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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1931
Page
2
A satirical, sardonic piece discusses Houston and Morgan counties jails escaping security, the Daily and The Eagle sparring over prison flaws, and a note on Huntsville adding a second local paper The Daily Register. It mentions ownership shifts, printer scale, and advertisers weighing future competition.
A readers’ letter castigates President Hoover for plans to raise taxes across the board to fund emergency spending. It catalogues proposed charges on checks, communications, cars, radios, stamps, and corporate income, arguing taxes expand and never recede, harming Americans.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions an Alabama Mason issue and debt hints. It references honors, taxes, and a location in Talladega County with a note about rent and a place in Dothan. The legible content is insufficient for a clear event.
A long feature recounts McLennan County Texas shifting from a single crop to a diversified farm economy led by Waco businessmen. It notes the 1927 formation of the Agricultural Development Association, a milk dairy deal with Borden Company, and a resulting boost to farmers incomes and local roads funding through a five million dollar bond vote. The piece highlights leadership foresight, market creation for dairy, and the broader impact on Waco and surrounding counties.
An editor prints a daily Dreamer column atop the front page. The fragment mentions Jesus and notes many candidates available in public life in Dothan. Abbie Measons of Abbieville is listed with her parents. A North Alice tree and Ozara resident on business are noted amid local references.
A verbose, fragmentary column paragraph explores social pretensions and rural gossip with offbeat quips on frankness, shopping, matches, holidays, and January observances. It riffs on class, manners, and old-time puns, ending with wedding notices from Dothan and nearby areas.
The Elder Pieves in a veteran newspaper era. It was he who established The Times. Mr Johnston is young, energetic and intelligent with experience in Birmingham and New York, expected to guide The Eagle as it starts a fresh era.
The item quotes Charron on health and virtue, cites Grandi in Italy and Mussolini talks, and notes Clara Bow's marriage. It discusses W. J. Adams chairing a Cotton promotion group in Alabama, praising women leading buy cotton week, and laments mood and thrift as national themes with comments on Christmas stores and economic advice.
Advice on inspecting a child’s playthings to prepare for the coming season. Emphasizes discarding broken or poor toys, rehoming well kept items, storing temporaries, and choosing play materials to encourage desired behaviors. Recommends practical items like a wheelbarrow wagon and skates for sociable children and cooperative sand tools for less social play.
Mary Graham Bonner narrates a holiday scene with John and Peggy as they observe Santa Claus emerge from the chimney. The Little Black Clock guides quiet wonder while stockings are filled and memories of a mother’s bench and Christmas preparations unfold in nostalgic detail.
Alabama dispatch notes that gas ranges manufactured in Gadsden are installed in 245 kitchens at a new apartment building in New York City.
Officials of the Uber Re ting Company consider a $100,000 addition to a knitting mill in Anniston Alabama. The proposal would add a third unit, expanding operations by about fifty percent. R M Jones, chief engineer, notes the first unit opened in 1926 and a second in 1930.
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