Wonder
Hornbeck Addition
Vernon Ross
Miss Evans
Fr. L. Norwood
Landes
Jeff Upshaw
Mena Lumber Co
Hotel Wilhelmina
Mt. Mena
Harold Dewees
Came Ton Ind
Geo. A. Clark
Clark Hotel
Ice and Cold Storage Company
F. C. Roberts
Memphis, Tenn
A. Frady
Mrs. Roberts
H. Cherry
St. Louis
A. B Sears
Star
S. J. Philpot
Horn
T. M. Carder
A. Wroth
Ogden
Omaha
L. Deacon
Joe P. Landes
Sedalia
John S. Landes
John Paul
Mena’ Lumber Company
C. F Wilcox
A. Gallagher
Shawnee, C. T
Mansfield
Arkansas
J. D. Shaver
Johnson
Port Arthur Avenue
Mr. Shaver
D. Sharp
Order of Railway Conductors
T. J. Clayton
Will Palmer
Suil
Simmons
Victem
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