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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
2
A clipped notice from Dothan Alabama records a post office entry describing second class mail for one year and published schedules with prices five dollars yearly for the afternoon edition and one dollar yearly for the Saturday issue.
A collage of skepticism and social commentary spans politics, business, and personal fate. It discusses the tobacco trust, mules in campaigns, press bias, Castro’s travels, divorce law quirks, and a distracted judge's task, reflecting late 19th or early 20th century newspaper style with satirical asides and scattered rumors.
The excerpt shows officials insisting they are satisfied with home weights and measures despite needing to keep a quart and a pair of draw scales. It reflects routine regulatory stance on measurement accuracy.
A retired soldier received 9000 dollars at a pay window, prompting questions about how such a sum was awarded. The writer questions army finances, vouchers, and the treatment of enlisted men, suggesting possible misallocation and criticizing recruitment advertising.
A writer recalls John D tipping a five cent piece to a waiter who served lobster and hash. The piece suggests John D urged the waiter to invest, while criticizing rail stocks and vehicles, then lampshades alleged benevolence amid skepticism. The piece also mentions sensational New York papers and a coon hunting tale with a lantern gag.
The Alabama Car Service Association released figures showing 64 992 cars handled in November by its member railroads up from 56 073 last year. The month also shows a small drop from October.
At a December 16 meeting in Macon the city council authorized Georgia Central Railroad to lay tracks at Tybee for new buildings to expand the shops. The project, costing over $1,000,000, will create hundreds of new jobs and start immediately with completion expected next spring.
The Birmingham News notes eight years of bachelor mayors in Birmingham, highlighting George Ward and Frank OBrien. It jokes that these bachelors have presided at many weddings yet never married, implying societal pressure on couples to wed after long bachelor tenures.
A boy riding J A Bowdoin's horse in downtown traffic rode between a wagon and a cyclist. A man named Bragdon tried to stop him with a wheel, but the boy fled leaving the street in turmoil while cursing the cyclist. pursual is expected.
Washington December 16 orders issue movement of about 000 regulars within the next year. Homecomings include 000 troops in Cuba and about 8 000 in the Philippines, with an equal number dispatched from the United States to fill their places.
The letter-writer satirically riffs on a proposed congressional bill requiring newspapers to publish editors owners and stockholders names. The piece mocks naming editors as libel editors and suggests masthead bragging rights could lead to lawsuits when the United States is misrepresented or the President is targeted.
A vivid account describes the taming process for wild elephants in India and Burma. Expert mahouts mount tame elephants to gentle captives, using firm correction if needed, while cranes lift elephants aboard ships for relocation. The piece notes the elephants grow heavier with age, their ears revealing their age, and their remarkable sense of smell.
Aunt Matilda warns a barefoot loving nephew to soak feet in salt water to toughen them. He contemplates a spat about chores and work, while a judge weighs gender role tones from a Ladies’ Home Journal piece.
A Alabama congressman recalls an Irishman charged with pork theft who lacked counsel. A young attorney defended him poorly, the jury convicted, and the prisoner quips that without two such lawyers he would have been hanged for murder.
A Cornish tale about a wife sparing her drunken husband with coals of fire and a humorous note on spelling rules. The piece contrasts a folk proverb with a magazine discussion on y to i changes and related word forms. It mentions examples like monies honied donkies monkies and notes the oddities of language evolution.
In Shakespearean tone a frustrated Romeo seeks to woo Juliet on the lawn after being labeled a climber by her father. The big yellow moon climbs above the trees as Juliet warns of trouble if their father finds them.
A satirical quip recounts Mose struggling to collect payment from a prominent Richmond business man who paid him with a whitewashed wall. Mose approaches the house and, on the porch, the master asks about his ailment. Mose replies he has the bill for the whitewashing.
A New York Times excerpt recounts Katherine on a farm learning farm life and hearing praise for a thrifty neighbor. A visiting man closely observes a chair and raises questions about his hands, prompting a curious exchange with the farmer's wife.
A girl debates advertising in a paper after meeting a reporter who sweetly pressed for ad space. She recalls a drug store prescription travels from Paris to Berlin and beyond, asking what good English medicine notes are in St. Petersburg. The dialogue hints at class distrust and cross city press intrigue.
The article cites long lived flora from around the world including palm trees in Brazil, date palms in Arabia, Wallan's oak in Scotland, Mount of Olives olives near Jerusalem, Fountains Abbey yews, a California redwood, African baobabs, Chapultepec cypress, Dracaena Draco at Orotava, and Humboldt’s note on prehistoric trees. It also mentions a horseman’s anecdote about left hind leg as the starter in all four footed movements and a remark about a pig sale.
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