Fowler in Jail Charged With Wife Murder
Fowler was jailed on a murder charge after his wife was found dead in bed with neighbors disputing his claim of heart failure. A coroner’s inquest found foul play. his preliminary hearing is set before Judge Leslie Monday. The Dothan guards and local militia reviewed the case's security context. Also noted is the death of Mrs. M. J. Screws of Clay ton at eighty nine.
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F. Fowler
Dothan
Major Adkins
Fowler
Childr
Leslie
U. S. Army
D. W
Iver
Ate
Montgomery
Smyrna Notes On Weather Schools and Deaths
From Syrma items report warm weather and corn planting start up, a baby with catarrhal fever, the infant of Mr Henderson buried at Smyrna cemetery, and visitor Mr Jesse Wolf from Blakely. Beatrice Gissendaner teaches a music school with 16 students. W M Lamb buys a new piano. Sunday School flourishing under W D Burdeshaw and others. regular preaching by Rev D E Burdeshaw.
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Smyrna
J. Tl. Bradshaw
Henderson
Smyrna Cemetery
Jesse Wolf
Blakely, Ga
T. J. Cannon
Carrollton
Beatrice Gissendaner
W. M. Lamb
W. D. Burdeshaw
J. H. Bradshaw
W. T. Cannon
D. E. Burdeshaw
Notice of probate appeal to sell of Jones estate land and home
R. D. Crawford as administrator of A. B. Jones Dec. filed in Houston county Alabama Probate Court an application to join surviving partners of Jones Nichols & Co. in selling four acres of land at Cottonwood and to join Garrard & Co. in selling a house and lot at Ashford known as the Bob Adams place. Jones held a one fourth interest in both properties. Hearing set for March 20, 1907. February 7, 1907. Geo. Leslie Judge of Probate.
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R. D. Crawford
A. B. Jones
Houston County
Alabama
Jones, Nichols & Co
Cottonwood
Nichols & Co
Garrard & Co
Ashford
Adams Street
Third Ave
J B. Williams
Bob Adams
A. B Jones
Geo. Leslie
The World and the Lover
A critical essay questions the old proverb that the world loves a lover arguing that the world admires successful love and pity but impedes lovers until tragedy elevates its sympathy. It notes Romeo and Juliet and historic pairs as examples while mocking public cowardice toward romance.
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Rudolph
Bavaria
Richard le Gallienne
Life Of A Watch Fifty Year Hero Of Time
The article explains a watch’s lifetime as about fifty years with its balance vibrating 18 000 times per hour and 157 680 000 times per year. The hairspring and escapement match this cadence, yielding 7 884 000 000 pulsations over fifty years. It notes the watch “lives” on about sixteen inches of mainspring daily, feeding its constant action.
Three Hobo Lashes Trick Backfires in Courtroom
A tale from the unemployed in which an Englishman a Scotchman and an Irishman steal turnips to ease hunger. They are judged leniently with twelve lashes each but a strange favor is granted. The Englishman asks for his overcoat the Scotchman for both overcoats and the Irishman asks to turn the Englishman across his back.
Infirmary Doctor Parley over Inflamed Eyes
A fragment recalls a benevolent physician treating inflamed eyes and warning against high fees, noting the physician’s prudent approach and lack of charge for care. The text hints at a broader scene of medical aid and humility in service.
George the gambler dies after opium at Chinaman's den
A Chicago gambler named George frequented a Chinaman's opium den and gambled daily. He hurried in, borrowed $10, and promised repayment by noon if alive. By 3 p.m. the next day a friend asked for George, and the Chinaman tearfully said George had died.
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Chicago
George
Farth
Mean of Cister
A young man visits a girl and consoles her younger brother who sobs over not being allowed to play. The boy jokes about the girl painting her face while playing Indian, and the youth offers gentle reassurance about the situation. The scene combines a playful dispute with a display of kind attention.
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Bobby
New York Times
The Janizaries and Their Role in Turkish History
The Janizaries, unlike Egypts mamelukes, were soldiers who never sought sovereign rule. They remained guards and never held the throne in Turkey, maintaining proof of their lowly origin while shaping state power through military guardianship.
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Egypt
Turkey
St. James
National Tree of China Tungshu Described as Symbolic
The tungshu or wood oil tree is named China’s national tree. It has smooth green bark and wide spreading branches, and belongs to the spurge family. Its fruit is orange sized with three triangular seeds. Oil from the seeds polishes wood and dresses leather, with much exported. Wood used for maki instruments and small house frameworks. It resists insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Brazil
SONS OF LIBERTY IN NORFOLK CHALLENGE PAYMENTS TO TAXES
Norfolk citizens formed the Sons of Liberty on March 13 1776 to oppose taxation without representation. Leaders included Henry Tucker Robert Tucker and James Parker. Resolutions affirmed loyalty to King George II while rejecting tax acts and called for defense of civil liberties by representation and jury trial. Lord Dunmore responded with a city demonstration and cannon fire from the Liverpool.
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Norfolk
Great Britain
Mecklenburg
Philadelphia
Sons of Liberty
George II
Henry Tucker
Robert Tucker
Robert Tucker, Jr
Maximilian Calvert
Thomas Butt
Thomas Willoughby
John Taylor, Jr
Joseph Hutchings, Jr
James Parker
George Til
America
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Epotash
Houston Guano CO
Dothan, Ala
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The
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the National Tree of
the Sons OF Liberty
King George
Lord Duanm
City
Liverpool
Birmingham Age-Herald
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