Dothan Eagle Masthead and Rates Page 1905 1934
The Dothan Eagle issues a mid period masthead listing William Theodore Hall as editor and Horace Hall as business manager. It includes six month and annual subscription rates, department contact details, and a standard notice about the Associated Press. A Jefferson quotation appears among the Americana notes.
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William Theodore Hall Gall
Wscseeeees
CG Satchelor
Horace Hall
Shortage of Mosquitoes and Political Jokes Highlight 1932 Era
A Charleston area clipping notes a mosquito shortage amid satirical commentary on government aid and Hoover. It mentions Jimmy Walker reserving Albany hotel rooms, fashion jibes about swimwear and trousers, and a Georgia Herald-Journal quip on labels. The piece ends with a call to cut government expenses before new taxes.
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Jimmy Walker
Albany
miscellany of quotes and notes from a bygone era
A stream of pithy observations touches on ambition and desire, politics, religion, and social trends. Reflections on reform, Hoover prosperity, and gender roles sit alongside brief local notes from 20 years ago in Dothan with mentions of residents and travel between Georgia towns.
Reckless speed and civic notes from Alabama and Georgia
A column venom discusses urban cleanup in Dothan, speed as a menace by ambulance drivers, and bank service fee removal. It mentions Charles Isaacs of Mississippi dining with Hoover and mocks Southern politicians for political expediency while noting a Georgia Senate race.
Editorials Warn Against Credit To Republicans For Upturn
Montgomery Advertiser editorial laments crediting Republicans for improved business and argues that voters are more informed, asking pointed questions of Congress. Mentions Washington correspondent notes, Steagal visit, and Arthur Brisbane in California with Hearst affinity. Brisbane recounts a leisurely Chevy ride with Mr Parker, hinting at Hearst editorial ambitions.
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California
Packer
Chevrolet Company
William Randolph Hearst
Mr. Brisbane
Meeting O'Henry at a six day bike race
Jack Golden recalls the first and last meeting with author O Henry at a six day bike race. He noted O Henry’s yawns and joked about endless racing with dummy riders and spectators in a light, anecdotal item from Training Station News.
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O'Henry
Jack Golden
Captain to Burn Furniture Over Fuel Shortage
A humor note from the Great Lakes Bulletin recalls a nineteenth century naval tale in which a ship captain wirelessed his superior about a fuel shortage and asked if he should burn his furniture. The reply was a terse Use your head.
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Great Lakes
National convention recalls applesauce error at applause
The Fort Worth Star Telegram notes a four year reminder from a national convention when the type error applesauce for applause first appeared. It highlights the humorous lapse as a trivia point tied to convention history.
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Fort Worth
Science Turns Detective in Baltimore Lie Detector Admission
An article recounts a Chicago lab using the lie detector to solve crimes. Leonard Keeler demonstrates the machine with a test on the author, showing physiological signals revealing choices and emotions. A handwriting expert from Los Angeles competes to beat the device, while cases of confession follow from readings. The piece notes multiple suspects and the potential of scientific crime detection gaining traction.
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Chicago
Leonard Keeler
Mr. Keeler
Greta Garbo visits salon in New York tale told
New York letter recalls Greta Garbo visiting a East Fifty fifth street beauty shop unnoticed by patrons. A French barber named Eugene styles her hair in old fashioned moiserie despite attempts to modernize. Garbo jokes about being old fashioned and hints at marriage to please her mother before the mystery of disguising her appearance is revealed.
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New York
Greta Garbo
East Fifties
Miss Garbo
Fifty-fifth Street
Eugene
Greta
Garbo
The Great Zeigfeld and His Broadway Circle
The writer recalls broad social ties of Florenz Zeigfeld, noting he was never aloof from crowds and mingled publicly. Zeigfeld’s collaborations with Belasco brought him frequent contact, contrasting with limited personal insight drawn from past columns about the Follies and Zeigfeld’s influence on the season’s stage.
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Broadway
Florenz Zeigfeld
David Belasco
Zeigfeld
Belasco
New York
Longtime Brooklyn Theater Marquee Star Phil Fabello
Phil Fabello, an orchestra leader from San Francisco, kept his name on a Brooklyn theater marquee for four years, a record in town. Ban Bernie and Phil Baker reunited as tunesmiths after ten years apart, Baker sending music from New York to Bernie in Chicago for lyrics and publication, recalling their vaudeville partnership a decade ago.
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Phil Fabello
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Fabello
Ban Bernie
Phil Baker
Baker
New York
Bernie
Chicago
Record-Long Dry Stance Marks Congressional Rec ord
Nashville Banner notes the Congressional Record remains consistently dry despite notable shifts and changes recently observed in political discourse and proceedings.
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Nashville Banner
Science turns to crime detection advances and tests
The article describes the depth and variety of the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratorys methods from lie detectors to handwriting analysis blood stains poisons and ballistics. It highlights the eye test with a lie detector on a supposed blind eye the truth serum and the use of mechanical equipment built in house. It notes government bureau standard tests and the labs broad usefulness to police departments corporations and insurers.
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James M. Heperon
Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission
Baltimore Evening Sun
Jules Verne
Chicago
Verne
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur B. Reeve
Craig Kennedy
United States
True Men of Science
Northwestern University
Mary
Lnyman
Bureau of Standards
Talks to Parents By Alice Judson Peale A Submissive Child
A nine year old boy shows signs of excessive submissiveness to authority at home and in school. He is inattentive, lazy, agreeable to adults, and dreams in bed, avoiding work. Parents are urged to help him gain insight and adopt a more aggressive stance. With increased assertiveness his interest in physical activity and awareness improve and his other symptoms lessen.
How's Your Health Diabetes Fact by Dr Lago Goldston
Dr Lago Goldston discusses diabetes origin meaning of the term and distinguishes diabetes insipidus from mellitus. It notes the disease’s wide US prevalence, higher occurrence in Jews, geographic clustering, age patterns, and gender differences, plus the seriousness of early onset.
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Lago Goldston
United States
New England
New York
California
Oregon
Midwest
Indiana
Mchigan, Mllnois
Missouri
Meditations by Hambone and J C Willis on land and cotton
Hambone and J C Willis debate returning land to Indigenous people. They critique past dispossession, warn of corporate pressure on merchants, and remark on rising cotton prices as Water Green, a mechanic, touts a $5 per bale rise and companies urge buyers in other towns.
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Cotl
Old Toad Seeks Speech at Toad Gathering
Old Toad fails to hitch a ride and plans a field speech to during a toad meeting. Willy Nilly offers help with hopping and ears while sharing a lighthearted gift of a moss basket expected with bugs, as toads gather around for the event.
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Old Toad
Willy Nilly
Old Tosq
Diabetes heredity claim linked to family history
The article discusses an hereditary factor in diabetes noting that parents or grandparents often had the disease. It also cites Offer asserting there is no known instance of a diabetic mother bearing a diabetic child.
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Mr. Keeler
Sion
Offer
Local residents share visits after Florida and Florida trips
Ozark residents recount brief trips visiting relatives in Camp Walton Florida and Panama City with reunions in Greenville McCall and Jacksonville. Travelers include Shelly Parker Berrume Adams Norris Wilmer Parker and others as families note motor trips and seasonal stays with friends and kin over several weeks.
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Ozark
Shelly Parker
Charles and
Wilmer Gam Parker
Camp Waltot
Willie Lester
Tulsi
McCall
T. C. Godwin
B. E. Willems
Frank Barnard
Douglas Parker
Annie Lou Strickferd
Frances
Elizabeth
Sam Turner Baxter
Panama City
R. B. Mart Enterprise
Fiiday
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