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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
3
For five years the shop in Dothan presents a line of holiday china, emphasizing artistic design and beauty. The display promises new items at prices lower than any other local store, inviting readers to visit and view the collection.
Fragmented OCR text mentions events at Jim Night in town and a reference to Chinese lilies. Names include Euan Morris of Bain and Smith's Dene Store with unclear context. The piece reads like a local notice with scattered details and no clear action or date.
A plea urges quick action to subscribe to the paper, offering a year’s subscription for five dollars as a gift. The note playfully questions readers about supporting a local publication and mentions deadlines and subscription incentives. It references the value of a paper gift and hints at community support.
Readable fragment hints at theater program and painted pictures. Mentions Hand and Shathe characters with reference to Saturday Monday times. Details are partial.
A terse ad offers sewing machines for sale or rent at 9 Main St. The listing notes a person or business name Dre M and references Machine 100 with a cryptic line about payment or delivery.
A satirical local note laments missed mail deliveries and whiskey circulars flooding the trash cans. It mocks post office routines, mentions Pensacola and Louisville, cites distilleries with unusual bargains, and observes how sober townsfolk still face a glut of unwanted circulars.
A historical fragment notes Diogenes and a New York figure imagined as an honest man. It mentions a will reduced by consent, an estate, and questions of reform or virtue amid changing weather imagery and unresolved longing for reason and moral clarity.
An old auction item offers the oldest and best drug business in town with a good family horse and new buggy. It includes 125 shares of bank stock. Apply at this offer.
Classified note offers a second hand sewing machine for sale with a prompt to call at the offices for details and pricing.
Fire crews were summoned at eleven o clock to the residence of Engineer Ayalé at the corner of College and Bure Shaw erecta. The blaze started in the kitchen and burned a hole in the floor before discovery. The inmates extinguished the fire before department arrival.
Friday night at the show grounds the Maneuver Monit or Sud Merrimack tent crowned Miss Bosin Whiddon as Queen of the Carnival after a fitting talk by Mr B F Reid. Attendants Miss Mattie Lou Wau and Miss Jewel Martin accompanied her on stage.
A 22 year old black man named Phil Ryors attempted to steal the carnival nightly proceeds at the show grounds. He grabbed a large money pile and was chased by show staff, then held by Will Whatley until officers arrived. The loot totaled over ninety dollars. Ryors claimed Campbellton as his home and is in county jail awaiting preliminary trial.
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