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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1914
Page
2
The Montgomery Journal argues that the city should supply school books to needy children so no student is denied education. It contrasts this with Dothan where schools purchase books and students pay, urging a community duty to aid families with the cost of education.
Genater Bankhead outlines a plan for Alabama cotton support including bonds and currency for debt payment. He predicts Alabama cotton output around 1,468,060 bales and proposes payments near 20 cents per pound to spurs mills. He suggests land payments of 5 dollars per acre to sustain permanent legislation and notes potential mill worker impacts.
A jumble of letters and anecdotes rails against fake cures and charmers in Florida and Georgia papers. Readers report ineffective remedies and warn of phony check artists targeting tourists, while other notes discuss frost, dogs aiding soldiers, acreage moves, and political chatter.
A Chicago News item recounts a young farm girl asking for Saturday off to travel twenty miles to witness a hanging. She sets out before dawn and returns in tears that evening, prompting questions about the journey and its motive.
A mosaic of quotes and notices from various papers. Naval stores optimism in West Florida markets cited by the Pensacola Journal. A caustic remark about sending opponents to Alabama and wartime costs appears in a fragmentary editorial thread. A dismissive streak about farmers and market conditions closes the text.
A letter from Mobile describes Jerome Nicholas’s long illness, including gall stones and stomach troubles. After using Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy, he reports renewed health and energy and urges others with chronic stomach issues to try the remedy. The notice promotes the product as a nationwide system cleanser now available locally.
A garbled classroom scene features a detained student confessing it is him and a startled teacher asking about a bristly animal. The fragmentary text references a farm sale notice and a cash price description, with stray names and places such as DF Bush and Minneapolis.
A real estate notice offers Ion North Foster Street and 21 other houses with fats, plus two small farms nearby. The seller will work for cash or easy terms. Contact J R Keyton for details.
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