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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1909
Page
1
An editorial fragment shows a writer pondering stray items and a goat’s curiosity as examples of everyday newsroom oddities. The text blends humor with a glimpse of rough pressroom life and the editor’s rummaging for fresh material amid scattered notes and stray thoughts.
The writer criticizes a proposed bill to outlaw whiskey advertisements, arguing editors should judge advertising content. He notes prohibition has supporters but doubts the law would hold public support, warning a weak law could backfire and be repealed. The piece defends editorial discretion and cautions against overreach.
A country editor laments idle crowds in New York as farmers seek harvest labor from Alabama cotton fields to Mississippi and the grain belt. He argues unemployed city dwellers could work in southern farms or southern towns, noting waves of immigrants and the need for honest toil, urging the rep to mobilize labor.
The M. A. Ellison Drug Co located in Dottis Alabama is noted in the passage. The brief item names the business and location and implies its continued operation within the local commerce scene.
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