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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
2
An exchange article details the boomerang’s origin and design, noting materials, curvature, and how its flight path varies. It covers throwing technique, risks, and the claim that natives seldom use them indoors, with anecdotes from Alfred Howitt and local black witnesses.
A veteran tale recalls the Marquis of Townsend during battle who, after a drummer near him was killed by a cannon ball, fixed on the brain blast. A superior officer tried to rally him, but the young noble replied he was not frightened, only puzzled how a man with so much brains ended up there.
The Teutoburg forest region lies in a Woofled mountainous area spanning Lippe and Prussia. It marks Arci gins defeat of Varus and a stalled Rewan advance, stretching northwest from Bere toward Driburg and Bervergern near Rheiuu on the Brms.
An advertisement from Dothan Alabama declares the Singer Sewing Machine as the lightest running most durable and convenient lock for the red and other fabrics. It promotes a No 9 machine on Main Street and dates the notice to October 1.
An appeal to agents for Williams Jennings Bryan's travel book The Old World and its Ways. 576 imperial pages with over 200 superb engravings from Bryan photographs. recounts a world tour and visits to nations. Outfit available for fifty cents to cover mailing and handling. Thompson Publishing Co, 3 Lovis, Mo.
A compilation of quirks in cross cultural manners with remarks on glasses social calls and gifts. An old sailor spins a joke about provisions on a ship while a light note on elopement and gossip appears in the surrounding snippets.
A collage of lighthearted lines and anecdotes from city life includes a lawyer mock debate over an appeal, a courtly jest, a barter about payment with a 5 percent discount, a newborn naming moment in a home, and a humorous thought on a man’s jump distance compared to a hen.
The article describes black divers on Sandwich or Indian Island meeting ships arrival by leaping into the sea. They dive fifty to sixty feet for copper or silver, swim out to a mile and climb the hull to beg a bet from curious tourists. They expect payment for display as steamers dock.
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