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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1906
Page
1
A notice describes a planned Lyceum course in Dothan with Ben Tillman and Thomas Dix as speakers expected to attract a large audience. Local pressure and entertainment offerings are cited to bolster turnout, with tickets priced at five dollars.
The Cecil Whig notes a shift from collective voice to individual stance in editorials and declares a resolve to speak as I not we. It then compares growth of climbing plants that must cling to supports to demonstrate resilience and uprightness.
A letter urges calm against mob violence and condemns criminal acts by a subset of the Black community, calling for law and order and restraint. The second portion discusses Egypt’s onions, noting sacred associations, biblical references, and varieties Baali Miskaoul Baal onion each suited to long sea voyages.
A fragmentary dialogue references bones and great men drying off, a remark about not needing a doctor, and a claim that Olympiads lasted forty nine or fifty months. It notes no popular push to destroy corporations and urges honest business practices with clean ledgers. The czar could not harm Prince Dolzgorouk tied to an outlawed douma committee, per published pictures.
A wealthy speaker extols a summer stay in Norway praising cheap living and long daylight near the North Cape. He notes trout angling is open while salmon rivers are reserved, with rivers renting up to 2000 dollars a year and stories of large catches by a man and his wife in a single outing.
The Pacific coast forests dwarf eastern and Rocky Mountain woods in wonder and yield. American Magazine notes the region holds only a tenth of U S woodland yet about half the timber with an average acre producing fifteen to twenty thousand board feet, far more than southern or northern forests.
Instructions describe removing ink from books with oxalic acid diluted in water applied by a gamel's hair pencil, followed by blotting paper. Two applications remove all ink traces. For grease spots use powdered prime clay on both sides and press with a hot iron to melt and absorb grease.
A fragment shows a man and woman in a tense exchange about affection. The woman rebukes the display calling it inappropriate and making her feel cheap.
A new balloonist described as modest and worthy longs for the ultimate prize: to crown his joy with the earth itself. The verse highlights a boy's simple yet ambitious dream of ultimate ascent and triumph.
A fragment hints at a speaker whose aspiration centers on harmony. It notes an avoidance of recognizing the source as a prohibition lecture, suggesting a missed context or misattributed influence within the discourse. The text remains fragmented and ambiguous.
Yesterday morning a black man burglarized M. D. Hornsby’s home stealing 70 dollars and woke no one. Morgan Jones and Lanes Hansell chased and arrested him after a scuffle in a box car. He fired at a second man but missing. The money was recovered and returned. The offender claimed penitentiary escape and named a partner with two pistols.
W. J. Renfroe has been appointed to represent the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi in relations with the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of this state, outlining his duties and status within the fraternal organization.
A car load of the nicest driving horses is shown in Dothan with a sample presented. A second car load features nice mules. A new lot of Mel borne buggies is offered with price reduction from 75 dollars to 65 dollars.
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