Local notes from Dothan and Abbeville area
Local snippets list visiting people from Headland Columbia Abbeville and Savannah and report on area business openings. Abbeville Guano Co. plans new plant. Singer Sewing Machine store to occupy a brick storefront. Houston National Bank building work soon. A D Whiddon Co. moves to Sanders old stand. Taxes and school funding discussed. calls for town cleanup to combat yellow fever.
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Singer Sewing Machine
McCallum’s
Dothan Mule Co Plans Two Story Building
The Dothan Mule Co will erect a two story building on the site of the present structure. Mr. A. Crawford holds the contracts and has begun work on the project.
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Dothan Mule Co
Mr. A. ©. Crawford
Big Mill Planned for Dothan by Enterprise Lumber Co
Enterprise Lumber Co announces closure of a site deal for a large new mill in Dothan. The project promises to rank among the country’s biggest mills, signaling major regional industrial expansion and employment potential. Local workers are urged to seek trades or professions to capitalize on the forthcoming opportunity.
Highwaymen Hold Up Auto on Sheridan Road
Five occupants of an auto traveling on Sheridan road between Winnetka and Glencoe were robbed by three masked bandits. The thieves fired at the car, punctured a tire, and forced the party to surrender cash jewelry and a diamond brooch worth 560. Victims included C A Woodruff Armour & Co purchasing agent and three women. An earlier home assault on Carl Miller yielded $18.
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Chicago
Sheridan Road
Winnetka
Glencoe
Hubbard Hill
C. A. Woodruff
Armour & Co
W. A. Woodruf
H.&. McClelland
H. G. McCleland
W. A. Schlossman
Woodruff
Carl Miller
Hubard Hill
Magnetic Survey Of Pacific To Gather Precise Data
A Carnegie Institution expedition will launch a magnetic survey in the Northern Pacific from the brig Galilee. The voyage aims to map magnetic forces across the Pacific to improve navigator charts and reduce reliance on outdated land and island observations.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Department of International Research
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Galilee
Professor Sent to Work House in New York
Charles Ronel claimed to be a South American university professor of belles lettres and was sent to the work house for a month. Rouxel, picked as a vagrant in Madison Square, said he had toured the world and held grand titles in a South American state before fleeing after a change in administration.
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New York
Charles Ronel
Rouxel
Madison Square Para
Honduras
Paris
Corne
Treasury
University
Chinese Boycott Agitation Reported From Canton and Hong Kong
Reports from Canton and Hong Kong say guild meetings continue to organize the boycott against the United States. Delegates will visit Chinese guilds in China as a board collects data on Chinese in America to publish pamphlets and send urging letters to fans abroad, while papers publish bitter attacks on the United States.
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Victoria
B. C
America
Chinese Vernenior
United States
South Caine
Emigrants Return to New York Amid Rising Influx
The United States Commissioner Watchern notes a surge of European emigrants entering the country with about 45,000 arriving in July, down from 56,000 the previous year. More than a thousand were sent back in July, reflecting efforts of special inquiry boards to curb undesirable arrivals.
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New York
Europe
United States
Watchern
Boards of Inquiry
Giants Among Eagles Parade Draws Thousands in Providence
A huge field day of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Crescent Park featured 7500 marchers from across New England with a large New York City delegation joining the procession through Providence in August.
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Providence
Olvilh
New England League of the Fraternal Order of Eegies
Crescent Park
New England
New York City
Negro Business Men Meet in New York Convention Dates
The National Business Men's League led by Booker T. Washington will hold its sixth annual convention in New York on August 16 17 and 18. About four hundred Black business men from every state are expected to attend with several prominent speakers invited to address the gathering.
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New York
National Business Men's League
Booker T. Washington
Fragmented Prose Poem Echoes Old World Grief
A disjointed passage flits between reflections on health danger and desire. Vague lines mention smoke a watchful observer and a panera state of vet, hinting at fear sickness and longing in a muddled stream of phrases.
The Leziest Men Tale Told By Officers
A cheeky exchange recounts a town tale about the laziest man, claimed by a colonel and others to be so indolent he slept through a morning fire alarm and a hornet sting without moving, with humorous detail and local color.
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B. H. King
Headland
Y. W. Smith
Columbia
W. J. Martin
Abbeville
M. W. Capps
S.J. McKissack
A G. Grant
J. H. Black
Savannah
The
Abbeville Guano Co
Houston National Bank
St Andrews and
Main Streets
A. D. Whiddon & Co
Sanders
Main and
St. Andrews Sts
Mr. L. A. Carlisle
Dothan
Campbellton
Mr. Carlisle
Sam H. Campbell
the Baptist Church
Fine Bluff
Ane
Mrs. Campbell
Georgia
Mr. Campbell
Churchwell’s
Mr. M. V
Capps
J.G. Owens
Malone & Pilcher Co
Men
Cpen
J. D. Flowers
G. H. Malone
H. B. Brockett
J. R. Keyton
Oates Street
Chas. A. Faircloth
Dethan
Nix
Hammond
Young's Drug Store
J.B. Dell
Enterprise Lumber Co
Kingsef
Ierse
Moy
Churchwell
Bar
Béthan
W. D. Fowler
Magnetic Survey OF Pacific
Colon
First Clan
Hamilet
Matta
Dothan Guano CO
Ocothan
ALA
Eagles Farm
Lem
Kingdom Come
Colone
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