from page 347 of DEVIL MAKE A THIRD:  "Hey, Lord," Bass muttered, and flicked his cloth sharply at a large cockroach which had come out of the hidden shelves below the counter, "They're puttin' silk stockin's on a reg'lar whore of a town."

from the July 15, 1891 SOUTHERN STAR [Ozark]:     When the Midland was being built in '89, Dothan arose one fine morning, took a bath and arraying herself in purple and fine linen she gave one prolonged excitable whoop and told them to trot out their boom she was ready for 'em; and it came. She built up very rapidly and to-day has a population of between 2500 and 3000 souls within her corporate limits which is four square miles.