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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1911
Page
2
A fragmented column blends social unrest and civic concerns from Mobile and Atlanta. It laments advertising funds and urban growth along Fifth Avenue, critiques local whiskey distribution, and urges rain in drought areas. It notes traffic fatalities involving young children, nurse staffing gaps, and calls for safer street conduct and bottle disposal.
A reflective note urges careful care for the baby buggies carrying the town’s future citizens. The author stresses that today’s children will govern the town after current leaders retire, highlighting the need for protection and guidance amid pestilence and dust.
In Lalhun the Greenboro Watchman notes a town split over saloons, with some residents pressed to host a whiskey election while others oppose. The piece argues petition signers claim they only seek a vote on the issue, not a pledge to vote for repeal, and warns signers risk being seen as aligned with anti prohibitionists.
County leaders promote better roads with county funds, while some residents resist spending. An example near the town highlights a farmer who opposes a grated road that would benefit his route to market and neighborly access.
A community discusses paying for land used for a public road. The speaker questions fairness if one landowner bears costs while neighbors gain access. They consider who supplies road construction and maintenance, noting the county’s duty to fund public routes and the impact on residents if routes are curtailed or mismanaged.
A speaker recounts family conflict after emigrating from Cork Ireland to the United States. A younger brother struggles, loses stable work, and a dispute over money follows. The tale intertwines with a $20,000 inheritance claim, notes on investment mania, and a daughter's distraction with a busy household.
Bonham and Son advertise a fresh shipment of avlas cheese pimento and pimento cheese and smoked salmon and blowera. They keep fresh butter on hand and list a phone number 463. Lost hog Black Sari, a male hog, was stray from a place last week with a reward offered for information in E. H. Rogers.
A reflective piece questions lack of provision for dependents after a man's death. It argues that unprovided families suffer education and support losses, urging readers to contact National Life of Vermont representative L G Biggere at Farmer Porter Crawford Building for insurance.
Multiple properties offered including a splendid two story brick store rented at 8000 per month a brick stable for 550000 and several lots and homes near Government Building Presbyterian church West Main Gates Street North Oates Street Alice and Washington Streets corner store rent listings include a new four room house on South St Andrews and a large store on North Fosten Street contact Tutwater? Incomplete name shows as TUTWILER Office Phone 497.
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