Mena Gets New Court House and Jail Contract
The contract for the new court house and jail for Mena will be met on Thursday, Dec 1. The cold wave of last Monday was severe and quite widespread for this section, but milder than what our friends in the north endured from all accounts. Mena welcomes by found friends arriving from Germany and hopes they may all find homes here and secure proper property. We know that they will become good citizens.
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Mena
Mena Welcres
Germany
Havana
Mena sells 25 foot business lot for $1000 cash
A brief note records a twenty five foot business lot in Mena selling last week for $1000 cash. The writer hopes for a parallel Eureka Springs sale at that price this year.
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Eureka Springs
Mena
Water Works Proposal Spurs Confidence in Mena
The plan to build municipal water works in Mena appears practically assured and is boosting public confidence. City ownership of the project reassures newcomers and accelerates growth with substantial improvements anticipated.
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Mena
Chicago and Alton sale eyed by Gulf interests
Negotiations are pending for the purchase of the Chicago and Alton railroad by the Pittsburgh Gulf and allied supporters. The line is praised as one of the best in the United States and, with the Port Arthur Route, would form a top rail corridor from Chicago to the gulf with unmatched potential.
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Chicago &Alton Railroad
Pittsburgh Gulf
Chicago & Alton
United States
Port Arthur
Chicago
Gulf
Government urged to build double track railroad Kansas City to San Diego
General James Longstreet as U S commissioner of railroads calls for government construction and operation of a first class double track railroad from Kansas City to San Diego by an air line route. He argues it would create the shortest line from eastern commercial centers to the Pacific coast and to the Sandwich Islands and the Philippines.
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James Longstreet
U. S. Commissioner of Railroads
Kansas City
San Diego
Cal
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Pacifc
Sandwich Islands
Philippines
Proud of the Old Man Dr J W Scott Elected to Legislature
The Lola Kansas publisher C F Scott notes his father Dr J W Scott was elected to the Oklahoma legislature from Lincoln County. The Register praises the elder Scott as a good legislator with clear logical speech while the son comments the editor shares this view and is unapologetic about it.
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J. W. Scott
C. F. Scott
Lola
Kan
Oklahoma
Lincoln County
the Register
John W. Scott
Younger Scott
Kansas City
Trusts Still Thrive Amid Laws Against Them
The passage notes that despite a detailed law prohibiting trusts, new trusts are formed daily and existing ones show a combined capital of 2,702,705,900 dollars. It argues that trusts concentrate special interests, dominate non-patent corporations, and force out smaller manufacturers through big capital.
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Existance
Growth of Corporate Combinations and Antitrust Outlook
The article argues that many new corporations with abnormal capitalization aim to consolidate diverse industries, despite the Supreme Court ruling the Joiof Traf fic association as illegal. It predicts eventual benefits from ending unlawful trusts, urges stronger enforcement of laws, and promotes cooperation over competitive monopolies.
New Plan To Feed The Poor Urges Waste To Aid The Impoverished
A city official proposes redirecting surplus food and clothing from the well to feed and clothe New York's poor. Critics urge addressing root causes, praising the Pingree potato plan for promoting self help, independence, and a cooperative economy to reduce inequality.
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Guggenheimer
Municipal Council
New York City
Kansas City Journal
Jesus
Equal Opportunities Prevail For Food And Clothing Aid
Equal opportunity principles guide a campaign to gather food and clothing for those who would otherwise freeze and starve. The effort emphasizes shared responsibility and collective relief to support the needy during hardship.
Confederate Monument Remains Recovered In Foundation Work
Reports detail exhumations for foundation work at a Confederate monument site in Cross county. Sheriff Stacy notes two soldiers’ remains were found intact after burial over 25 years ago. Also listed are local incidents and curiosities including a bakery to minerals and a bold railway hold up tale from Savannah and news on a 1990 presidential candidate Devaney proposing pensions and crop payments.
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van Buren Venture
Savannah
Side Rector
South McAlester
News-Record
Pt. Smith News
Record
Sailing vessel Atlanta ashore off Oregon coast
The sailing vessel Atlanta with a crew of thirty went ashore off the Oregon coast. Only two crewmen reached land alive as the ship broke in two while bound from Tacoma to an African port with wheat.
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Atlanta
Oregon
Tacoma
Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as heal all remedy
A Civil War veteran from Newark Michigan credited Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing long lasting ulcers and skin ailments after years of failed treatments. The ad claims the salve heals bites boils felons corns eruptions and piles and promotes a 25 cent price with a money back guarantee. It notes the product is sold by F C Savage druggist.
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G. B. Steadman
Newark
Mich
Bucklen
F.C. Savage
Mortality comparisons from the Spanish and Civil Wars
Deputy Surgeon General Col Charles Smart reports five months of Civil War sickness mortality at 17.31 per thousand versus five months of the Spanish War at 10.21 per thousand, based on regimental reports. He argues disease and battle deaths differ by conflict, not just reporting gaps. Congress records total appropriations at $895,251,615, with $961,859,027.26 for the Spanish War, and hints at bills for public buildings totaling $140,000,000.
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Washington
Navy
Charles Smart
Army
Sternberg
Spain
McKinley
Congress
Speaker Reed
Reed
Treasury Plans Uniform Dollar Bills Across Denominations
Secretary of the Treasury Gage aims for visual uniformity among 85 silver certificates, the $3 United States note, and the $5 Sherman treasury note. The first redesign targets the $1 silver certificate, focusing on clearness and anti counterfeiting. The note features an American eagle with wings spread, clutching the flag, the Capitol dome in the background, and portraits of Lincoln and Grant within a platform.
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Washington
Gage
United States
Capitol
Lincoln
Grant
Grover Cleveland sails on Two Month Yacht Cruise
Grover Cleveland of Santiago New York travels aboard the Oneida with Captain Robley D. Evans and host F C Benedict. They head south toward Newport News Key West Santiago and Ponce for a two month cruise. Evans will show the marine battlefield where Cervera's fleet was destroyed and Cleveland plans to fish for tarpon in Florida waters.
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Grover Cleveland
Santiago
New York
Oneida
Robley D. Evans
F. C. Benedict
Newport News
Key West
Ponce
Evans
Marine Battlefield
Cervera
Cleveland
Florida
Three Tramps Burn House Killing Three Children at Shackelford Farm
In Florida, three unknown white men visited Andra Shackelford’s house five miles above town. They demanded food from his wife who fled with their three children. The trespassers set fire to the house, killing the three youngsters inside.
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Fla
Andra Shackelford
Hest
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