Ownership and circulation notes from the Dothan Eagle 1930
The Dothan Eagle report lists ownership and staff details for the six months ending April 1 1980 with 4151 average copies sold. It records Mrs Josie C Hall Julian Hall Horace Hall as owners and Julian Hall as editor along with W C Batchelor as business manager. A notary public swore the affidavit on April 4 1930.
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Dothan Eagle
Dothan
Alabama
Dothan Eagle Publishing Company, Inc
Josie C. Hall
Ala
Julian Hall
Horace Hall
W. C. Batchelor
Maude Baughman
Virtue Is Its Own Reward Demonstration From The Times
A British man who saved a ship and crew during a storm received praise from the Postmaster General rather than money. He relayed an SOS from a Russian boat to a radio station and helped direct tugs to tow the vessel to port. The letter praised his composure and promised no telephone charge to his accent.
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The
New York Times
New Yorker
Surrey
North Foreland
Mr Heeny and the Lions a hunt that misses the mark
From the New York World, Mr Tom Heeney recalls lion hunting in Africa near Johannesburg. He reports little excitement as lions stand and wait to be shot, likening it to shooting tabby cats and noting the rifle easily drops them.
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Tom Heeney
Gene Tunney
Shubert Theatre
Johannesburg
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge, Lions. We Have Learned Since the Days of Dr. Livingstone
Ltis
Broadway
Tunney and lion comparison stirs boxing banter
The speaker mocks the idea of exciting antics by saying anyone willing to spar with Gene Tunney should not fear a lion. He argues a lion with a rifle is less daunting than Tunney without, predicting a dead cat outcome in that choice.
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Heemey
Gene Tunney
Mr. Tunney
Batchelor's Buttons and Notes From The Era
A compact miscellany voice comments on food labeling, fiscal caution, democracy and politics, and prohibition era concerns. The piece blends quips on success failure and consumer habits with humorous social observations from Uncle Ed Howe and reflections on party politics and constitutional matters.
A New Yorker At Large Sy Richard Massace
An elderly Civil War veteran and artist, W H Jackson, travels by subway to his five mile downtown office, recounting his 1866 Oregon Trail journey and noting his status as Uncle Sam’s nephew. He reflects on a long, varied life as a photographer, painter, traveler, and pioneer.
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Explorers’ Club
Buffalo
W. H. Jackson
Oregon Trail
Jackson
Central Park
St. Joseph
Salt Lake City
California
Oregon Memorial Association
Washington society clash fuels House quip about Nick Longworth
In a Washington exchange, Jack Garner teases Speaker Nick Longworth about elite taste and opera patrons. Garner cites Mellon and Bloom as part of a quip about education tax breaks, while contrasting Longworth with his own informal style.
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Washington
Jack Garner
Nick Longworth
Nick
Longworth
Garner
Jack
Metropolitan Opera Company
Treasury
Andy Mellon
Mr. Bacon
New York
Sol Bloom
Longworth, Mellon, Bacon & Bloom
Talks to Parents by Alice Judgon Peale
A discussion on parental routines and discipline urges mothers to model consistent daily limits for children. It notes many caregivers slip on bed and meal times and fail to enforce rules, highlighting the need for self control and clear expectations to raise well behaved kids.
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Alice Judgon Peale
Sundown Stories of Danger Clock and Explorers
Mary Graham Bower relates a tale where the Little Black Clock and children John and Peggy warn Vasco da Gama about discouragers of his voyage. The clock notes the voyage past the Cape of Good Hope, once named the Cape of Storms, amid tales of peril and doubt.
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Cape
India
John
Peggy
da Gama
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Storms
Chopin and Tuberculosis Tale Recalled in Southern France
The anecdote of Chopin in a small southern French inn portrays him as ill with consumption. George Sand is said to have carried him out in a wheelbarrow amid local hostility. The tale reflects 19th century beliefs about disease transmission and isolation.
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Chopin
France
George Sand
Laennec
When Day Is Done Local Social News Column
List of many local ladies and visitors with who spent days with whom across the community. Neighborly visits in Dothan and surrounding areas noted, along with updates on family members and hospitality.
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Tez
Evelyn Paramore
Floyd Benton
Stephen Paramore
Dotha
Walter Paramore
Mollie Thomas
Baker Hill
P. L. Thomas
Fannie Kendrick
Winston
Willie Kendrick
Bessie Deese
Cassie Joe
Ruby Deese
Community Visitors and Local Events Highlight Midland News
Midland residents welcomed guests from Washington and Ozark while others visited Dothan Cof fee Springs and Birmingham. A school auditorium comedy drama My Dixie Rose drew a good crowd, the peanut shelling social drew attendees, and numerous local families hosted visitors and celebrated birthdays.
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G. L. Brannon
Washington, D. C
Chas. Brannon
Homer Preston
Dothan
A. G. Hudgens
Jake Preston
Mr. Phelps
Geneva
Margaret Baily
Hilda Grace Gissendanner
Pinchard
A. L. Guilage
Daleville
J. A. Durr
R. J. Beverett
Benefield
Hill Hudgens
Coffee Springs
Hill Garner
Ozark
FE. R. Phillips Jr
Mike Palmer
J.W. Daniel
J.S. Baily
Ted
D. Gissendanner
Max Durr
Billy Mack Guilage
Dewitt Garrett
Jame Bailey- Crawford Dasinger
Birmingham
Linnie Floyd
Cora Floyd
Bryant Pope
Dixie Rose
School Athletic Club
P. N. Thomas
Tosi Themes
Albert Bellflower
Clyde Eufara
Tom Jebmeon
Lorena Mil
Knights Templar prepare for Alabama Grand Commandery meeting
More than 40 members from Dothan and about 259 Knights Templar from across Alabama organize for the Grand Commandery meeting to be held April 21 22. Committees include hotel entertainment publicity electric sign and badge printing with names of chairmen and members listed.
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Dothan
Knights Templar
Alabama
WL. Renfroe
Dat Baker
B. G. Farmer
FO. Jones
Aote
Bob. Johnon
T. BE. Buntin
J. M. Cooper
J. J. Bards
J. W. King
J. M. Ingram
A HoSay
M. Strickland
T. ©. Carmichael
J. H. Saxon
J. WH. Goffin
J. ©. Carmichael
M. J. Trooks
B. B. Johnson
JK. Saxon
L. M. Strickland
Farmer
Keener Baxley
RLM
Carswell
J. J. Crary
TC. Ezell
Wet. Gamble
Wo L. Tae
Tairry KR. Martin
Ach. May
J. Kolline
Saxon
LL. M. Strickland
O. M. Murphy
Reynolds May
M. OB. Ramage
PB. A. Tenkell
W. S. Gamble
M. Carswell
A. J. Ussery
Frank Wilke
John Tally
Harry K. Marti
J. J. Dye
TL. M. Strickland
A. T D. Carery
Frank Wilkes
Reooke
M. R. Brooks
Seab Espy
Jessie Crawford
Historic Radio Schedule Fragments Reveal Long Skyline of Programs
A fragmented OCR listing from a 1929 era radio guide shows a dense schedule with stations KYW WIZ WGN WMAQ WLS and others. It notes varied programs from orchestras to news and vaudeville, with times and block titles, ending with a probate tax detail from Houston County about past due taxes and remedies.
Past Due Taxes Prompt Sale of Property in Houston County
Tax collector Jeffries issues ultimatum to delinquent taxpayers in Houston County. If $85,000 in past due taxes are not paid within weeks, properties will be sold. He seeks cooperation but faces resistance as uncollected sums reach a record level.
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Mary
Eme
Tommy
Houston County
Vartin
Will Jeffries
Staba
Elle of Land and Property
Jeffrie
Citzens
Keel Dismissed From Hospital After Wreck
Raymond Keel of Dothan, a firefighter injured in an automobile mishap on the Campbellton highway, has been discharged from the local hospital. Hospital staff could not say when he would return to duty after suffering a broken back and multiple injuries weeks ago.
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Bat
Grover Whalen
Raymond Keel
Dothan
Cambéliton
Lotal Hospital
Tolay
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