Burglary Fears End in Fatal House Gunshot
A burglary scare in Slocomb leads to a fatal shooting when Spurgeon Canant fires through a door at a presumed intruder. The dead man was about 21, another teen of 18. both from the Canant family. Burial occurs this afternoon as a wedding pair, Mr and Mrs Charles R Stripping, return from a honeymoon to St Louis and Chicago. A local family notes a sick child and ongoing street work near Vradland Ave.
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Sy Canant
Inghai
Aumsone
Inen
Slocomb
Charles R. Striping
St. Louis
Chicago
Mrs. A. G. Deal Dies in Jacksonville Florida
Mrs. A G Deal formerly of this city died at her Jacksonville home after a brief illness. She and her husband had visited Dothan recently, and they had lived there for several years. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs G M Mansi of this city and is survived by husband and two children. The body will be taken to Dothan for burial in the old cemetery.
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A. G. Deal
Jacksonville
Fla
Putting Them at Work in the City
The mayor issued a police edict targeting unemployed residents, mostly Black women, ordering them to seek work or take city jobs. Fines have been imposed and repeat offenders warned of harsher penalties, including cemetery labor, if they fail to comply.
Houston County Exhibit Planned for State Fair
Secretary Biggers of the Dothan Commercial Club reports T L Blackswell of Columbia arranged for an Houston County agricultural exhibit at the Alabama Agricultural and Industrial Exposition in Montgomery in October 1928. Funds to cover freight have not been raised. a public subscription plan is likely, with Dothan expected to pay most transport costs.
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Biggers
Dothan Commercial Club
T. L. Blackswell
Columbia
Hionaton County
Alabama
Montgomery
Houston County
Blackwell
Citizens of
Houston
Farm Loans Offered in Southeast Alabama by Dothan Land and Development
Several thousand dollars to loan at once on improved farm lands in Southeast Alabama. Seven percent interest. Special inspector to evaluate land as soon as application is made. J. G. Bigger leads Dothan Land and Development. Located opposite the new Post Office. Phone 428. One month notice Oct 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Nodelaga
Mate
Dothan Land and Development
J. G. Bigger
Lee
New Postoffics
Alabama Exposition Urges Farmers to Send Corn Samples
Commissioner Wilkerson asks farmers statewide to ship prize samples by October 1 for display at the Alabama Agricultural and Industrial Exposition in Montgomery in October 1928. L S Duncan promotes the Boys Corn Club. Philps notes many members in the hundred bushel club. aim to show best selections and offer lectures and demonstrations on large crop methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Agricutural and Industral Exposition
Montgomery
Wilkerson
L. S. Duncan
Auborn Faculity
Dancan
Department of Agriculture
Corn Club
Philps
National Demonstrative Works
FLEEING DIANG IN MAD TERROR AS QUAKES RATTLE FLAGSTAFF
In Flagstaff Arizona a district of volcanic origin is shaken by earthquakes and eruptions. Indigenous residents flee south of the Grand Canyon region while whites stay until houses crack and volcanic stones tumble from slopes. Reports describe a rapidly intensifying tremor sequence unsettling the area tonight.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Rept
Eta
Grand Canyon
Colorado
J. B. Chaves
Merchants Rebate Association Opens in Dothsa
The Merchants Rebate and Pro wersive Association of Dothsa begins work tomorrow with out of town customers set to receive railroad fare refunds. Secretary L G Biggers distributes rebate coupons and literature as the office processes spendings. Each dollar spent by customers ten miles or more away earns a coupon for one mile of refunded fare. a blank form records the amount and is submitted for reimbursement.
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Farva
L. G. Biggers
Athan
Dathan
Farmer-Crawford
Tar and feathering reported in Alabama town
In Girard, Alabama, at 6:30 p.m., several unknown individuals seized a man described as a well known Phenix City citizen and subjected him to tar and feathers. His identity was not released.
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Columbus
Phenix City
Ala
Girard
Notable Local Business College Ad Encourages Training
An early 20th century notice urges youth and adults in Dothan to pursue practical business education at the town institute. It stresses mastering bookkeeping and typewriting, claiming local instruction suffices to prepare for employment without traveling to distant cities.
Medicine ads from old paper with honey and tar claim
An OCR fragment shows an advertisement for a medicine tale featuring names like Mra F Marti and Maya Foley. It touts a remedy called Honey and Tar as a quick cure for a child's bronchial trouble. It includes selling agents and promises relief when used at home.
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Mra
F. Marti
Gidos
Misa
Maya Foley
Nilum
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Juyo Canany
B.l.cox
Um Vradland Ave
Jacksonville, Fla
Boyden
Patent
Kid Blucher
Gun Metal Blucher
By Dry Goods Co. Dothan
Albama
THE
Alabama Agricultural and Industrial Exposition
Rebate Association
Wersive Association of Dothsa Will
Tomers
Campbell
Uke
Busines College
Dimey
Atlegta
Birmingham
Dothan
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