davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
Sick Kidneys Act Fine and Back
 ache Simply Nanishes.

The most effective and harmless way to cure backache and regulate out-of-order kidneys or end blad- der trouble, is to take several doses of Bloodine Blood and Kidney Tab lets.
 You will distinctly feel that your kidneys and urinary organs are be- ing cleaned, healed and Yitalized, and all the miserable symptoms such as backache, headache, ner- vousness, rheumatism and darting pains, inflamed or swollen eyelids, irritability, sleeplessness, or sup pressed, painful or frequent urina- tion Especially at night and other distress, leaving after taking the first few doses. ..-
 The moment you suspect any kidney or urinary disorder, or rheumatism, begin taking this harmless preparation as directed, with the knowledge that there is no other medicine, at any price, made anywhere else in the world which will effect so thorough and prompt cure as a fifty-cent box of Bloodine Blood and Kidney Tab lets, which any druggist can SUD- ply you with. {2t
 Don't be miserable or worried another moment with lame back or clogged, inactive kidneys or bladder misery. All this goes after you start taking Bloodine Blood anc Kidney Tablets, and in few days you feel and know that your kid neys, liver and urinary system arc healthy, clean and normal and al danger passed. Accept only Blood inc Blood and Kidney Tablets fifty-cent treatment-from any drug store-anywhere in the world If your druggist will not supply you, the Bloodine Corp, Boston Mass, will on receipt of price.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
ARkANsAs-AND MISSOURI.

Some of us are inclined to make fun of Arkansas. We smile a. the very name of that TOckribbed slate. But the Jeffersonian has received several copies of the Mena, Ark, Star. as well as a letter from it's editor. V. W. St. John, formerly a Missouri newspaper man. And to judge by it's newspaper-outslders always judge a town by its news papers Mena is the metropolis of an enterprising. progressive and prosperous region. The farmers around Mena are not hill billies. Not much. They are more interested in scientific farming than some of us here in great and enlightened Mis- souri. Just read the following, which was the heading of the first column article in the Mena Star of January 2:
 Polk County Boys in Agriculture Report of County Demonstration Agent Shows They Lead State Won 10-Team Contest of State and Furnished 6 of 20 Exhibits for Ma tional Exhibition-3770 Pounds of Seed Cotton Grown on One Acre"
 Did you catch that county dem onstration agent?" In enlightened Missouri there is a lot of opposition to county farm experts, but in back woods Arkansas it appears to be different
 The article in the Mena Star goes on to tell of the enthusiastic work of the Polk County Boys Corn and Cotton Club. One of these boys got third prize in the average corn yield contest with ii71a bushels to the acre-not so bad for third prize in Arkansas. By the way, are there any enthusiastic boys county corn clubs in enlightened Missouri?
 So when you smile at the mention of Arkansas remember they smile best who smile last.-The Jeffer- sonian, Higginsville, Mo.
 The above is good reading, even for we of Arkansas.
 But, between the lines it is plain to see that the old prejudice against out state is yet existent. The editor of The Jeffersonian is young man, we'll posted and alive to affaiPsl of his state and the country generally, and yet he was plainly surprised at the disclosures brought to his notice by The Star. He was not prepared for the plain evidences of lprogress
  in our great, state. It was an eye opener to see that our people were even more progressive than those of his own state.
 Excuse the reference, but as it is
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
As Seen by a Kansan,

Mr. Ed Dennison has handed the editor of the Kansan copy of the Mena, Arkansas, Star of last week, giving an account of the prize win ners in a Boys Cotton Growing Contest A line across the front page of the paper gives the follow ing New Years Resolution: 'I Will Prepare the Soil With More Care This Year, So I Can Raise a Better Crop Than Last Year." It is an in- dication that the spirit of conserva- tion and better methods is as lively in the south as it is in the northern states. A boy in the county where Mir Dennison has his farm won first money in the State Corn Growing Contest, raising ti7A bushels on an acre of ground. The boy winning the prize for the best cotton raised 3,770 pounds of seed cotton on an acre. Mr. Dennison thinks it a great country where his farm is To- cated, four miles from Mena.- Concordia Daily Kansan.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
STOP TREATING-WHY NOT?

After two years of local option Polk county voted for license. A Smile petition against license in Mena failed because it plainly did not contain a majority of the legal signatures within the district
 The fight over this last was long and bitter, and the city and it's people were harassed, torn and di- vided through the weeks it lasted. That each side felt it had grounds upon which to base it's position no one will deny, and that all the good people were on one side and all the bad on the other is wholly ridicu- lous.
 The fight for temperance has gone on since the earliest memory of men now growing old, and many do not now remember when the principle of prohibition was first put into law in some of the states of this country. There are not many who will maintain that it has in any state been an unqualified success, and there are thousands of good, sincere men who do not be- lieve it is the best way to promote temperance. Not one but will con- cede that there is a liquor evil, and, as the business is conducted, it is a very great evil, and one that should be abated.
 After all the various experiences in the work for temperance, there is a growing opinion that the treat ing habit or custom is the main cause for harm, and that blow at that feature is a blow at the very roots of intemperance. The idea IS that, without the treating, boys and young men would not be tempted to drink, and even those with the habit acquired would seldom drink enough to do material harm, or be- cdme intoxicated.
 With this theory, in some places nsn- n-treating clubs are being formed, the idea being taught that it is not a manly thing for one mar to allow another to buy his drink; for him.
 Mena has saloons, and there al ready have been lamentable ex- amples of the lack of self-control on the part of some. Why not, in the face of this, let those who sin cerely desire to promote temper ance, to minimize the liquor evil take up the work of organizing a no-treat club here? While it nigh not reach the extreme desired by all, none could object to it.
 Why not try it?
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
The GreGa Shorthand.

Prof. E. W. Justus announces that he received a letter from Miss Georgia E. Harper of Tonkawa, Okla, last week, accepting the position of teacher of Shorthand and Typewriting in his new school, the Mena Business College. Miss Harper teaches the Gregg Short hand and Touch Typewriting, and is a fine operator of the Underwood and Remington machines. Prof. Hill of Hills Business College at Oklahoma City, recommended her. She is a graduate of Tonkawa Uni versity, in both literary and short hand departments, and is a young lady of fine character.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
DUMPED INTO FLOODED CREEK.
J. A. Thornton and W. P. Mount
 Had Exciting Moment.

While returning last Saturday from Egger, where they had been collecting taxes for two days, Sher- iff-Colleetor J. A. Thornton and his deputy, w. P. Mount, had an eXclt- ing experience, being suddenly and unceremoniously dumped from their buggy into the icy waters of a flooded creek.
 Because of the heavy rains they delayed starting home until late Ill the afternoon in order to allow the water to go down in the creeks. On reaching Polk creek, small stream about two miles from Egger, they felt safe in crossing. though the water was pretty high and very swift. When in midstream they were suddenly pitched out, up stream, by the wheels on that side dropping into a hole that had been washed out. The buggy careened so far over that the heavy tax books were thrown out from the back of the buggy, and were recovered with some difficulty. Only the swift current saved the rig from being turned completely over.
 The books, which were in a heavy canvas bag, were not materially damaged, and no harm came to MT. Thornton and Mir. Mount beyond the discomfort of very chilly ride to town i'll wet clothing.
 They were scheduled for Big Fork at 8 o'clock last Monday morning, but were detained by the Cole trial, and did not reach there before noon.
 The weeks itinerary includes Big Fork, Board Camp, Gap Springs and Faulkner.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
BOUND TO GRAND JURY
M. w. Coles Bond Fixed at $500 by Justice of Peace Sam Smith
 -Technicality May Clear.


 NJ. W. Cole of Bawrenceville, Ga., was given a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Sam Smith Monday morning on the charge of allowing Wade Higgins to escape from him several weeks ago while Cole was taking him back to Georgia to answer first degree murder charge. After going over the evidence, which is entirely cir cumstantial, Justice Smith bound Cole over to the grand jury and fixed his bond at $500.
 The evidence against Cole links together very tightly If he is cleared of the charge it will prob ably be on the grounds that, as the warrant made for Higgins in Gwin- nett county, Georgia, was useless here, and that no warrant was made here and no requisition papers asked for or gotten, Higgins was not lawfully under arrest.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
To Whom This May Concern:

This is to certify that I was run down in general health, had stomach trouble, torpid liver, con stipation, etc., and had tried the best medical treatment I could se- cure, but gradually grew worse. After all hopes, I thought would try CHIROpRACTIC, and to my great surprise I began improvement with the first adjusting, and in twelve adjustings was able to re- sume my duties and feeling good since, and heartily recommend all suffering in any form to give che SCIENCE of CHIROPRACTIC a trial.
 dWt Signed: I. M. Davis.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
Twinges of rhnnmatis1n. hal

Iwinges or rheumatism, back ache, stiff joints and shooting pains all show your kidneys are not working right. Urinary irregular Ities, loss of sleep, nervousness, weak back and sore kidneys tell the need of a good reliable kidney medicine. Foley Kidney Pills are ionic, strengthening and restOra- tive. They build up the kidneys and regulate their action. They will give. you quick relief and con tain no habit-forming drugs. Safe and always sure. Try them. For sale by Jackson Drug & Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
Mena Business
 College
SPECIAL OFFER

To encourage students to enroll at once and go to work for our school, we make the following offer: To each of the first 20 students who enroll and pay cash for scholar ship in the Mena Business College, we will give a discount of 10 per cent, but this discount of 10 per cent will not be allowed until we shall have sold the last one of the first 20 scholarships. Then we will refund to each of the 20, S5 on his scholarship, provided we shall have sold 20 cash scholarships by March 1, 1913.
 E. w. JUSTJS. Principal
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
Look! Listen!! PROF. ALLYNE HERE m dAlRvoYAST yHN Tells Your
 S Full Name
 NS and Date Ty of Birth
Marvellous Revelations-He Stands Alone in His Magnificent Power of Reading the Future of
 the Human Mind.

Strangely fascinating are the words that come from the cultivat- ed lips of this most interesting man whose journey of life has already taken him through all the renowned psychic schools of Egypt, India and Europe. It seems, indeed, as if his knowledge must come from that mysterious world of which we would know, yet. longing cannot know. He looks far away into the dim, mysterious future-the Great Beyond across the dark chasm which separates the human body from the Hitting soul-and that which is to be is told. The separat- ed are brought together, foes are made friends, lost property is re- covered, the mist is brushed away from business ventures, the hand is so guided that failures are averted, tho earth'ss surface is explored. it's treasures laid bare to his mysteri- ous perceptive mind, and while he gives names, dates, facts and flg- ures, his visitor is dumfounded at the revelation he mskas to them. HeF IS surely a Iaan of the. passing time This. man should, not be chased with palmists and readers Ior other seIf-named ciairvoyants who have visited your city in the past, as he stands in d class of his own.
 Psriors Private. :. at Mra Fr1dysA 0ves Postodnce, Mcna. Afk.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
NENA BUSINESS
 COLLEGE
COURSES AND PRICES.
The Business Course:


 Bookkeeping, Commercial Law. Commercial Arithmetic, Rapid Cal culation, Spelling, Reading, Cram mar and Penmanship. Price for scholarship in the above course, and good for one year, $50 Cash; on Time with Cash Payment, $60.
 Short-Hand Course:
 Shorthand, Typewriting, Letter Writing, English, Spelling, Dicta- ton and Punctuation, with free use of Typewriter for daily practice. Price and terms of this course same as in the Business Course above. For the two courses. or for what we call the Combined Course, $85 Cash, or SiOO on Time. with cash payment on entering school
 Time required to finish either of the above Courses, from four to seven months. Typewriting alone, Si5 for two months. You can enter any time and take as few or as many branches as you desire. If you only want Spelling, Reading, Arithmetic and Grammar, or any of these branches, vie will make you a monthly rate, and give you individual instruction.
 School over Homer Bros. < Sapps grocery store. Call.ror ad- dress. es e5grf
 . E'iw. JUsTUs, Principal. V dtf ~essA .Mera. Arkansass <
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
--03490- NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DeparLInent or the Interior

department or the Interior.
 U. s. Land Office at
 Camden, Ark, Jan. Q. 1913. NOTICE is hereby given that
 JOHN Nj. GROOyER Of Vandervoort, Arkansas, who, on November 8, 1907. made Homestead Entry Serial No. 03i90) No. 3iOia. For VIZ NEA and Eh NWA. Sec tlQn 2, Township 5 &. Range 30 W. 9th Principal Meridian, has fiied notice of intention to make final iive-year proof, stoa dstabiisM claim to the land above describad before t1a County, Clerk of Polk County. at Mena, Arkansas, on the fgtf tia-v 5f fe1EuaUV, t9f8g .e7 ee JoA W sElaimant names as witnesses:
 benlamin Counts, John w. Weeks. Jesse Hamilton, of Vandervoort. Ar kansas; Andrew J. Barnes, of Hart ley, Arkansas.
 H. c. Fpiteheim. Register. star-First Pub. clan. i6. Last Pub. Feb.sd3 f
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
Less Cotton Consumed.

Washington, Jan. i4.-The cotton consumed in the United States dur ing December was 4l5, ,297 running bales, as compared with 475,2iO running bales in November, accord ing to the report issued by the cen- sus bureau today.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

If ever the home merchants had a chance to compete with the big city mail order houses it is now. In Mena they can deliver a 10-pound package by rural route for l4 cents, while a Chicago firm will have to pay 91 cents. But unless the home merchants take advantage of the situation and advertise their wares the big firms that do will con- tinue to do the business.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
For Trade for Polk County Farms

Two store buildings and one dwelling, all occupied, in good part of town; would consider a stock of goods. Price S6,000; some encumbrance.
 A. c. Thompson, Chickasha, Okla. 266-3-2t
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

"Look-a-here, Malvinar cried the old man, shaking a horny finger at the bills the rural free delivery carrier had left; mustard plasters from Jasiyius, fifty cents; six teeth pulled at pr. Pollard's, three dol lars. There's three dollars and a half in one week spent for your own private pleasure. Do you think, woman, I'm made of money 2"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

Hands rough and red? Well, why don't you use Mildredina AL mond Cream? Then the skin will be soft and velvety. "The Cream of Creams" 25c and soc bottle.
 Mildredina Speciality Co,
 & 4s-S Boston. Mass.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

Aching in the small of the back is an indication of Brights Disease. The proper course in such cases is to take a few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters. It is an effective kidney remedy and bowel regulator. Jack son Drug Co.,, Gunnels Drug Co.,, Davis Drug Co.,, special agents.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

For Sale--A 40-acre farm, finely
 improved, one and one-half miles from depot; 400 fruit trees, good water and good pasture. See Chas. Hagan, Palace of Sweets. 257-2tf
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
Ice Causes Broken Bones.

The icy coating on the sidewalks of Mena last week resulted in a good many falls and bumps, out of which came two quite serious hurts. Fred Salyers fell and broke a leg and Dave Henson received a broken arm in similar fashion.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

For Sale-Pure-bred s. c. Rhode Island Red Cockerels; good strain.
 lngman and Wheeler, l05 Ridge Ave, Stilwell Heights. 268-3 wi
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
Martha Arnold. AntIoch. Te

Martha Arnold. AntIOch. Tex, says: My children had deep seated cough which the doctor feared might result in pneumonia. He advised me te get large bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound, and keep them on it. The result of it was like magic, and the cough was cured" For sale by Jackson Drug & Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
NOTICE.

We have sold our busiress to the Reynolds-Davis Grocery Company, and theg. will All all our contracts on potatoes and onion sets that are sold to -merchants~for-future deliv- cry, T dwi Roach Wholesale Grooc. Co. 2
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

For Sale-Pure bred s. C. Rhode
 Island Red Cockerels; good strain. Four only ssi.50 each, if taken at once. Ava D. Wright. Rich Noun tain, Ark. dt 2-2
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

For Saie--A taeroughhEedqnJer 2 ooveewith young fefacslf3salso. fpff-hlood DufoC pigs and Rlyhouth
 Rock chickens. Phone Si1sl Star
 Farm. Hl1 25e-s 2-2
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

true that Missourians have to be shown" it is a pleasure to show 'em.
 And, it is only those ignorant Of facts that smile" at Arkansas now adays. And at these Arkansas can smile. She has the goods"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

Many people from the North are coming into Mena these days, most ly with a view to seeking homes in a pleasanter climate. Make all such feel at home, tell them nothing that you cannot demonstrate, or that will not stand the test of time, That's the way to make good.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
UNCLE JOE TOW DEAD.
Old Polk County Citizen Died Last Thursday After Long Suffering.

J. w. Tow, better known here as Uncle Joe," died Thursday morn ing at 4:t0 o'clock at his home on Second street, after an illness of only five days duration. Last Mo- Vember he suffered a paralytc stroke which was very severe, but he recovered and was able to be around. Saturday, last, he had second stroke, and was apparently better Sunday, but began sinking Monday, and it was apparent that he could live only a few hours.
 He is survived by his wife, two sons, Jesse Tow, who lives here, and G. w. Tow of Blossom, Tex, and a daughter, Mrs. KiZzie Nichols, of Kansas City.
 MT. Tow was 68 years of age. He came to Polk county from Eureka Springs in 1887 and located on a farm near Owens Chapel. Later he moved to Dallas, where he served four years as deputy sheriff under D. B. Joplin. For a number of years he was a deputy U. s. mar shal. He moved to Mena 15 years ago.
 The Funeral Saturday.
 The remains of the late J. w.. Tow were buried Saturday morn ing, and, despite the bad weather, large number of friends of the family were present to pay a last tribute to the deceased. At 9:30 the Rev. Francis N. Brewer, pastor of the M. E. church, South, deliver ed a beautiful and impressive ser vice at the home, after which the Masons took charge of the remains and conducted them to Odd Eel lows cemetery, where the beautiful Masonic burial ceremony was gone through with, A. W. Smith acting as Master and the Rev. Brewer as chaplain. The following Mason: acted as pail bearers: D. B. Joplin J. II. Naler, s. c. Davidson, c. G Ran, J. H. Sims and W. I. Green.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
EhDMc TIMBER SALE
 ! HnI'lO & HOUSES RENT ENP" Owner, Dr. J. G. Hilton, Mena, Ark.

Just arrived, carload of Oklahoma
 Horses, Mares and Mules, for sale at the old Sims barn on Dallas avenue. Sims & Avants. | 264-tf
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

For Sale-Three lots and a 5-room
 cottage, close in, at a bargain, or will trade for a wagon and team. Write Tim Chapman, Oden, Ark. 256-i2t i-2
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
-05fi5- NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DeparIment of the Interlol

DepdfJIleHI Ol the lnleflOr,
 U. S. Land 0fiice at
 Camden, Ark, Jan. 9, 1913. NOTICE is hereby given that
 GEORGE R. THOLE Of Vandervoort, Arkansas, who on September 1, 1911, made Homestead Entry No. 05it5, for S1a NWA NWA NWA, Section 5, and NEA NEA, Section 6, Township S., Range 30 w., 9th Principal Me- ridian, has filed notice of intention to make final communication proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the County Clerk of Polk County, at Mena, Arkansas, on the 10th day of February, 1913. Claimant names as witnesses: Benjamin Counts, John M Grower, John w. Weeks, Joe R. Daggett, all of Vandervoort, Ar kansas.
 H. G. Friedheim, Register. Star-First Pub. Jan. i6. Last Pub. Feb. i3.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
For SaIeuer Rent

60-acre farm, three miles from Mena; good termsa Must close deal by Feb. 1. Address N. H.. care Star. vi
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

Already one Polk county man living some twelve miles from his customer at Mena is delivering eggs al. a cost for carriage of 8 cents for two dozen by the use of the parcel post. There's a mighty fine oppor- tunity for the town and country folks to swap nowadays. The coun- try housewife can send in butter for less than 112 cent per pound, and the merchant can send back a dress pattern, pair of shoes and scores of other things, at big sav- ing of time and money all around.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
He Was Worshipping, All Right.

When on his way to evening ser vice the new minister of the vil- lage met a rising young man of the place whom he was anxious to in- terest in the church.
 Good, evening, my young friend" he said solemnly. Do you ever att tend place of worship?''
 "Yes, indeed, sir; ever Sunday night" replied the young fellow with a smile. "I'm on my way to see her now."LAmerican Thresher- man.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

For Rent-House, barn and 5
 acres; some fruit land; in Mena. J. A. Knoll, Mena, Ark. 258-6 2-im
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

Huntsville, Ala.-W. Nj. Marlow, --well-kiown resident. says: have used Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, and nnd it gives better results than any cough medicines | -haveaeser used .'l siBor sale by Jackson Drug 6siFnrnitufe Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
Better, l'l Than 1 Cold

A good practical Business Edu- cation is better than gold, and it will only. cost you; $50 in MENA BUSINESS COLLEGE. ao4tf
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
l. e. Mahan. IQ2l Twelffh street

I. c. Mahan. 1921 Twelfth street, tt. smith, Ark, says: T cannot say too much in favor of Foley Kidney Pills. I had kidney trouble with a pain in my back that hurt so sometimes l had to sit down. When started taking Foley Kidney Pills l was bent over. But now I can work every day. the pain is gone and feel fine" For sale by Jackson Drug & Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16

Fer Selc-0ood gentle horse. Cash
 or ie msnths tims with sood note. Call stdbosslins swssks. 1vtf
The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-16
Eggs by Parcel Post.

Probably the first Polk county man to use the parcel post for sending eggs to market is Dr. Charles Sanford, wso also is post master at Board Camp. The re- cipient of the eggs was w. E. Holt.