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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1909
Page
2
Local note reports Mr Earle Hammond made a visit to Columbia yesterday. Details of purpose or events during the trip are not provided in the readable text.
Mr W L Parks of Andalusia is in town today Seth Copeland and Bud Golson spent Sunday with relatives in Troy Mr Sebe Espy and wife have gone to Panama City to stay several weeks Messrs E L Bailey and A Brinks began courses at Dothan Business College Judge Pearce returned to Troy to open the Pike County court Mrs Walter Helms and children visiting relatives at De Funiak and Florala for a week Dry Goods and groceries offered for lower prices F J Weathers tfwk
Rev W P Hurt travels to Enterprise to assist Rev J T Mangum in a protracted meeting with a $75000 annual salary remark about waiter and porter tips. Mr Robt Wells leaves for Abbeville. Brown Mule Tobacco sells at 3 per box. Miss M B Culver from Montgomery will head hat trimming at Sol Luke Co. Dothan street paving urged after a lender warned of city decline. call to pave business district streets to attract attention and prosperity.
Plans for a new post office and Federal courthouse are published showing a three story pressed brick and stone building with large front columns. It will overlook Troy street with a basement and sanitary, electric, gas, and steam systems. Construction expected to finish by 1910, improving the town’s western district.
In Atlanta on March 5, out of 100 cases tried in the Police court forty three involved drunkenness and related disorder, a record for a single day since prohibition. The Recorder lamented the difficulty of identifying the liquor suppliers among the defendants.
The Navy Department reports Admiral Sperry hauled down his flag on the Connecticut as commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet. He transfers command to Admiral Schroeder who takes over the fleet.
A humorous item from Chicago News notes a woman sits in dejection at a masquerade due to her pet corn being in insurrection, a playful if odd social vignette from the hall.
A Chicago News item notes a husband who once called his wife duckie on their honeymoon changed to plain old hen after a year. The brief quip reflects evolving domestic slang and social tone.
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee have tentatively completed the new tariff framework. They are studying revenue provisions including an inheritance tax and an income tax. Internal revenue additions are expected, with nightly sessions added to daytime meetings as the bill nears introduction in March.
Miss Helen Gould to host receptions for 3 000 sailors returning from a world cruise aboard the battleships Ohio Rhode Island Nebraska and Connecticut at the Brooklyn Navy Yard The Ohio and Rhode Island are on site with Nebraska and Connecticut expected soon She will hold two gatherings one tomorrow and another on Wednesday for later arrivals.
The piece notes Hobson’s floor remarks criticizing Roosevelt’s handling of the Brownsville soldiers. It suggests an upcoming challenge from W. C. Davis in Jasper, viewing Davis as likely to run for Hobson’s seat. The author backs the President’s approach and commends Hobson’s military insight but implies party politics loom.
Washington March 7 Oscar K. Hundley received a recess reappointment as judge amid telegrams of congratulation from Birmingham and Alabama. Observers doubt a permanent selection, expecting Taft to choose a different nominee when the Senate reconvenes March 15. Hundley says the temporary appointment will hold and signals cabinet assurances.
A fragmented excerpt discusses core test timing and a judiciary fee, noting uncertainty and lack of clear explanation. It hints at processes before a decision or final outcome but provides no concrete details or names.
Early reports describe Forest City Arkansas nearly wiped out by a blaze with eight dead and many injured. Fire still burning at 2 o clock and observers two dozen miles away can see the section in flames. Physicians nurses and relief teams from Brinkley and other towns rush to aid the storm swept area.
The measure to forbid aliens from taking further lands in Cuba was defeated in the House by a vote of 11 to 0. Congressman Artesgea defended the bill saying there would be no change in its adoption.
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