Publication details and pricing in The Dothan Eagle
The Dothan Eagle issue shows masthead elements for 1903 establishers Horace Hall as business manager and addresses the port office, mailing options, and subscription rates. It lists advertising, editorial, and society departments, with notices on obituaries, cards of thanks, and policy on misstatements and corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Eagle
Eacept
Oy Wiasak Theqiare Baer
Fs Peer
Ps — Suman Rail
Ceserececes
Edlitus Wu Baichelor Begeaneers
Horace Hall
Lothan
Alabama
Relephones
Patsy Et
Seaceees Society
Election returns show Roosevelt landslide and high turnout
In early returns from November, about 3 million more votes were cast than in 1928. Roosevelt leads with 22,314,058 votes and Hoover trails at 15,575,474. Norman Thomas the Socialist gains 805,818, Foster the Communist 69,104, Upshaw Prohibition 59,656. The data imply voters favor socialists or communists over a dry president.
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Rootevelt
Hoover
Nepotism and public service likened to gang racketeering
A historical column denounces nepotism in government citing Jeffersons quote on merit over kinship. It notes congressional payrolls exposing favoritism and Alabama clerks lists, arguing public office has become racketeering that skims the public treasury, with voters urged to act next election.
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Alabama
These Are Our Jewels Editorial Reprint
An unsigned reprint from the Pickens Progressive Age at al Gordo comments on a Roman-era social display by wealthy elites. It contrasts opulence with a plainly dressed woman, suggesting moral judgments about wealth and public manners.
The Jewels of Cornelia and the Alabama Bond Vote
A reflective letter describes a gubernatorial campaign in Alabama where speakers tout children as jewels but vote-cutting follows. The bond issue to fund schools fails, schools close, children are displaced, and politicians blame voters while lamenting the outcome. A local editor praises editorial clarity and touches on Ed Howe’s Monthly.
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Uniontown
Ala
the Eagle
Ed Howe
Miami
Granada Apartments
Dothan Visitors and Local Meetings Mentioned
Twenty years ago in Dothan visitors from Troy Brundidge Columbia Bainbridge DeFuniak Springs Sugar Valley and Enterprise attended local business and social events. Names include Cecil Kelly J C Willis W J Bell Norman Goulding L Ward and Dr M S Davie elected president of the Houston County Medical Society with Dr Hicks as secretary and Dr C W Hard as treasurer and Dr E F Moody as censor.
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M. S. Davie
Houston County
Meedical Soociety
Hicks
C. W. Hard
E. F. Moody
45 Per Cent Memorial at Columbia Hospital Critiqued
The Baltimore Evening Sun notes General Summerall’s dedication address for a new veterans hospital in Washington DC. The piece argues the facility functions more as a memorial to a powerful postwar minority than to soldiers’ suffering, with 54.27 percent of beds occupied by nonwar related disabilities. It warns this signals a privileged class in peacetime.
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Baltimore Evening Sun
Columbia
D. C
Charles P. Summerall
Organizing For Self Defense in Cullman County
Senator Powell and Miller indicate a January special session to address taxation. Cullman businessmen plan a taxpayers self-defense league after previously hesitating to pressure the legislature. They urge organized action to resist further taxes as unnecessary and impossible to extract from overtaxed residents.
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Cullman Democrat
Powell
Miller Reader
Cullman County
Taxpayers’ Self-Defense League
Cullman
Economy League of
Alabama
Tariff Wall Debate Intensifies Amid Economic Pressure
The Wall Street Journal reports a strong push for higher tariff duties as the protectionist stance is tested by currency weakness and distressed selling. Officials argue tariffs shrink global trade, while critics say markets must open to relieve farmers and workers from depression. President-elect Roosevelt’s stance is viewed as a shift toward liberal trade, with belief that only markets can lift producers.
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Wall Street Journal
Elbe
Washington
United States
Hoover
Rial
Roosevelt
Ualted Strees
A Call for No Special Session Until Plan Agreed
Selma Times-Journal reports a push to avoid an extra session unless a majority agrees on a definite plan to pay state indebtedness. The piece urges limiting action to the outlined call, forbidding committee clerks, and suggests governor approval followed by swift session. The piece casts this as a chance for lawmakers to regain public confidence.
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Onesmia Demre
Roosevelt to favor swimming in White House era
Washington Le Letter notes that Franklin D. Roosevelt may introduce a swimming pool at the White House upon moving in next March. The piece traces past presidents choices for fitness and highlights Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Garner as continuing private lives with few social upheavals expected during the new administration.
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Washington
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hoover
Free'dent Coolidge
Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Hyde Park
New York
Roosevelt-Garner
Garner
V. P
New York Letter paints fogbound city mood and oddities
William Gaines sketches a fog shrouded New York night with vivid imagery of Broadway lights, misty rivers, and Greenwich Village, then shifts to bustling nightlife, a recent street brawl at a pretzel counter, and brief notes on radio and stage figures like Ed Wynn, Mildred Hunt, Raymond Knight, Leon Belasco, and a question about using Harpo Marx silence on air.
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New York
Broadway
Washington Square
Greenwich Village
Johnny
Ed Wynn
Mldred Hunt
Raymond Knight
Dr. Baker
Leon Belasco
Harpo
Marx Brothers
Talks to Parents by Alice Judson Peate
Ade was 18 when her younger sister was born and she became the baby’s adoptive mother. She cared for it night and day, taught feeding from a bottle, helped it walk, and played with it before sleep. The real mother’s jealousy did not show, and the elder sister’s role is explored as a way to avoid sibling rivalry.
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Ade
Ada
Willy Nilly and the Jelly Spills
Sundown Stories follows Willy Nilly and animal friends as Rip the Dog burns his paws drying them with Jelly Bear licking them clean. Jelly Bear nurses Rip with healing grease then bandages, while Willy Nilly prepares to mix jelly by adding sugar and stirring with spoons assisted by Tam.
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Willy Nilly
Rip
Jelly Bear
Pan
Mr. Quacko
Tam
Asthma study links infections and psychology to attacks
From Massachusetts General Hospital a study of 132 chronic severe asthma patients shows most improved after five days of hospitalization. Researchers note asthma arises from a mix of intrinsic factors, external triggers, and possibly renal infections, with anxiety and psychic factors secondary. Relief relies on treatments and maintaining a hopeful attitude.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Francis M. Rackemann
Grace Liner Launched At Kearny New Jersey
The Santa Elena, one of Grace Line’s four new 5 million dollar luxury liners, slid down the ways at Federal Shipbuilding yards in Kearny New Jersey. Miss Elsie Grace christened the vessel with champagne seawater bottle in a ceremony honoring the City of St Helena California.
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Kearny
N.J
Santa Elena
Grace Line
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
American Merchant Marine
Elsie Grace
Wiliiem Russel Grace
The
Steamship Company
St. Helena
Calif
Driver of Car in Fatal Crash Freed in Lake City
O W Horton a 27 year old Lake City traffic officer died after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by E J Loehr of LaSalle Ill The coroner s inquest returned a verdict freeing Loehr due to lack of material evidence in the crash dated from the Lake City report by AP
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Lake City
O. W. Horton
E. J. Lohr
LaSalle
Til
Horton
Loehr
Machado Decree Restores Constitutional Guarantees in Cuba
President Machado issues a decree restoring constitutional guarantees nationwide with exceptions in Havana province only. The move marks a significant political shift as provinces regain legal protections and order is sought across the republic.
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Machado
Havana
Madisco
Sleepy Reference Hidden in Quest for Rest
A narrator describes a long sleep and a grand yawn as he contemplates restful dreams. The passage emphasizes the desire for deep, unwavering sleep and a peaceful finish to the day.
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Progressive Age
al Gordo
Rome
Cornelia
Cornélia
Tlemen
W. H. Taylor
Canebrake Loan & Trust Co
Dothan
Cecil Kelly
Troy
R. E. Deese
Brundidge
J. C. Willis
Ozark
C. S. Chapman
Montgomery
H. €. Draper
Bainbridge, Ga
W. W. Reeves
DeFuniak Springs, Fla
Norman Goulding
J. P. Botts
Etta
Irma McEntyre
Sugar Valley, Ga
J. L. Ward
R. L. Rollins
Enterprise
Ashford
Marke
Sixen
Mers and
Oreriegies
Jte
Dinen
Essing
Hiss Aproval
Dore
Herbert Pram
William Gaines
Alice Judson Peate
Mary Graham Bonner
Lago Goldston
M. Mecema
Pennsyvania
Pat Jones Tonday
Victor A. Tidman
Salivation Army
Fu Ida
Troy Childs
A‘shams University
St. Mary’s
Crimson Tide
el Toro
Grace Liner
Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
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