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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
2
The item notes post office designation in Dothan Alabama as second class mail matter with a $14 yearly subscription rate and a local telephone number. Itcomments on local politics and civic life with satirical remarks about politicians and pension statements, mentioning Roosevelts stamp and Longworth and Joe Brown election chatter.
A reader condemns docked tails on show horses, arguing that rewarding owners of docked tailed horses reveals poor judgment. The letter calls for tougher standards and questions the ethics of docking as a prize criterion.
The excerpt discusses how true character is tested in reversals and panics, stating that prosperity hides nothing while hardship reveals a man's mettle. It argues that perseverance under pressure defines a person more than success.
The piece centers on Rosewater a Republican figure in Omnahe and editor of the Bee and his rival World Herald. It recounts a heated exchange over a trust plank used in Bryan's critique and the editor’s sharp rebuttal. The incident highlights party tensions and editorial influence in early 20th century politics.
Bryan and Taft sat together the other night in a calm scene, neither discussing politics nor causing trouble, described as the tamest possible meeting.
The St Louis Times offers 1000 dollars to fly from Chicago to St Louis, then mocks aviation feats and advertises for an air navigator to travel 100 miles. The piece rails at cotton prices under the Republican era, notes Bryan and Cleveland, and ends with a local housing rental notice from R. J. Senn in Headland Avenue Do Than.
Two leaders in periodicals invite subscribers to join or renew for the Saturday Evening Post and the Ladies Home Journal. The price is $1.50 for each paper, and continued subscriptions are encouraged.
The piece argues against reliance on eastern markets and freight for cotton. It urges using local brainpower to process raw cotton into finished goods, envisioning a Dothan cotton mill as a key future, reducing costly trade and boosting regional industry.
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