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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1905
Page
3
W H Helms, Houston County Treasurer, submits a condensed financial report totaling 93 913 4. The report classifies items with totals and notes more detailed itemized figures are available in the public books open for inspection by any voter. Helms invites citizens to review the records if they desire.
A playful dialogue explains rubber origins with humorous misperceptions about tires and bicycle cushions as fruits. The exchange emphasizes the rubber tree as the true source and clarifies common misunderstandings.
Rioters attacked five Montgomery Ward & Co nonunion drivers as union men reclaimed old positions. Two deputy sheriffs escorting nonunionists were routed, shots fired, and two drivers Simon Block and Jerry Williams were badly bruised. Police searched the barns but found no suspects.
Secretary Shaw visited President at Sagamore Hill to discuss treasury issues and the yellow fever response in New Orleans. He noted federal control and rapid action by Surgeon General Wyman and Surgeon White with funds secured and officers dispatched to stamp out the epidemic.
In a brief, pointed exchange two speakers joke about Robinson Crusoe and Friday, suggesting a bargain or free acquisition of a slave to highlight a past era’s colonial attitudes. The remark uses literary allusion to spark a critique of historical inequities.
A clipped exchange notes a girl who “went west at the age of eight” to grow up with the country and asks how she succeeded. The reply: “Not very well,” for she is still eighteen, implying stalled progress or delayed coming of age.
East Side Jewish leaders debate sending a delegation to Russian peace envoy Sergius Witte to seek improved conditions for Jews in Russia. Supporters urge appeal while revolutionaries oppose. the plan remains undecided as Yiddish papers prompt reader votes.
Two people drown after a launch collides with a rowboat near Portland Oregon. Fred Steffenson and his sister Madeline age 15 perish as the rowboat occupants Panicked and capsize. Miss Lillie Therkelsen is rescued aboard the launch while others fail to aid in time.
Four police officers pursued two robbers through Chicago streets after a baggage-car burglary worth 2500. The robbers escaped by wagon. three bystanders were wounded, including Morris Cohen and his wife, Mrs Cohen, with non fatal injuries. Detective Voss and Lt Larkin led the volley chasing them to Barker and Halstead where shots struck Larkin in the wrist.
The Paul Kelly gang attacked the New York East Side smashing plate glass windows near police headquarters on Mulberry Street and beat a man, as 50 officers pursued along Houston to the Bowery. A coffee house raid followed with diners traumatized and a waiter thrown outside. One gang member was captured.
A 48 year old Brooklyn woman Miss Donee was struck by lightning and vanished during a park concert. She later wandered Huntington and was then found missing with police and citywide search ongoing. Investigators trace her path from Prospect Park through rain soaked streets and a trolley to a steam train away from home.
In New York, August, Anthony An coma was fatally struck when an automobile veered onto the sidewalk in Harlem. The chauffeur fled the scene, was pursued by a bicycle messenger, and released after arrest. Separately, near Hilleboro, a Cotton Belt passenger train struck a group of negro cotton choppers, killing Rey Holwerde and his wife and injuring two others, as a child was run over. The workers had camped along the track, believing the train had passed.
Notice is given that Pal lie E Borland has filed for final proof on homestead entry 34734 for Lots 3 and 4 in Section 14 T7N R12W. Proof will be made before the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Dothan Alabama on September 9 1905. Witnesses: Jesse W Carter John R Holland Ed ihomas Ira Thomas.
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