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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1935
Page
2
The page lists advertising rates and office contacts for The Eagle, including subscription pricing by month and year, editorial and business office details, and mentions of charges for obituaries and resolutions. A statement asserts a commitment to accurate reporting and requests grievance investigations, followed by representative addresses and a Jefferson quotation.
Washington letters discuss Wisconsin oleomargarine tax and looming cross state boycott risks. Green Bay Press-Gazette condemns boycotts while noting potential loss of over a million dollars in southern business. Mid-South Cotton Growers' Association backs boycott pressure but calls Wisconsin leaders selfish and unwise for seeking to bar oleomargarine and cottonseed products.
A rich man with four marriages faces a public debate on marriage rates and divorce trends. The article argues that rising marriage rates persist despite several divorces and notes historical patterns from 1903 to 1929, with a recent uptick and broader demographic reach across all groups. It contrasts decreased solemnity of contract with observed increases in early marriages and higher divorce rates.
Aug 14 New York scene surveys a costly new dog shop with spotless kennels and uniformed doormen. The piece travels through depictions of pampered pets, then shifts to writer Fulton Oursler and Grace Perkins, and ends with a vivid memoir of Wall Street scams and a lesson learned about safe investments.
A Sandstone Minnesota woman dies after a snake fright on a pantry shelf. Pronghorn antelope are moved from Pitchford Wyoming to St Louis by airplanes. A Bal American reaches 50 years as a dog catcher. A farmer in Briggedale Colorado narrowly avoids harm while working. A Philippine landslide in Balongan kills sixty three Filipinos and six Louisiana convicts die in Angola heat. White collar relief workers consider striking in New York. France confronts high prices and welfare cuts as Laval warns of dictatorship. Ponzi in Rome drafts a second book on finances hoping to return to America. Kalahari bushmen reportedly still practice child sacrifice under famine pressure. Abyssinian pillars of fire warn of Mussolini advance. Goebbels and Streicher push new-balting in Germany. Mexican officers report thwarted assassination plot against President Cardenas. Maryland governor’s wife plans to remove high-segred bathtubs from the mansion. Patricia Maguire awakens after three and a half years asleep. Americans fear higher taxes but cheer Dizzy Dean beating the Cubs. Weekend: just workaday world marches on.
Wisconsin’s 15 cent margarine tax drawn support against by southern cotton and fats oil producers press in state. Oshkosh Northwestern warns damage to Wisconsin industries from retaliatory moves while Kenosha News urges immediate repeal to protect dairy and home markets amid rising interstate trade barriers.
Signs of activity on Park Hill in Greenville drew attention to a forthcoming project. The plan reportedly is not a 20 story hotel but a used car lot, according to the Greenville Ad vorata.
The Opelika Daily News notes cotton in Lee regions remains excellent though more weevil evidence appears. Farmers expect the crop to be completed within a fortnight unless something changes.
The passage records statements from Ernest Cossart praising actors, E P Cramer apologizing for a whispering campaign against the President, and former War Secretary Patrick J Hurley claiming his influence with Congress would not be worth a nickel.
The piece notes that New Deal authorities expected the walkout and took steps to prevent it. It adds that Roosevelt ordered the fight against the strike, with Assistant Labor Secretary McGrady serving as liaison with Johnson. It also dismisses rumors of a Washington spanking.
Britain France and Italy plan a Paris conference at week end to pressure Ethiopia's fate. London reportedly proposes a League of Nations type mandate to aid development, offering Italy economic concessions while Haile Selassie keeps the throne. The idea aims to deter war though its acceptance by Italy is doubtful.
The New Deal faced its first setback Tuesday as Rhode Island's first congressional district elected a Republican by a large majority, a stark shift from a year ago when the district leaned Democratic. The result implies strong external influences affecting party prospects.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a lady remarks the woodpile behind a yard after a tramp finishes eating. The tramp agrees, noting the back yard woodpile as a splendid feature in Mangold Beacon.
A bystander recalls a quarrel about a last friend being an amateur boxer. The exchange highlights a peculiar chat where one party shows interest in poetry while another remains doubtful.
Dr Ingo Goldstein discusses rheumatic fever causes noting suspected link to streptococcus and a new English report proposing a virus as the root cause. He explains early symptoms in children such as fatigue weight loss breathlessness and intermittent low fevers, stressing that diagnosis is difficult and further study is needed.
Instructional piece urges parents to compel children to learn swimming to prevent drownings. Advocates strict penalties and restricted water access if progress toward independent swimming stalls, arguing self-sufficiency reduces risk to child and others.
Senate takes up a tax bill while House AAA amendments clash. A US tap dancer, famed for the coffee pot glide, recalls hours of grueling work, early studio hours, and a mentor in Jack Donahue that launched a stage career and a predicted stardom.
Hollywood notes describe Eleanor Powell as a skilled dancer who became the leading lady in The Broadway Melody of 1936. She performs multiple specialty dances and impersonations, with Metro seeking to sign her to a new picture immediately and potentially cast her in At Home Abroad on Broadway. Powell, from Springfield, Mass., rose from tap dancer on Broadway to Hollywood prominence.
Mary Graham Bonne’s Sundown Stories centers on Willy Nilly and friends Mrs Quacko Duck Christopher Crow and Puddle Ma as a magician’s mirror tricks cause Willy to notice ears that look different. The group debates whether the ears truly changed before confirming the illusion.
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