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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1905
Page
5
In Dothan the Cotton Market and local chatter set the week’s tone. The report lists residents and visitors such as Malone & Sons, Hub Tiller, Willie Deal, J M Reeves, J G Owens and many others, plus business moves, new arrivals, and community notes. The commissioner's court finished its tax work and plans to reconvene in October to finalize courthouse estimates.
Deputy Sheriff J R Kornegay arrested this week with help from Bainbridge sheriff on a Georgia murder warrant for Jerry Green a Black man. A $400 reward is offered.
Christine Morris two and a half years old daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Morris died Tuesday after a long illness from cancer in one eye. The family receives wide sympathy from friends.
Supreme Court Justice Brewer addressed Milwaukee insurance agents warning that graft is a national peril. He cited Equitable directors and questioned investor profits from a $2,500,000 stake while condemning insidious public office graft for personal gain. The piece contrasts charges against alarmist versus patriotic warning.
An ad claims Edwin Clapp shoe as finest with patents priced at $6 and Vici $5. Batchelor Bros. advertise wood delivery offering five-thousand cords of 2 or 4 foot lengths within five miles of DOT han.
Incorporation papers filed this month show authorized capital of 1 million dollars or more and increases by other firms totaling 86 125 000. This compares with 61 515 000 in July and 32 960 000 a year ago. Except for Jilly, this is the least month for similar filings this year, most of the increase due to cid companies.
A blaze at the White Pine Lumber mill in Priest River Idaho consumed the entire plant and 11 box cars of lumber. The fire also swept about 25 residences in the northern part of Newport Washington, leaving the town with heavy property losses around 276000 dollars and significant damages to other structures.
Quincy Mass September 1 The battleship Vermont launched today ranks among the most powerful U S warships. It displaces 16000 tons, measures 460 feet in length and 76 feet in breadth, with engines delivering 161,500 horsepower and a speed of 18 knots for four hours. The vessel carries twelve boilers, six watertight compartments and three funnels. Vermont trains as a flagship with a staff including a chief officer of staff ward room officers ten junior officers ten warrant officers and not fewer than 701 men including 60 marines.
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