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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1915
Page
4
The New Spring Dry Goods offers light dainty patterns shown for the first time this season. Each train brings fresh stock and new things are marked and placed on sale as quickly as possible. Visit the store to see the latest displays while they are still new.
An excerpted Victorian style collage presents garbled reminiscences, poems, and social notes. It mentions Marjorie Jones of Americus, Ga, and an auction party hosted by Mrs J. L. Moor with prize winnings and names like Mes. J. H. Moor. The text intertwines misread sermon lines, reflections on teachers, and a chorus of unsettling memories.
Home-Coming at the Fonter Street Methodist church Wednesday evening proved one of the most enjoyable events of the season. The main auditorium was decorated with ferns and violets while the Sunday School group presented the piano ensemble and harmonies. Instrumental solos by Miss R B F Valentine and a vocal by Ming Salle Helle Cooper delighted a large audience and sandwiches and coffee were served by a long list of helpers. Today’s Montgomery Advertiser features a portrait of Helen Bashinsky of Troy, a guest admired during her visit to Dothan.
In Chiladelphia on February 17, Omeron Baker announces retirement from baseball citing burnout amid fan acclaim. The Giants star, famed for world series heroics in 1924 and 1933, walks away with Eddie Collins and teammates pressed by infield gaps and managerial doubts as Connie Mack weighs a heavy task for the coming season.
Large crowds filled Henderson Adams and Wot hams & Company stores as extensive advertisements drew buyers today. Both sales reported heavy activity and strong demand across the day, reflecting widespread shopper interest.
Eight miners were killed and six injured in a coal mine explosion near Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, when a pocket of feeder gas ignited by naked lights caused a wall of coal to burst. A rescue party recovered most victims as fire was extinguished.
Putte Mont February 1 many travel rounds of cotton have passed the harbor during the law week hours for Russia. The cotton put on board steamer at Sevtele and sent to Vladivostok Sioris, where it was to be tram Porren by rail to Petrograd to be used for theater.
Local report extols Zorada Tamar as a trance medium who locates lost papers and reunites estranged couples. She offers life readings at 3 dollars with confidential service and appeals to buyers in Dothan area lines. Eva Heard returns from New York for Saxon Hesed Dry Goods firm duties.
The readable parts show scattered phrases about a scene and a person named Sones. The text is incomplete and garbled with misspellings making exact facts hard to determine. No clear event dates or locations are identifiable.
Washington Feb 17 secretary Garrison instructed Brigadier General Scott chief of staff to call Captain William Mitchell of the general staff to explain remarks attributed to him on the unpreparedness of the United States for war. Mitchell was quoted saying it would take about three years to train an army of 1,000,000 and an enemy could seize American seaboards. Garrison said he considered the utterances injudicious and improper.
New York Feb 17. Gertrude Lyle widow of John Lyle who left an estate valued at 20 million dollars married yesterday to Alexander Wenyen Samuel an English lawyer and journalist.
Applications for loans at 5 percent straight with semiannual interest, term up to ten years. Applicants must provide exact location and valuation of property offered as security for state improvements and non of the same. Seeking exclusive representatives and real estate agents to receive applications and act as loan agency for the Cage & Loan Association and National Bank Building Atlanta Georgia.
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