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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
2
Invitations mailed for Eleventh District Conference to be held in Dothan on Tuesday and Wednesday in June 2099. Schedule includes Masonic activities, work exemplification led by Chairman Mr Scott, and a temperance tale featured alongside musical performances by a quartet and orchestra. Several local social notes follow.
Georgia State Railroad Commission requested an opinion from Special Attorney James H. Hines on mileage book coupon exchanges for straight tickets. Hines says railways may eject noncompliers and that mileage book terms bind purchasers to the contract and that the arrangement is reasonable and already approved by the State Railroad Commission.
Tonight at about seven o'clock the moon rises in total eclipse. The old celestial event darkens yards and parasols as lovers, friends, and shy couples hope for courage to confess affection beneath the masked glow.
The piece urges perseverance over quitting, arguing that few succeed by quitting. It contrasts quitters who seek easy two hour jobs with holidays to those who persist through hardship. It cites Indians and parental insistence on finishing tasks as routes to character and success.
Yesterday at four Mrs Lillian Parish entertained the Kilistines at her mother’s North Lena street home. The twelve girls played dominos and enjoyed themselves. rumor suggests “Kill. ’nea” implies a selection of the best. Beanein the Vittles daughter of Mr and Mrs Stapleton is noted in the outing.
A New York Times item sketches a morning kitchen scene where a caller selling novelty wares faces a sharp rebuff from a wary householder. The hawker promotes telescopic binoculars and other gadgets while fending off refusals and retreating from the doorstep.
In a crowded front row remark a man shouted a quip about famine and meat, alleging Caesar’s teia grew great from Quincius and Polonine sugar cured bacon. The line was treated as a bald advertising scheme and received little prominence in reports.
A quiet six year old boy listens as his mother explains she made him a new Norfolk suit herself. He accepts the homemade gift after her explanation and responds with a brief remark.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat notes that fruit sellers report children prefer black bananas with soft discolored flesh to yellow firm white flesh, implying youth favor softened fruit. It explains in tropical regions ripe bananas show browning flesh and blackened skins before consumption.
The Dothan Eagle advertises a proposition inviting readers to earn money during their vacation by spending part of their time from the summer period.
The fragment asserts a claim about a drink improved by chemists and notes it leaves out the component from which cocaine is derived. It implies a marketing or product claim tied to a formula originally creating demand for a beverage.
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