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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1908
Page
3
A London Chronicle excerpt describes the Mahrattas using a dharna seated siege at a debtor’s tent to compel payment. The creditor fasts and enforces abstinence while surrounded, with meals barred to all, until the debt is paid or the siege ends. Similar Brahman fasting practices were once trained in Benares to extract money from wealthy patrons.
A teacher uses a watch to teach about regulating the human heart. When asked what to do if the watch ran wrong yet preferred the right path, a student replies that she would sell it to a friend.
The magistrate questions a tramp who demanded alms and threatened a woman with death. He insists he did not threaten a specific time to die, only that everyone must die someday. The judge sentences six months hard labor.
A Bristol merchant returning from the West Indies faced a sinking ship as water flooded in. A dolphin squeezed into the hull and blocked the leak, saving the vessel. In gratitude, the merchant established a charity school in Bristol, with brass dolphin badges for all students.
The text notes the bank’s capital surplus and liabilities totaling 250,000.06 dollars and 250,000.00 dollars. It identifies D. C. Carmichael as president and G. H. Malone as cashier, describing the bank as the largest in Southeast Alabama and inviting business with courteous treatment.
A tall Gascon on a wretched pony bets a cavaliers gold pieces he can outdo the noble steed. He dismounts to lift the pony and throw it over a bridge battlement into the river, winning the wager and leaving the cavalier distressed.
The piece notes a laborer turned millionaire who attributes his ascent to his wife. She stages a social ascent by trading his union card for a coat of arms as his wealth grows from one to two million, making the rest easier.
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