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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
3
Readable items list school locations and scattered dates in November. Locations include Brannan's Stand Dothan Piney Grove Taylor Clark School House Garrard's Cross Roads Hodgesville Center School House Cowarts Kinsey Webbd and a sequence of November Mondays and Tuesdays with several Fridays and Saturdays noted.
Reports say Birmingham police targeted sly whisky activity and raided a supper table operation. Four people died including two men, a baby girl, and a police officer. The mother survived. Details of the shootout and conflicting accounts follow.
The region focuses on cotton pricing as shop activity lags and no strong retail outlets are visible. Residents speculate on market forces and the impact on local economy in south Alabama.
The column argues the defeat was due to insufficient votes and anticipates Taft convening Congress after his swearing in. It predicts if he passes a revised tariff as promised, he will have made a strong start and should continue the good work.
The passage discusses a violent incident where twelve shots killed several people including a little girl, producing three widows and an ancient baby girl killed in her father's arms. It touts the Birmingham plan as a successful method to suppress illegal whisky killings and urges readers to study it.
Government officers of the secret service are disturbed by reports that a stray counterfeit five dollar bill is circulating. The note may be mistaken for genuine, raising concern about detection and removal based on past experience with similar issues.
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