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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1909
Page
5
Local seller advertises bulk Landreth Garden Seed at lower prices than competitors. Encourages buyers to plant English peas Irish potatoes and onion sets now, highlighting cost savings through bundled quantities.
Wednesday’s Daily notes arrivals and visits from Col W L Parks of Andalusia and S W Hightower of Ga bridge. Re J Bulloch and family arrive to start truck farming near Dothan. John Gamble of Troy also visits. Oscar Williams and Georg Hemm chase ducks to Florida. W Black returns from Clearwater to tend his orange grove. S E Couch returns from New Orleans Crescent City work. Judge J M Snead of Andalusia travels from Panama City. Dr H Green leaves for Greenville to care for a ill mother. Bicycle sidewalk safety urged as warnings and enforcement move forward.
A tramp asks for a dollar to beautify the town and moves on if refused. The exchange hints at a stingy or hurried effort to improve the town with minimal payment. The scene shows a social interaction reflecting urban street life and civic impulse in a fleeting moment.
The notice for Wednesday's Daily states William Jennings Bryan will speak at Pensacola and Jacksonville with a planned Montgomery appearance on February 2. It suggests inviting him to Dothan if a suitable hall is found, promising a hearty welcome and noting even lukewarm supporters would pay a dollar to hear him.
This morning Fletcher McQueen reported his house burned he claims a shooter fired at the assailants and that he heard a gunshot during the incident.
Early last evening a call reached the Fire Department and a holding crew rushed to the scene of a supposed conflagration near the old Pilcher place on East Washington Street. It turned out to be only a trash pile burning out.
New York January 19 reports say Florence Smith a 15 year old girl from Patchogue Long Island swallowed about one hundred pins three weeks ago. She suffered pains but doctors expect the pins to pass or be contained by protective walls and she will be brought to the city for X ray examination this week.
A passenger in a smoking car of an express train asks for whiskey and a woman in the car behind faints. Dozens of flasks appear, and the man takes the largest bottle, drinks, and says the drink helped him feel better and that it always makes him queer to see a woman faint.
Judge A D Sayre of Montgomery city court denies license to sell liquor, upholding state prohibition law. He finds petitioners weaknesses not fatal, deems amendments properly enacted, and notes the case will be appealed to the supreme court.
Mr and Mrs W W Barnett of Geneva are in the city visiting Mrs Malone the mother of Mrs Barnett at her home on N Foster. There is playful banter about Mrs Jones once being pert and now married and settled as an expert.
Justice of the Peace D. Carroll of Beat 3 Houston County holds court every Tuesday at Office 33 E Main St. The notice specifies regular weekly sessions and the courthouse location for public access.
A historical editorial urges Greater Dothan to become a thriving regional hub. It highlights the Atlanta and Saint Andrews Bay Railway, improved ports, rail links to Atlanta, Birmingham, Pensacola and beyond, and calls for broad welcome of newcomers, fairness, and teamwork to build a prosperous, model town.
In Houston County Alabama Chancery at Dothan the court orders publication in the Dothan Eagle for four weeks. Charley Nixon is required to plead answer or demur to the bill by February 2, 1999 or a decree pro confesso may be taken. The defendant is non resident and residence unknown. Jan 29 1999.
Washington reports that 1908 saw heavy canal digging with 87,016,693 cubic yards removed since 1904. Average monthly excavation stayed strong through rains and droughts, costs per cubic yard fell from 57 to 45 cents, and total government spending neared 84,21,000. French companies contributed 1518.00 cubic yards excavated.
1000 bushels of Cook's Improved Cotton Seed just arrived from North Georgia. Sold at 1.00 per bushel. Claims 40 percent yield, strong bearer and well limbed plant. Referenced by four-year Georgia Alabama Mississippi North Carolina trials. J L Ward Whatley Ward Dothan Ala. 112-d&w.
State of Alabama Geneva County Chancery Court suit Ella C. Daughtry as Complainant vs W H Daughtry as Defendant. Publication required in Dothan Eagle for four consecutive weeks. Defendant non resident and over twenty one. He must answer within thirty days after December 23 1908 or a decree pro confesso will be entered. Office Geneva Alabama December 22 1908. J F Johnson Register in Chancery.
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