Local News Notes From Mena Carried By Many Trips
W A Disbrow left for St Louis on business and F W Jaques went to Omaha for the exposition. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs B F Adkisson. John Hayworth returned from Sapulpa. The yellow fever scare grows worse with new cages and deaths in Mississippi. The Hudgins Bros plan a new flouring mill on the railway switch to boost Mena industry. Plans for Polk county courthouse were approved by the court house commissioners.
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Mississippi
Hudgins Bros
Mena Lumber Co
Morrison & Breen's
Janssen
Mena
Lee Martin Hurt at Pittsburgh Gulf Depot
Lee Martin suffered a severe toe injury at the Pittsburgh Gulf depot when a northbound train started as he attempted to board. The bricklayer was taken to his boarding house for treatment after the accident on Saturday evening while working on the Savage-Smith building.
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Lee Martin
Pittsburgh Gulf Depot
Mr. Martin
Savage- Smith
Donnons Host Whist Evening For Kerr Guests
Mr and Mrs T H Donn entertained a few friends Saturday night in honor of Dr and Mrs Kerr of Peoria Illinois The gathering featured duplicate whist with guests Mesdames Roach Matheny Green R W St John and R R St John Also listed are Roach Matheny Gayle Green and R R St John plus an unrelated ad for DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve and a notice of an Odd Fellows meeting planned for Friday Oct 21 1898 at KP hall to organize a lodge
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Mrs. H.st. Kerr
Peoria
Lil
T. H. Dunn
T. H. Donn
C. F
Odd Fellows
the K. P. Hall
Revival of old fashions with a note on remedies
An advertisement asserts that old fashion dress may return while old fashioned medicine cannot replace Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It states the product is for sale by F. C. Savage and dated October 1.
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Chamberlain
F. C. Savage
Mrs. T. E. Ballard Died At Home In City
Mrs. T. E. Ballard died at her west city home yesterday morning from consumption. The funeral was held this morning. Mr. Ballard is employed by the Pittsburg and Gulf railroad.
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J. G. Jackson
Texarkana
Jack
Delphia
T. E. Ballard
Ballard
The
Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
Blaze and stock ads amid laundry fire incident
An early morning blaze at Mrs. Nichols laundry followed a gasoline tank explosion marketed as part of an installment loan offer. Henry Talbert smothered the flames with blankets, suffering minor burns. fire crews were delayed by alarm irregularities. The notice also promotes 8 percent debenture stock and Hall’s Catarrh Care with a Toledo address.
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Hall
F. J. Cuesny & Co
Toledo
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W. A. Disbrow
St. Louis
F. W. Jaques
Omaha
B. F. Adkisson
C. A. Smith & Bro
Mrs. W. K. Blocksom
Baby
Kansas City
Mrs. Jennings
A. W. St. John
P. N. Wigle
St. Joseph, Mo
Mrs. Picchi
City
John Hayworth
Sapulpa, I.T
L. L. Lockman
B. M. Green
This County
St. John Addition
Aney
Montgomery County
Savage-Smith
C. C. Dupree
J. M. Kilgore
St John Addition
M. E. Durham
Polk County
Mrs. L
Watson
J. K. Jones
Ft. Smith
J. Yahn
Lawrence, Kas
E. Balthrop
Polls County
Bulger
Mena Tailoring House
Romeo Goff
Pittsburg & Gulf
Goodman
J. 8. Bileston
Texas
A Edwards
Egger
W. J. Matheny
Amsterdam Street
D. J. Cavitte
J.B. Hickman
Womans’ Literary Club
H. Vestal
Shreveport
Mr. Vestal
C. A. Alexander
A. Gallagher
F. A. Hornbeck
Port Arthur
Court House
Joseph Hydrick
Star
DeWitt
Pipkin & Hanes
Calicos
Wheeler & Wilson
Green & Wb
Scott
Scott & Bowne
New York
National B’y. Building & Loan
Geo. B. Dennis
David Swartz
J. W. Bankston Photo Co
Me Street
Deer Depot
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