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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
4
A brief item from Dothan Alabama notes holiday turkey abundance and town activity. The piece mentions Christmas mood, turkeys in town, and new electric light and water works installations signaling growth in several southeast Alabama towns.
The text notes that the families of major insurance executives are a sickly lot and wonders why they did not resign earlier to seek health, remarking that many broke down together as the companies’ constitutions were threatened.
The town agrees to provide customers rights for a set amount paid in advance and to avoid forfeit if oil lamps remain supplied. It notes avoiding public suffering from accidents while ensuring continuous light and tribute to John D.
The writer explains a weekly free distribution, noting more than five hundred copies go out. Readers who think they are not subscribers should mark refused or notify the postmaster to stop receiving issues, paying only for what they keep. The aim is to reach willing payers, limiting complimentary copies.
A reader complains the paper lacks ads and fails to publish society events, scandals, or notices. It notes the paper’s high price and limited advertising, urges hiring a live ad man, and chides omission of weddings, divorces, deaths, and society items while acknowledging its substantial circulation.
Montgomery officials and buyers argue that current freight practices favor distant ports and restrict farmers’ access to faster markets. They urge Interstate Commerce Commission to fix rates per mile, warning tighter mileage limits would cut off a large portion of existing markets.
A collection of maxims on courage conscience and social conduct. It discusses cowardice aligning with conscience with marriage choices, habit and fear in propriety, economy and wealth, and the value of good nature at home versus neglect elsewhere.
City council announces elections for police and municipal posts. J. L. Domingus becomes chief, J. L. Domingus is noted, and J. M. Vann among others joins police ranks. Joe Baker named mayor pro tem R. T. Ghent treasurer and R. W. Lisenby clerk. C. F. Duncan named street foreman. Ret A. Donnelly district elder appears in conference notes with funding remarks.
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