Marquis de Lafayette Arrives to Aid American Cause
Chicago Record recalls Lafayette's perilous voyage from Metz to Georgetown and Philadelphia, his commission as major general, Brandywine and Yorktown actions, and the enduring alliance with Washington. It highlights his inspiring return visits, congressional honors, and the Lafayettes' later poverty after the French Revolution.
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Ette
Chicago
Marquis de Lafayette
Lafayette
Metz
Duke of Gloucester
New World
France
Spain
Baron de Kalb
America
Georgetown
Continental Army
Europe
Philadelphia
Congress
Battle of
Brandywine
Washington
Hfe
Virginia
Barrenhill
Cornwallis
Yorktown
New Republic
Lafayettes
Corn yields high in county and new residents welcomed
Corn gathering runs 25 to 50 bushels per acre while cotton picking delays from damp cloudy weather. Newcomers are welcomed in the county. J McWalker returns to buy a Big Fork farm. L M Wimberly from Mena visits. Charley Burnett buys B K Bucker land and homesteads nearby. T J Morris runs a cotton gin, Father Abraham quote from Poor Richard's Almanac offered free at F C Savages's drug store.
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J. McWalker
Texas
Big Fork
L. M. Wimberly
Mena
Charley Burnett
B. K. Bucker
Father Abraham
Richards
Benjamin Franklin
America
England
F. C. Savages
Reduced Railroad Rates For Fall Festivities
Railroad rate reductions include Pittsburg & Gulf trips to Omaha at 13.5 dollars round trip with Tuesday or Friday departures and a fifteen day return limit. St Louis trips to Sept 14 through Oct 29 cost 19.75 dollars with returns within five days on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Omaha Peace Jubilee trips Oct 10 to 15 priced 15.20 with October 17 return limit. Ringling Bros circus at Ft. Smith Oct 15 offers 3.30 dollar round trips, on sale Oct 14, return by Oct 17. Also mentions various groceries and tonic ads from local stores.
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Pittsburg & Gulf
Omaha
St. Louis
Ringling Bros
Ft. Smith
Pittsburg & Gulf Wall
For Sale at a Bargain in Acorn Pelle County Ark
For sale at a bargain a 160 acre farm on Acorn site in Pelle County including 40 acres cultivated, a bearing peach orchard, 1 acre in strawberries, 100 apple trees and good improvements. Address D P Mistner Acorn Ark for particulars. Also advertises Mena cotton market and best price from A Smith and Bro. and George W Knowlton top cash price for hides tallow wool beeswax roots. Two houses and lots for sale on Sherwood avenue near Klondike restaurant.
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Acorn
Pelle
D. P. Mistner
Ark
Mena
A. Smith & Bro
W. Knowlton
N. M. Roach
Frieght Depot
Sherwood Avenue
Second Hand Store ad on East Mena Street promotes bargains
Furniture and goods of all kinds are offered at bargain prices at the Second Hand Store on East Mena Street, under the management of R. M. Watters.
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Janssen Avenue
Mena Street
East Mena Street
R. M. Watters
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Aperica
Inclina- Yon
Experience
Reason
Incli- Bation
Nauive
F. ©. Savage
G A. Smith & Bro
Egger
T. L. Foster
Rocky
T. J. Morris
Cheatham
Jackson Drug Co
Arkansas
Ralston
Ayer
Dr. Ayer
The
Arkansaw Store
de Queen Street
J.B. Littlejohn & CO
Garaghty
Notestine
Jackson
Arkansaw
C. A. Smith & Bro
Mena, Ark
J. C. McKee
W. A. Blocksom
W.R. Blocksom
Jackson Drug
Hill Tonic
National B’y. Building & Loan
Geo. B. Dennis
David Swartz
C. E. Hope, Agt
Waters Pierce Oil Co
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