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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1905
Page
4
The fragment cites post office etiquette, yellow fever talk, and political asides. Mentions include a mayor, M Witte poker players, Roosevelt, Rockefeller gifts, Aunt Stegormyia as a suspect, and a pistol found on a young Atlanta woman. It reflects sensational local chatter and varied figures of the era.
Racially charged remark predicts cotton picking by Black workers will fade as a machine arrives. The writer urges mob action if the machine man does not appear before August of next year.
A former Washington public printer facing firing may be hired briefly to do straight setting while avoiding formal contracts for typesetting equipment. The proposal notes he would be given a few days work and would not need to remain sober to stay employed.
The author predicts a decade of progress in Alabama with better farming and a more reliable labor force. He argues the negro worker grows less dependable each year and foresees migrants who can be counted on. The piece ends with a confident assertion of continued growth.
In Dothan labor shortages strain construction as the Houston National Bank I building remains delayed. Anxious to start masons, Dr H l assesses workers while the city sees rapid new construction raising demand for labor.
A man challenged a brick mason asking his profession. The mason replied that he was a drunkard by trade and currently out of material, prompting a brief exchange.
Publicity keeps trust in government by exposing finances and actions to scrutiny. Crawford argues county commissioners must publish semi annual receipts and expenditures, citing 1896 Code Section 962, to inform voters and deter concealment.
Two freight trains collided near Oblon yard in Obion Tennessee killing four trainmen and injuring three seriously. Wrecking crews cleared the line by noon. Separate collision near Wilmington Junction, Newcastle Pennsylvania killed two and injured many, including local residents. excursionists aboard an extra train and a regular passenger train were involved.
New Orleans reports 2085 total cases with 294 deaths as physicians who failed to report are targeted. Today’s new cases 201, total 2036, deaths 294. Mayor Behrman appeals for public cooperation. Dr White orders officers to study yellow fever clinically and post mortem to curb spread.
New York report quotes Chas A Culberson of Texas predicting federal railroad rate regulation will pass this session. He notes Democrats may cooperate with Republicans backing the president as the House passed a bill last session but the Senate stalled in committee on interstate commerce. The aim is to take up the topic this winter.
Cleveland readers note Deputy County Sheriff Horn spends hours daily in cold storage at the Columbia Brewing Plant to cure hay fever. His ritual begins around 10 a.m. when he abandons work to enter the plant, emerging refreshed though with frosty facial hair and damp sleeves.
In Clifton North Carolina on Saturday afternoon Ashton Moore a Black man was executed by hanging for the April assault on Camilli Brewington. The sentence had twice been recommended to the governor by Governor Glenn and only one witness attended the hanging with ticketed admission.
Johnston warehouse at Johnston, D C burned at 12:30 last night. The building held about one thousand bales of cotton valued at 69000 dollars and was fully insured. Outis reported seriously burned. No crew to the origin of the fire was established.
In Raleigh North Carolina on September 5 Mrs Alfred Leonard, a young wife, poured off on a fire in the kitchen stove causing an explosion that burned her to death and destroyed the house and its contents. Neighbors saved six children. It is easy enough to be a prophet. Just expect the unexpected.
The document lists liabilities totaling 346667.14 dollars for a bank in Houston County, Alabama. G H Malone, cashier, swears to the truth of the statement. notarized by W R Watford on September 1, 1905, with directors Robdt Boyd Ed Nix A Y Malone noted.
The body of Floyd Lambert, a Quitman resident, was found in a pond eight miles south of Quitman with gunshot wounds and partial nudity. No suspect or motive is known, and clothing theft is the only possible link. An engineer on a passing train discovered the body. Parades in Birmingham show internal labor disputes with separate sections of the trades council and Carpenters union.
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