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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
8
The Eagle offers twenty vote tickets per dollar spent at local merchants. Tickets are redeemable by cash purchases and must be presented to vote for a preferred piano winner. Merchants include Bennett Hardware Co. and others. Also notes Kinsey Ala matlalicu seminary opens Sept 14 1908 with low tuition and incidental fees.
Dothan Alabama August 4 1908 notice is given that H J Drew convicted at the Spring term 1908 circuit court for selling home made wine without license will apply to Governor B B Comer for pardon and remission of the fine imposed by the court at said term.
A special Commercial Club session is called by President R. Williams for Monday at 8 p.m. in the courthouse. J F Slatter, a Birmingham freight rate expert, discusses schemes to adjust Dothan’s excessive rates and will give a partial report. Full attendance urged. all interested citizens invited.
The article notes Mrs. W. H. Grane has returned from Memphis Tennessee after visiting relatives. It also includes a quoted item from FE A Dixie of New York about using powdered sulphur mixed with oil as a lubricant for ships to prevent hot bearings. The piece mentions grain production extending west toward the North Saskatchewan river and Rockies foothills with reference to the Richelieu valley as a historic wheat field in late father’s era.
The tailoring house presents all wool suits for 14 60 leveraging in-house woolen mill ownership to cut middleman profits. They guarantee perfect fit and satisfaction in every detail.
Largest organ dealers in the South offer pianos at 2500 cash or 10 per month. In 1907 they sold over thirteen hundred organs and now list options including 10 cash and 5 per month or farm buyers can pay over time with two fall payments. Models include Kimball Swan Weaver J w Goff and others. Write or call for prices.
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