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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1906
Page
3
A fragmented verse style laments mockery of self improvement and public shaming. It contrasts the urge to reform with loud ridicule from peers, urging persistence to set a better example for youth and sport, while critiquing cynical audiences and hollow motives.
The German ship Alster Ni B reached Santa Rosa with fifteen men confined to bunks by scurvy. Captain died in a storm, Miller the second mate drowned, and the crew, hampered by illness and delays, struggled to reach port from Hamburg after a perilous voyage.
The Southern Cotton Growers association opens a three day session in New Orleans with expected large attendance. Delegates gather from southern towns, led by President Harvie Jordan who predicts Georgia will send a bigger delegation. Jordan notes farmers hold cotton and aim for 15 cents.
W T Jones of Atlanta is dying in Memphis city hospital from morphine taken in a personal crisis. He and his wife had reached Memphis en route to Atlanta from Colorado. she continued on while he did not return. A letter from his wife and a brother in Newbury County describe the planned death and burial in Atlanta.
Cincinnati January 11 The motion for a rehearing of the appeal for a new trial on behalf of Mrs Cassie L Chadwick of Cleveland was denied in the United States court of appeals. The court had sustained the district court verdict finding Chadwick guilty of conspiring to wreck a national bank and sentencing her to ten years in the Ohio penitentiary. The rehearing petition argued the conspiracy charge lacked supporting evidence.
Margaret Blake Robinson and Louise Scattergood obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Supreme Court Justice Davis to compel Mrs Louise Reynolds to produce in court Anne Kissa Hays. The petition claims Miss Hays is being deprived of liberty by relatives to keep her from Miss Robissor and Miss Scattergeed. Kentucky Won't Be Dry Docked.
The US Supreme Court upholds North Carolina to license Armour Packing Company as a meat packing business operating in the state. The ruling affirms enforcement of a state license tax despite arguments of interstate commerce conflict and constitutional issues. Included are dissents from Justices Brown White and McKenna.
A major blaze broke out in a South Boston warehouse area, destroying No. 8 building used for cotton waste storage. Firefighters confined the flames within an hour, with losses estimated from 75 000 to 109 000 and partial insurance carried by the Railway Supply and Manufacturing Co.
In Macon Georgia a jury found T Schofield insane after a brief verdict ten minutes after deliberation. Ordinary Wiley announced the decision to a large crowd as Schofield faces confinement in a state sanitarium. Kin death at Vineville bar before Christmas 1904 is noted as not held against him.
In Cincinnati on January 10 George Stevens died within an hour after taking poison by mistake while sitting beside his sick brother in law Robert Lewin Gillespie. Gillespie, six years older, also died soon after. Stevens, a Harvard graduate, once had wealth from steamship ventures between Boston and New York but lost much in the cotton crash two years earlier.
Pittsburg Pennsylvania January 15 200 delegates attend the annual convention of the Pittsburg district United Mine Workers of America. Sessions run through Saturday with a focus on fixing a provisional wage scale to be presented to the national convention. Delegates may seek an advance but details are not disclosed.
C C Moty of San Francisco, a prisoner on the Carmatia, fatally shot himself in his cabin as the liner approached New York harbor. The vessel’s belt reportedly carried $20 050 from a San Francisco wine merchant. The text also mentions a contest and an application for credit, but details are unclear.
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