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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
6
A fragment from Good Housekeeping mentions Helen Welchimer and a reminiscence of eyes and smiles. Social notes describe Mrs J C Dunn entertaining in Newville with bridge for four tables.
Advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a remedy that relieves malaria symptoms and destroys the infection. It claims tasteless quinine kills the malarial infection in the blood while toning up the blood to prevent future attacks and notes two sizes, 50 cents and a dollar.
Edward Gray Jackson of Cleveland visits his parents in Ashford. Demaris Stevens returns from Gatlinburg to attend classes in art. The Jones family of Birmingham arrive Friday to visit Mrs. Jones’ parents. Ills noted for Pauline Stevenson and Lillie Maude Ellis. Merle McMichael and Earl Lane back from Chipley. Minnie Coats returns from Atlanta. Cradle Roll Workers postpones meeting to August 10. W. W. Cook family from Ashford visit Dothan. Sara Mae Hammond guest of Frances Hall on way home from Beacon Hills and Marianna.
A conference at the courthouse in Dothan and Houston county gathered health officials welfare workers and police to discuss combating social disease spread. No concrete plan emerged though confinement proposals were floated and no action was taken.
Fred Reiv, a Birmingham clerk, spent his vacation hunting for his wife after she left him during a quarrel. He traced a possible sighting at a New Orleans bus station, but could not locate her there or in Birmingham and returned home. He operates in the Brown Marx building for a steel company and left a forwarding address.
Houston county farmers filed applications for ginning certificates allowing tax exemption on portions of their cotton under the Bankhead program. Many also sought emergency permits to gin up to 50 percent of their allotment before September 1. Officials said delays in regular certificates prompted the emergency permits to prevent no ginning before the deadline.
Mrs Julian Green of Montgomery plans a visit with her mother Mrs H Green for several days. Mrs W T Street returns from weeks in Jackson and Atlanta accompanied home by sister Miss Mary Newton. Miss Gertrude Rhader visits friends in Georgiana and Chapman. Mrs C E Fuller undergoes hospital operation. Miss Marjorie Moody and Miss Carrie Frances Boyd to return from Beacon Beach Florida. Dr Dupree Davis and Mrs Davis depart for Chicago Niagara Falls New York City and other eastern and western points with Mrs Davis accompanying.
The passage reports the death of Paul von Hindenburg and Germany's mourning rituals. Black uniforms and guard troops block streets while traffic and businesses pause for the funeral hour. Widespread reverence follows his long career from field marshal to president, with tributes from military and civilian leaders, and messages from Kaiser Wilhelm II and Secretary Hull.
Mra Charles Adams of Newton and Ozark spent Wednesday in Dothan visiting relatives and touring local sites with family members.
Three African American men died when their small coupe collided with a freight train at a railroad crossing in Birmingham Alabama. The wreck occurred late at night and authorities investigated the scene.
Caroline Miller, winner of the Pulitzer for Lamb in His Bosom, returns home to Baxley Georgia to find a crowd of admirers. She seeks privacy to write but receives hundreds of fan letters, telegrams, and calls and contemplates changing her name to escape the attention.
Mrs. B. H. Clark and Mrs. H. M. Strickland of Montgomery visited Headland as guests of Mr. L. A. Kirkland on Wednesday. The Aimeon is expected back today from Baltimore and Washington after a stay there. Mr. and Mrs. Far Stapleton announce the birth of a daughter born last night.
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