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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1898
Page
4
The Arkansas Town site company and prominent county citizens back a county block deed to Mena and a $5,000 cash pledge. They argue moved court house and jail buildings stay county property, avoiding taxes, and propose using the Dallas lands for relief. Voter turnout urged for Saturday June 25.
The article notes Spanish fleet commanders rely on diplomacy to dodge confrontation with American ships. It then reports Polk County farmers will vote on June 25 to move the county seat from Dallas to Mena, highlighting local civic action.
The Kansas City Star reflects on Mr Gladstone as a diligent man who believed in a better future life yet never delayed any duty that would improve the world. He avoided the type of Christian who seeks heaven without lighting the path to it.
In this off year, some Democratic circles tout praise for the greenback with flair. Observers note that with a national ticket due in two years, these same voices will quiet down when a party platform and national candidates are at stake.
The records show both parties have favored greenback currency more in the past, but presently both are strongly opposed to further issues. The controlling elements in each party are dead set against more greenbacks.
A courtesy acknowledgment to Hon. J. H. Berry U S senator for three volumes of the 11th census 1890. Readers may call to gather any information they may contain.
The Arkansas Gazette remarks that the Philippines and Monroe doctrine belong to the United States and vows to hold both. It also adds a proposal to move the county seat to Mena.
P H Cherry ships strawberries from his fruit farm to Louisiana this week at a good profit. The Star has often asserted this practice aligns with its stance on market trends and farm-to-market returns.
The article notes northern markets supply growers who can turn to southern markets, highlighting the west’s suitability for strawberry cultivation and sale. It urges supporting the county seat proposition and expanding strawberry acreage to maximize market access.
Friends of industrial reform mourn the untimely death of Edward Bellamy author of Looking Backward and Equality at forty two. His writings are noted to have improved the world and will live on after him.
A writer argues that a man farming hogs and hominy or a farmer renting space for cord wood under subscription may fare better than owning and running a railroad, highlighting practicality over enterprise scale.
The Polk county voter who receives this copy of the Star and is not already a subscriber is invited to send us his name as a subscriber and then vote to move the county seat to Mena.
A public appeal says it would be unwise for voters to refuse a free court house square and $5,000 in cash toward building a new courthouse, insisting Polk county residents are not inclined to reject the offer.
Voters are urged to back the county seat proposition to boost property values and sharpen market appeal for local products, urging a timely decision on the pending measure.
The Alabama Ledger urges readers to remember the Maine while stressing the need to pay subscriptions, delivery and loyalty implied by the notice.
Edward Bellamy author and humanitarian dies at home in Chicopee Falls at 49 after feeble health since finishing Equality. Bellamy’s Looking Backward published in 1888 has sold over 450000 in America and likely 500000 abroad.
In Kansas City Missouri a dawn blaze at 316 and 818 East Twelfth street suffocated Albert Payne and Mrs Henry Rueter while Edward Dunn lay badly injured at St Marys Hospital. Read Read & Kellys stock and Mrs Mary E Tobins household goods were ruined. A second item reports a Zollern mine fire in Dorravno Prussia May 3 feared 45 miners perished.
Sedalia Missouri reports a new record of 320 men sent to war as nations including England and Japan consider mutual interests in the Far East. Cyclones plague Kansas with deaths and property loss, while a Ravens Texas tornado adds to the destruction. Major A M Harvey vows to take his wife to war after resigning as Kansas lieutenant governor.
The Horticultural Society met at the mayor's office to discuss This Year's Experience in Strawberry Business. They noted berries fetching high prices, market timing two to three weeks earlier than Sarcoxie, and praised flavor and color. Mulching methods were debated and sowing oats late in summer was recommended. The next meeting is set for Saturday, July 9.
The Saturday election chose W. J. Boyer and Dr. A. M. Dagg to fill two seats on the Mena school board. The five mills school tax levy carried by a strong margin, with only one vote against it, though several voters abstained and were counted against the proposition.
William Ewart Gladstone, famed British statesman, died at his Hawarden home at five o'clock this morning with family at his bedside. The former prime minister served four terms and shaped Liberal and Home Rule eras, leaving a legacy in English and European politics and literature. He will likely have a national funeral, and be laid to rest beside his wife in Hawarden.
Chicago May 20 Known dead from the Tuesday night tornadoes across eastern Iowa western Illinois and northern Wisconsin total 52 with 19 in Iowa 14 in Illinois and nine in Wisconsin plus unconfirmed reports. Names and towns listed include Delmar Preston Byron LanarkAntigo Elmhurst and Goodyears lumber camp among others.
Report from May 24 details no reliable naval dispatches on Cervera movement and no expected reports until a decisive engagement. It covers Spain's flag protest, possible privateering, Italian blockades stance, blockade effectiveness, and a large coast signaling system under Capt Bartlett with 3,000 personnel guarding coast lines from Harbor to Galveston.
May 23 report from Adjutant General Corbin shows 106000 volunteers mustered with 150000 expected to complete this week. Delays attributed to militia inadequacies in numbers and equipment across several states. Len Boraker of Ohio mourns as father Loney S Voraker dies at Hillsboro aged 34.
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