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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1931
Page
4
Market listing shows cotton prices with open high low and close figures for May July and October contracts. Data appears as varied numbers across front and back columns, including front months and delivery details from New York.
New York August 12 cotton eased in response to broad market weakness. The afternoon letter from T. W. Palmer and Co. cites selling pressure and mixed demand as the major factors shaping the decline. Several prominent mills and traders were mentioned as watching futures and spot activity closely.
Mr Olive and families visited friends across Piney Grove and County Line communities. Several Snell family members hosted and traveled for visits in town on Friday and Sunday. Visitors include Miss Tia Mae Curry Daleville and Miss Lucile Crawford in Florida and Greenwood. Riverside and Bay Springs played a game with Bay Springs winning 9 to 5. Mt Olive church organized a Sunday School.
The page lists principals and teachers by school, with names and hometowns across Alabama and nearby states. Howell Elementary shows Mra Minnie Heard as principal and a roster of junior and senior teachers. Highlands Elementary adds Eunice Folkes and Hazel Gowen. Rosehill Elementary begins Elma Baxter’s page.
South iron bankruptcy and a unified proclamation are urged to rescue cotton. Theo G Bilbo signals governors to join a coordinated drive, aiming to begin at a synchronized hour. The market shows dull activity after an opening by trade, with favorable weather and crop reports, while hedging and a tropical storm off Santo Domingo loom as price pressures.
Notice to creditors of first meeting in the District Court of the United States Middle District of Alabama Southern Division in bankruptcy of J. M. Powell Dothan Alabama Houston County. Meeting set at the Referee's office in Dothan August 24 at 10 AM to prove debts elect a trustee and address other matters under the Bankruptcy Act.
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