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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1905
Page
5
Market notes show middling and low middling prices as buyers, sellers, and brokers are listed alongside a stream of local society items. The column mentions residents visiting and returning, sidewalk work on North Foster Street, and a church beulah service announcement.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions bail amount and multiple people including Laura Har and Elizabeth Harris with scattered clues of dates and places. lacks coherent event or outcome to report.
Mrs J C McCord died suddenly Monday night at her husband’s home about three miles from town. Mrs J T Butler died of fever at her home near Ashford on Monday last.
The first day attendance was 496 on Wednesday and 530 on Thursday, with potential to reach 700 this month. Mr. J T Thornton of Tat urged bringing industrious foreign families to the area, arguing Alabama must address labor needs and immigration. Agitation and an independent press are urged to secure rightful public opinion.
Henry B. Simonton and Rowe Smith were married Thursday night at 9 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Harmon on South Oates street. The bride, from Alexandria City, has worked at the Dothan post office. the groom will move to Abbeville to manage Malone Furniture Co. They leave for their new home Monday amid good wishes from friends.
New Orleans reports 2,1388 total cases and 217 deaths with one more death today. Authorities at federal and state levels pledge aid to rural communities as steamer trips resume.
In New Orleans on September 13, officials report showers and sun with cooler nights and no spike in yellow fever mortality. Dr Warner urges reporting illnesses even at home, while theaters plan openings and Greenwall seeks Texas entry. Public agitation supports mosquito control, relief to towns like Leeville and Tallulah, and ongoing fever containment efforts amid cases at LaPourche Crossing and Patterson.
The Alabama Chancery Court here orders H E Gillstrap, a non resident of Alabama residing in Florida, to answer by November 4 1905 in a bill filed by C F Gillstrap. The probate court set sale of lands in Houston County on October 2 1905 under commissioner T C Lee for division among heirs of Henry Jones Deceased.
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