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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1909
Page
6
An essay argues that world wealth growth increases power needs across production, transport, and urban life. It warns coal decline and stresses water powers as the enduring, nondepleting energy source essential to safeguarding forests and soil, shaping an era of elevated power use.
President-elect Taft spoke to the Negroes in New Orleans promising to be “the President of all the people.” He urged individual character and thrift as the path to advancement, opposed removal to other lands, and emphasized education and industrial training for all, with strict punishment for crime if a square deal is to be achieved.
A deadly blaze at the Blors Theatre in Acapulco, Mexico, on February 15 left between 250 and 300 dead and many injured. Officials said the fire swept through the venue causing widespread fatalities.
Disaster struck a port theatre in Acapulco as a moving picture segment sparked a blaze in bunting and decorations. Fire rapidly engulfed the wooden venue, blocking the three narrow exits while news of the disaster reached the capital by telegraph. Governor Damian Jores was visiting the port at the time.
Stricken audience rushed toward exits causing a deadly crush as people fell and blocked escape routes, leaving many dead and others overwhelmed by the crushing throng.
In Bishop Texas a bank treasurer named Carl Summers was locked in the county jail cell overnight for a month with bank funds to safeguard deposits. He went on strike, the bank hauled in a vault, and Summers reportedly quit after a high tension dispute over the funds.
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