Totten's Warning on Iron Age Morality and Change
In a discussion from the St Louis Post Dispatch Totten warns of a coming age where the iron crown replaces human haphazard methods with calculated production and fair division. He suggests arbitration over war and a shift toward governance by scientific power, with much of the public urged to desire broader social reforms. The piece notes two opposing groups resisting change while the middle class may welcome a new order toward equity.
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Prof
Totten
Rollag
Leaven
St Louis
Hive
Water Works Trouble in Little Rock Debate
The Gazette notes friction over water service criticizing small mains and pressure while the city argues the company is complying with its contract. It questions private ownership of water utilities and municipal regulation, with a side remark about corn supplies at the Arkansaw Store.
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Little Rock
Vander Municipal
Arkansaw
City should own water system rather than contract with private firm
The speaker argues for a municipal water plant in Mena, warning against private contractors proposing four to eight inch mains as adequate. He recalls a Fayetteville bid and believes a city owned system, expanded in time, better serves Mena’s needs than a private company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena
Fayetteville
Little Rock
War and the Telegraph Should Serve the Public
A Washington dispatch argues the war shows the need for government control of telegraphs. It notes 125000 wartime telegrams and high costs to notify generals, urging telegraph operation linked to the postal system rather than private corporate charges.
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Spain
Washington
War Department
Miles
Shafter
Merritt
Too Absured Debate Between Eureka Springs and Mena
The Eureka Springs editorial defends its town against claims it is inferior to Mena for living and investment. It notes many Eureka residents have settled in Mena and that former Eureka citizen R. H. James canvassed for Mena at 100 dollars a month to curb migration. The piece concludes that the notion is entirely too absured.
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Eureka Springs
Mena
R. H. James
Judge Frazier Grants Writ To Collect War Tax From Express Firms
Judge Frazier of the circuit court in Detroit Michigan granted a group of shippers a writ of mandamus to compel the local express companies to pay the war tax required by law to be added to receipts for express matter. If an ordinary individual violated the law, he would face swift court action, the judge suggested.
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Frazier
Circuit Court
Detroit
Mich
Graceful tribute escorting Mrs Davis’s daughter
The Arkansas Gazette notes a graceful token of sympathy by the Grand Army of the Republic at Narragan settlement offering an escort for Mrs Jefferson Davis’s daughter from the hotel to the railway station. The gesture is described as more eloquent than words and stirring lasting impressions.
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Grand Anny of the Republic
Narrgansett
Jefferson Davis
Arkansus Gazette
Enemies of the Apple Threat in Southwest Missouri
A Carthage Missouri Press report warns apple growers in the Southwest Missouri region that orchard health hinges on coordinated spraying for insects and underground root-leaf disease control. Without united action, pests could devastate local trees, potentially wiping out apple growing in the area.
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Southwest
Missouri
Carthage
Brief News Items From The War Era And Rail Robbery
The Alki brought 220 passengers from Skaguay with many from Copper River. 15 Dawson passengers carried gold dust. War Dept orders furloughed men not to expect government transport home. President promotes Corporal John Ashton Boyle to second lieutenant, famed for capturing a Spanish flag. Spain evacuations in Cuba prompt concern. Puerto Rico reports opposite, Spaniards moving favorably. About 500 war pensions filed. Evans aims to form a division to adjudicate quickly. Varina Davis laid to rest in Richmond amid Confederate veterans. Brownsville mine explosion leaves 8 dead and 3 missing. most entombed escape. Missouri Pacific train robbed near Kansas City. dynamited express car, limited loot. John Kennedy released on bond. police warned of his return to crime. Kennedy linked to previous train robberies and a fatal crash earlier.
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Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
John Kennedy
Kennedy
John Kendrick Bangs New Suburban Town Stories
John Kendrick Bangs announces new Stories of a Suburban Town to appear in the Ladies Home Journal. The tales relate incidents in a small town life that suburban readers will relate to and enjoy. Fly paper at Jackson's Drug Store.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Ladies’ Home Journal
Resigned Cuban general urges U S-led Cuba unity stance
Santiago reports Gen Gareta stating he had no personal quarrel with Gen Shafter but could not obey Cuban provisional government orders. He refused to recognize the current Cuban government, condemned its legality, and said only the United States government is represented in Cuba after American troops arrived. He criticized Gon Gomez and called the provisional leadership a farce.
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Santiago
Gareta
Club San Carlos
Gen. Shafter
Shafter
United States
Cuba
Cuban Revolutionary Army
Spain
Gon Gomez
Navy surveys to study harbors for potential coaling stations
A Washington report says the navy will survey key harbors in Guaba and Puerto Rico to aid American commerce. The yacht Stranger under Lieut Dyer is to Guantanamo Bay for harbor surveys, with plans to assess Guantanamo or nearby sites as a coaling station if Cuba becomes U.S. territory. Authorities abandoned plans for San Juan due to shallow water in the harbor.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Americas
Navy Department
KR. B Bradford
Bureau of Equipment
Guba
Porto Rico
Cuba
United States
Guantanamo
Gilanica
Bargor
Oeders
Cuelbra Island
San Juan
Porto Kico
Word From Gen Brooke Advises War Dept on Porto Rico Sick
Gen Brooke reports to the War Department from Ponce Porto Rico noting sickness and rations issues. He cites 2,400 sick including 400 typhoid 495 malaria and 297 diarrhea with 1,314 other cases. He warns against returning regiments now and suggests sending home only those likely to recover and focusing on discipline and sanitary measures in detachments.
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War Department
Porto Rico
Washington
Brooke
Ponce
Not Train Robbers Probe Reaches St Joseph Prisoners
In St Joseph Missouri on September 27 James McAleer James Morgan and John Ryan, arrested Sunday night, are not believed to be the Missouri Pacific express train robbers. Kansas City detectives assessors doubt their guilt and will not move them to Kansas City. They are suspected of robbing a Hastings Iowa bank of 2000 dollars last Wednesday night.
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St. Joseph
James McAleer
James Morgan
John Ryan
Kansas City
Hayes
Hastings
State Exchanges and Rural Life Reflections
A mosaic of clipped notes from Arkansas papers recalls farm life and politics in the late 19th century. Farmers decry rising costs and advocate sowing wheat while crops face blights. county crops lag in cotton while prices fail to justify the effort. County journals note fairs, parks, and local concerns with rural vitality and civic improvements amid shifting political rhetoric.
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Mena Star
A.W
A. W.st.dohmd & Sons, Editors and Proprietors
Totyten
WAR and the Telegraph
Enemies OF the Apple
Skaguay
Copper River
Dawson
John Ashton Boyle
22 Infantry
Mr. Boyle
Cubs
Evans
Varina Anne Jefferson Davis
Narragansett Pier
R. A
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Brownsville
Empire Mine
Jackson
Wrug
America
Gareta Tenores
Provisional Government
Vorto Micco
Gen. Brooke
China
London
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
United Confederate Veterans
Webb City
Springfield
Ay County Times
Otttog
Watt
Will
Gazette
Ageet
Arkansas Gazette
Ottober
Hot Spring
Malvern Times-Journal
Thase
Pine Bluff
Jodie
Eber
Mn R. H. Deadman
South Alabamy Street
Drs. Williams
Thompson Wer
Pine Blaist
England
City
New Orleans
S. B. Arkansas
Liverpool
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