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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1898
Page
5
Local notes list several births and visits, with Henry McEwen’s newborn son and other family news. Superintendent Green and wife visited the city on a special car. Various residents move, travel plans discussed, and community events noted, including a church ice cream supper and business changes.
Mrs T H Dunn plans to reopen the Parker House at Howert avenue and Mena street as the National hotel after extensive remodeling. The building will be moved back, verandas added, rear extension built, and exterior repainted. Opening will be delayed until improvements finish, with management aiming for a first class standard. Also noted is a September 24 wedding of Miss Katherine Mershon to Mr Will McDonald at the uncle’s home, and Polk county to host a Polk mineral display at the Omaha exposition under M E Durham with a Janssen park meeting Friday night.
Travel discounts to Omaha St. Louis Buffalo Bill's Fort Smith Kansas City and Pittsburg via Pittsburg and Guilt rail routes. Fares listed include 13.95 round trip to Omaha and 19.75 to St. Louis with varied sale days and return limits from Oct 2 to Oct 29. Special events include Flower parade and Priests of Pallas functions. Tickets available Oct 2 8 with extension on proper application.
A July letter from Pp. E. Butler in Santiago de Cuba credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving the packers' health and life during a rush to supply troops. Butler says the medicine kept workers at duty when roads were unusable and describes four cases where it saved lives. The letter to Chamberlain Medicine Co. in Des Moines Iowa notes sales through F. C. Savage.
Ed Adkinson, fined $10 for disturbing the peace with his merrygo round, attempted to break jail Monday night. He made loud noises. officers summoned him to the county jail for safekeeping. He aimed to exit through a door but had the hinge bolt nearly off when discovered.
A. W. St. John left Monday for Kansas City and Carthage with red and black slate samples from Mena quarries to drum up interest. His granddaughter Pauline Ellison travels with him toward St. Louis. Wm. Estell and family of Hot Springs visited last week, may move here. Estell serves in the Fish Arkansas Vol and expects muster out soon.
An old ad fragment offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F J Cuesry Co Toledo owners and endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists, cites internal cure 75 cents per bottle, testimonials and Hall's Family pills, dated St-4t.
The Polk County Sunday School convention will gather at Ransom three miles east of Mena on October Sth 1898. Superintendents must ensure school representation. Delegates and visitors from afar are asked to arrive the day before. Good homes will be provided for all. The event aims for success and full participation. R D CG Dopp President Wa Fiemina Secretary.
Twenty or more good hives offered for sale at 1.50 each. Location Rocky, four miles north of Camp Ground. B6-4t contact M. H. CuamBLIn. orders left at this office will receive due attention.
A carload of the celebrated Bridge and Beach cook stoves and ranges has just arrived at the Lloyd hardware store on De Queen street. Call and inspect the neatest and best stove ever offered for sale in Polk county.
M V York of Mena Arkansas advertises solid brick supply with emphasis on quality and durability for construction projects. The note invites calls or orders for brick material, signaling a local supplier promotion.
A 9-year-old son of R A Gately suffered a severe hand injury when a hatchet struck his third and fourth fingers while kindling with his brother. Doctors hope to save the third finger. The Women's Literary Club plans its first meeting of the season at Mrs A W St John's home next Tuesday afternoon October 4 with a focus on the Dutch Republic and expectations of full attendance.
The Post Dispatch seeks agents nationwide. It costs nothing to try and you may gain support from leading citizens. The paper, a member of the Associated Press, claims wide war correspondents and demand for its service. Mail orders are 60 cents monthly. Write for particulars, St Louis Mo.
For Sale or Trade. A tract of land comprising 120 acres near Grannis, one mile from railroad. It has a house and barn and thirty acres in cultivation, is finely timbered and watered sand only one mile from saw mill. Will sell or trade for small tract of land near Mena Apply at Star office.
A 10 acre tract with a 2 room house and a fine spring water supply is offered within one mile of the depot. Priced at $300. Apply at the Star office.
For Fall Planting N M Roach offers a full assortment of field seeds at the wholesale flour feed and seed warehouse east of the depot. J C McKee seeks painting and paper hanging work in Mena with a motto of promptness and neatness and offers telephone contact. Lost dog Tige, a yellow bear dog with a crushed shoulder, is missing near Mena since August. reward offered by W Jones of Rich Mountain for information leading to recovery.
The Joplin Monarch Vase Culvert and Mena Paint and Paper Company mixed paints are carried in all colors by Jackson Dave Co, highlighting a broad selection for customers seeking diverse finishes and shades.
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