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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1898
Page
1
The committee urges Polk County voters to relocate the county seat from Dallas to Mena, arguing one central business center will boost farming products and education. It cites a $5,000 cash grant and a free land donation, stresses legal limits on taxation, and urges voting June 25 to accept the offer.
Polk county residents totaling 2,500 voters will each get 2 dollars paid into the county treasury. The funds support building a courthouse, contingent on voters going to the polls to back the county seat proposition on June 25.
The purchase of 10,000 mules by Uncle Sam will place substantial money in circulation among mule growers and lift mule market values. The line about relocating the county seat is tied to a local jab on mule purchase and is not a direct policy claim.
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