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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
6
A damaged, fragmentary text laments the toll of war on family life and unborn children. It hints at mothers speaking truths through hardship and calls for an end to suffering, with scarce readable names and phrases about disgrace and fate.
A ragged page blends World War I era verse about dead soldiers with scattered society notes. It records Mrs. Boy entertaining the Etwell Auntier Club, prize winnings, and upcoming meetings, plus a bizarre section on fur presents to a future first lady and Chief Three Bears with plans to send furs for coats and dresses.
Wiss Roland hosts the Beta Delta Club on a workday afternoon with Misa Elin Mace Roland and guests including Mia George Young Misa Janie Farner and others. Chrysanthemums decorate the apartments while a card table centers the gathering. Story Hour at Foster Street Methodist Church features sessions for the first, second, and third weeks tomorrow afternoon. Willing Workers meet tomorrow at Willie Lewis's home for the regular monthly gathering.
Washington rumor says Mrs Norman Gall fiancee of President Wilson will receive a vast fur cloak set from Indians. The projected collection features a king of forty eight animals and includes two White Colt and furs from Medicine Owl, Wolf Plume, Lazy Boy and other tribes. The display aims to honor a woman with mixed Pocahontas lineage and Indian blood, with delivery anticipated by early December.
Nov 17 report notes local patrons of a hardware store in Al, and a morning ad campaign promoting a national constitution amendment. Mentions Mr. Gresham of Cottonwood speaking on Wednesday about the amendment and voting implications.
The ad lists fancy figured chiffons at 1.50 per yard and crepe meteor at 1.76 per yard. It highlights new patterns and stripes, gold tinsel effects, and 40 inch widths. Describes a heavy clingy fabric formerly sold at 2.00 per yard.
An exchange telegram from Copenhagen reports a flotilla of twenty five German torpedo boats and a large cruiser passing Helsingborg on the southwest coast of Sweden at dawn. The ships steered through the Cattegat toward Skagerrak, with rendezvous north of Sweden.
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