This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
1
Figures indicate 85,289 bales pressed and forwarded from two compresses in Dothan to date, compared with 74,431 last season, an increase of 12,158 bales or about twelve percent, underscoring Dothan's growing role as a cotton market and the potential for a direct Pensacola outlet to push receipts beyond 100,000.
Three Sunday School groups from Misa Inlay Cotton and Mrs W O Griffth’s classes meet three miles east of town for a trip canceled by Miss Crawford’s illness. Mire Skipper’s class picnics at Underwood’s Mall with a large crowd at McGowan’s Mill near Brannon’s Stand for a big picnic and fry.
The long used Poplar Head Spring where travelers rested and camped has been turned into a modern swimming pool with dressing rooms. The clear water pool now offers a refreshing summer pastime, bringing eager visitors renewed vigor and enjoyment.
A Headland Avenue Baptist Sunday School event drew a large crowd at Barrett today. Most people left on 10 wagons while many waited and later joined the Central tram ride. Lowney’s Candy was advertised at Smith’s Drug Store.
A Northan crowd fills the Tampa Coast Line excur sion with berths assigned to Dothan and demand for more seats. Travel agents note growing patronage while staff report new shops and added jobs at Way Crow. Local events include a debate at Dothan High and a vote on a proposed high school building bond in May with supporters urging progress for the town.
Judge Leslie issues marriage license notices for several couples including Ye ED Mercer and Nora tivkleva Yr Andrew J Burdeshaw and Lone Lee Fels. Enfinger seeks partner Kil en Gutten. The text is garbled with missing or misread names and lacks clear dates or locations.
A lengthy roster of students across multiple grades is listed, including seventh grader Estellie Ureen and numerous classmates such as Daniel, Mildeed Agatr, M'lane Edwards, and Lillian Walsh. The page ends with a note that the list continues on page two.
Pastor will preach at both morning and evening hours. Morning topic titled To What Shall We Get and evening topic is the Eleventh Commandment A full attendance is very much cleared. Sunday School will be dismissed on time.
Public invited to Evening Prayer and Sermon on Sunday at 1000 am including Holy Communion services. 5S POYNOK Rector leads.
Regular services continue at St Andrews Church with Dr Peterson preaching at 7:45 PM. This is the last Sunday in the old church, and on the 16th the first service will be held in the new Lafay ette Avenue church.
The church urges all members to attend Sunday School at 9 30 and invites those who do not attend to join. The pastor continues his series on Great Questions with The Question of a Frightened Jailer. The public is invited to worship. at 7 00 pm the Presbyterian Beethred will use the church and the congregations will join.
A letter from Dothan dated May 5 1909 thanks the Masonic Protective Association and Mr Veawick for a prompt settlement of a matter and expresses willingness to explain the Protection to any Brother Mason at the Southern Express Office.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.