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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
5
Local names and visits fill the page from Dothan and surrounding towns. Residents like Hutto and Ghent travel quests, while strickland brothers promote watch repairs. Meetings shift to Camden, new church organ arriving, and whiskey sale protests stir local sentiment.
One of the bills stolen from Geo on Saturday night was presented to a cashier or ticket agent of the Central road on Sunday evening for a ticket. Both roads had alerted agents by Chief Coningus to watch for the bills, but the man did not report it. It was not discovered until Tuesday morning that he possessed the bill, delaying the thief's apprehension.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Peterman Jr. of Jakin Georgia died last Saturday morning. The body was taken to Dothan for burial Saturday evening.
Mrs. Jack Hooten died at the Hooten residence on College street Wednesday evening following gall stone trouble. She leaves a husband and one grown son.
Camp Bartow announces its meeting will be held on the first Tuesday in July instead of the first Monday. All members are urged to attend as officers are to be elected.
On next Tuesday H D Clayton will attend the Camp Bartow gathering and deliver a talk before the old Confederate veterans.
At the courthouse today a temperance meeting will launch a movement to end whiskey sales in Houston county. Attendees from across the county are expected to support the effort as Columbia and Cottonwood, two dispensary towns, debate ending sales so no whiskey will be sold in the county.
A Galveston bay tale recalls four dead tarpon and an angler in a drifting boat while a companion was struck by a tarpon. A Florida boat incident left an angler stunned with two broken ribs as a tarpon knocked him overboard. A broker notes miners stock scams, suggesting a bankruptcy motive behind a $50 stock deal and the need to show creditors.
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