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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1898
Page
4
Local merchants praise the Star as the leading pauper and best advertising medium in this portion of the state. Their endorsements appear in the Star’s columns, highlighting its prominence for winter reading and public notices.
The text asserts that no exclusive franchise should be granted by any municipality unless accompanied by a contract to sell to the city the privileges granted and plant at a specified date.
An opinion advocating that working men should own their homes and, where possible, share in the profits of their enterprises. The piece argues such arrangements foster independence and turn workers into better citizens.
The Arkansas Gazette notes a looming county seat struggle as Green Forest seeks to move the seat from Berryville. The piece mentions former officials Murphy Ber ry and Johnson as local figures and hints at entangled political memory. It recalls past shifts like Dallas to Mena without violence, implying local sentiment on the issue.
In Polk county farmers advocate shifting from cotton to alternative crops. They report good onion yields, flax profitable at 87 cents a shel, castor beans promising, and wheat expansion. Rail access improves market reach to the North and East, boosting local profits and diversification benefits.
Long critique of Eureka Springs Flashlight claims that Eureka residents invest in Mena and that Mena is too new to rival Eureka Springs. Notes executives and traveling agent Mr KE James, wages, and property sales. contrasts topography and climate. Mentions local incidents, resignations, and public notices amid a regional editorial debate.
Marshal Hill reports Ed Weihunt was found guilty of counterfeiting in federal court at Ft. Smith. Sentencing had not been set when Hill departed. Also, W. G. Porter pled guilty to making slickt whiskey in Scott county and received a thirty day sentence. Frisco Line promotes through service to Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Texas with frequent vestibuled trains and dining halls. The Hotel National opened under Mrs T H Dann to offer new lodging in Mena. A One Mainate Cough Cure is recommended for stubborn coughs.
Arkansas farmers urged to harvest cotton and switch to less flint ahead of next year. The Magnolia Journal notes a likely consolidation of state and national elections. Corning Courter questions Sunday school activity. Magnolia Journal hints at reform school for young criminals. Siloam Springs Democrat reports rains hurting corn and cotton yields along river bottoms with green bolls rotting. De Queen Bee notes Dr. W F Justice plans Mt Mena homestead cottages and fruit work. Van Buren Venture urges patronage of home industries and newspapers. Arkansas Gazette details 750 secret service arrests last year with 269 convicted. Ouachita Herald advocates self-sufficient farms and limited cotton. Mena Star’s A W St John reports slate find east of Mena with Kansas City interest and cheaper delivery plans.
The Siloam Springs Democrat reports a proposal to cover the new college building with slate from a mine at actual laying cost in Strong Springs, about $2.50 to $3 per square, cheaper than the $7 per square Pennsylvania slate delivered to Kansas City, a favorable offer for promoters to accept.
From Omaha’s Exhibition Building on October 7 1598 M E Dunnam describes securing space for Polk county minerals amid costly expenses and red tape. He complains of lack of appropriations and passes through Pittsburg and Gulf, Omaha offices, and mentions Kansas City relations, with charges for base table admission and hotel stays.
Mr and Mrs F J Crank returned from Mt Meo and Kansas City and will monitor Sabine affairs while one visits Mt Mena monthly in winter. Crank reports every room at the Mt Mena hotel is booked for next season and a fifty room addition will be built during winter and spring.
To Fair Committeemen, blanks have been prepared and mailed to county committeemen to solicit inscriptions to the Polk County Fair Association stock. All members are urged to attend a meeting at the county clerk's office in Mena at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 29, to report subscriptions and bring blanks. Chairman ia. W. Sr. Jom.
Tickets on the Pittsburg and Gulf line advertise reduced round trips to Amata Styvouis and to St. Buis exposition with return limits from five to fifteen days. Offers include $13.05 to Amata, $19.75 to Styvouis, and $38 round trip for Ringling Bros. circus travel, with sale dates and return deadlines in September and October 1803.
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