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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1905
Page
5
The item details local social visits including Mae Granberry in Gordon, J T Hopkins from Ashford, Mrs E M Waters at Indian Springs, and Evelyn Farmer returning from Blount. It notes water meter debates, a shift in Elba Presbyterian appointments, and professional moves like M B Byrd switching to law and E M Craig’s Elba call.
Since Houston county was formed a total of 939 marriage licenses have been issued to whites and Negroes. White applicants total 544 while Negroes number 395 in the records available.
Marriage licenses issued in the past week go to W. A. Halstead Marty A. Spivey Neal Davis Zetter Franklin J. R. Cook Janie Jackson R. L. Meredith Elzana Culbreth Joseph Noling Celia Skipper among others indicating ongoing nuptial activity in the area.
Hosae Parish, who was crushed between wheels after being thrown from a lumber car while unloading lumber, died last week from injuries. He leaves a bride of a few months.
The Union Pacific Railroad released an illustrated pocket manual for visitors to the Lewis and Clarke Centennial in Portland. It includes maps, color bird eye views of the Exposition grounds, hotel and street car guidance, and travel routes to the Exposition City and return via California. Request by two cent stamp, mail to J F Van Rensslaer Atlanta Ga. Also mention of a mercantile opportunity from J B Dell.
New Orleans on August 11 reports crowds visiting Archbishop Chappelle lying in state in the closed casket at St Louis Cathedral. Funeral plans shift from immediate burial to a more elaborate service after Surgeon White of the Marine Hospital approved the arrangements, stating no infection risk from the body.
An uptown Italian woman near the Ninth street market becomes the first death in two weeks. Officials report 63 new cases in the last 24 hours with a falling death rate from over 25 percent to 17 percent reflecting improved treatment and possible reduced virulence.
Bishop Alex Walters and Dr. William R. Steward issued formal calls for a Afro American council convention in Detroit starting August 30. The call targets Negro church bishops and leading churchmen amid rising racial tensions and riots in New York.
The Georgia house approved an occupation tax on every domestic and foreign corporation, with rates from $5 to $100 based on capital stock. The measure aims to raise about $300,000 annually. An effort to tax foreign corporations by capital employed failed. The panel also added a $200 tax on tobacco firms redeeming tobacco tags, and votes to reconsider various earlier tax provisions failed.
A playful verse notes that daily language harbors curious quirks including a saying about whisky being “strong drink” though it cannot run uphill.
W A Horn of Nashville Tennessee was lying on the tracks when a through freight train halted by its engineer who pulled him clear. The man, under the influence of liquor, could not justify his presence and was taken into custody. He appeared in the mayor's court and was fined and released.
The Buford with Captain Hall has reached San Francisco after 22 days from Manila carrying 117 cabin and 142 steerage passengers along with troops returning from the Philippines. Seventeenth Infantry heads to Fort McPherson Georgia and the Third Squadron of the Thirteenth Cavalry to Fort Sill. Colonel Van Orsdale commands the Seventeenth Infantry.
In Lexington Kentucky on the night of August 11 a barn and three trotting horses were killed in an arson fire at the J B Hagegins Bimendorf farm. Henry Robinson a Black man was arrested and confessed setting the blaze but claimed a white man paid him to do it.
Street Superintendent Duncan and his crew have killed about four snakes while patrolling streets. Two were rattlers of dangerous length and two were coachwhips. Citizens push to clear weed forests, already underway. Judge Dan Gordon visited, greeting many local friends in Henry and Houston counties.
A quirky notice offers prompt hacking services and a Ghent contact, citing the phone number 207 for access, suggesting urgent assistance for prompt needs.
Wilkes Barre Pa August 11 Thousands of miners temperance workers and others from across the anthracite region arrived by rail to hear President Roosevelt. City officials predicted up to 250000 visitors as mines and many businesses closed and unions halted work for the day. A parade by the Tenth uniformed cadets and two regiments of the order preceded the public address.
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