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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1905
Page
5
The article lists cotton prices from Malone & Sons Co and notes terms such as Good Middling at 102-8 and Middling at 10 1-4. It also provides short local notices about residents visiting Dothan, Montgomery, and Birmingham, along with mentions of school conditions, travel agents, and upcoming excursions. The tone mirrors a busy town page with brief social and business items.
Mess A S Davis and S T Hall of Haleburg with G Hall from the same place joined by John Espy and Bascomb King of Headland left early Monday to ride to Montgomery or Birmingham seeking the president.
The First Baptist Church of Dothan invites all members to a conference meeting next Sunday morning October 29 at 10 30 a.m. on the pulpit committee’s request.
Hon. B. B. Comer, candidate for governor of Alabama, will address Houston county citizens at Do than on Monday October 3 at 2 30 PM. Supporters urge a large crowd to hear him discuss campaign issues.
Last Saturday night Herschel Mariwethers was shot and killed while returning from a negro frolic near Gordon. Coroner K Knight held an inquest. Suspicion pointed to Charlie Pollard who was arrested and jailed.
A thief entered the dwelling of Mr. J. B. Grant on Wednesday night and took about 90 dollars from his pants pockets in an unoccupied room. The thief also took a pocket book containing 4 dollars from Miss Mollie Grant.
Judge Leslie recorded a $4,500,000 mortgage by The Birmingham Columbus and St Andrews Railway Company to Central Trust Company. The loan indicates serious expansion toward a Gulf route, signaling strong business for the line.
Carroll Lee son of Herschel Lee died Sunday morning from a morphine overdose taken late Saturday night. Doctors said the dose was large enough to kill twenty men and though he was briefly revived he could not be saved. It was initially unclear if the death was self inflicted.
Reverend J J White of Cowarts died after being kicked by a frightened horse while driving home near Sanders Bros store. He was a Baptist preacher for eighteen years and leaves a wife and several married children. His remains were taken to Cowarts for interment.
Dothan Dispensary announces D E Young resignation after long service since 1898 and A F McArthur elected by the dispensary Board to succeed him. McArthur praised for moral character and sobriety while C J Morris remains assistant. Young’s future plans unknown due to health and desire for change.
A promotional appeal invites boys to join a selling program. It offers free ten cents of the issue to start, with potential profit from reselling at one dollar. Participants can build monthly customer lists for steady spending money, plus cash prizes and premiums such as watches and cameras.
Henry J. Lande died at a boarding house run by Mrs. Sellers Saturday night. A carpenter by trade he had long worked with M. T. Lewman & Co. and died reportedly after heavy whiskey consumption. No known relatives could be reached. his remains were buried in the city cemetery on Sunday.
A notice from The Success Boy Department in Washington Square New York invites readers to use a postal card for communications or inquiries. The brief item emphasizes simplicity and accessibility of correspondence through affordable mailing options.
Agitators organize revolutionary meetings in factory districts and a general strike is anticipated on October 28. Food prices rise rapidly and communications with Lodz are interrupted as government works halt. In Kurksk new orders from strikers shut institutions. A single new yellow fever case is reported in New Orleans.
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