Hogs and Poultry Cashes Boost Houston County Farmers
The Houston county farming community reports high market prices for hogs and poultry with cash sales reaching several thousand dollars. A large cotton crop is paired with growing watermelon cucumber and garden produce. Efforts to attract manufacturers include a Dothan pickle plant letter from Tom Watterson and a response from the W and W Pickle Co highlighting local cucumber sales and regional economic benefits.
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W. “Pickle” Co
Montgomery
Loce
Stiey
Hog sale nets Houston farmers 3102 dollars
Thirty five farmers in Houston county sold 245 hogs for 3102 dollars. Farm Bureau conducted the sale led by J W Hawthorn. High bidders were Robinson and Reynolds and the hogs were shipped to Swift Co in Moultrie. Next sales set for Cottonwood Ashford and Dothan in December. Tops brought 7 10 cents per pound, lower than 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Farm Bureau
J. W. Hawthorn
Robinson and
Reynolds
Swift & Co
Moultrie
Cottonwood
Ashford
Dothan
Harris Plans Expensive Houston Heights Home
Wyatt Harris to build a costly dwelling in Houston Heights on Wood land Drive West with an estimated cost between 40 000 and 50 000 The contract for construction is awarded to H H Brown Harris Furniture Co owner plans describe the home as one of the finest structures to rise in Dothan
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H. H. Brown
Houston Heights
Wyatt Harris
Woodland Drive
West
Harris Furniture Co
Dawkins Dies at 46 Father of Nine Children
W A Dawkins of Dothan Route 8 died at 10:20 this morning at his Hartford road home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 at Adams Chapel Barbour county with Fellows and Forrester in charge. He is survived by his wife Lady, his father J C Dawkins of Valdosta GA, a brother J C Dawkins Jr of Valdosta, nine children Layliss Clyde Wilburn Coy Edisell Will Clifford and Myrtis.
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W. A. Dawkins
Dothan
Lady Dawkins
J. C. Dawkins
Valdosta
J. C. Dawkins, Jr
Layliss
Clyde
Wilburn
Coys
Edisell
Will
Clifford
Myrtis
Fire destroys $7,500 dwelling in Houston Heights
A fire from an oil heater last night destroyed the M. M. Wall home under construction in Houston Heights. The loss was about $7,500 and was not covered by insurance. Carpenters sleeping inside woke to dense smoke and alarmed the authorities, but lack of a fire plug prevented water pressure for firefighting.
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Houston Heights
M. M. Wall
Her Step Husband Play by Dothan High Juniors Tonight
The Junior Class of Dothan High School presents Her Step-Husband tonight at eight at Dothan Opera House. The comedy features step mothers fathers and the novelty of a step-husband. Proceeds go to the High School Library. Curtain time.
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Dothan High School
Dothan Opera House
A A Still Unchanged Chicago P
The American Association remains intact since its organization twenty seven years ago with Toledy exiting for three years but later returning to the league.
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Chicago
American Association
Toledy
Three Brown Boys Of Alabama Lend Color To The Crimson Tide
The Brown brothers continue Alabama football legacy as Billy Brown bursts onto the 1928 season. Following Johnny Mack Brown and Tolbert Brown, Billy shines at halfback, delivering key plays against Kentucky and Georgia Tech, while sharing the stage with Tide passers like Grant Gillis and Pooley Hubert.
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Alabama
Crimson Tide
Atlanta
Brown
University of Alabama
Billy Brown
Dothan
Ala
Tuscaloosans
Johnny Mack Brown
Georgia Tech
South
Crimson
University of Washington
Tolbert
Johnny Mack
Grant Gillis
Pooley Hubert
We Winelett
Oval Beavers
Long Struggle Ahead of King E R Recovery
London reports a deep and difficult struggle ahead for King George before recovery. A Queen Mary reply to President Coolidge expresses gratitude for his cordial message. Doctors indicate the operation treated one phase of the king's illness but infection will entail weeks of slow progress.
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London
King George
Mary
Coolidge
Bolivian Delegate Withdraws From Pan American Conference
Bolivia refuses to participate in Pan American Conference sessions as a special committee proposes arbitration between Bolivia and Paraguay. The Bolivian delegate states his government will not engage in conciliation talks or seek reparations from Paraguay.
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Washington
Bolivia
Paraguay
Cotton Consumption Dips From October Levels
Census Bureau reports November cotton use at 610,884 bales lint and 68,569 bales linters, down from October’s 618,788 bales lint and 76,093 bales linters. Washington date cited December 14.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Two Tech Football Stars Struck by Influenza Illness
Atlanta Dec 14 Frank Waddell and Joe Westbrooke joined Georgia Tech players laid up with influenza. Officials expect they will recover in time for the California trip as the team continues preparations.
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Atlanta
Frank Waddell
Joe Westbrooke
Georgia Tech
California
Federal highway aid target in agriculture bill
Washington December 14. The house appropriations committee reported an agriculture department bill totaling 142 million 147 thousand dollars with seventy four million dollars earmarked for federal aid highways.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
1100 Year Old Saxon Cross Found in Abbey
A cross from Saxon times, estimated at 1 100 years old, was unearthed half hidden in the Sempringham Abbey graveyard near the ancient church. The site is known for antiquarian finds from drainage excavations, linked to St Gilbert and the Gilbertines who once held Sempringham.
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Abbey
Sempringham
England
Semprigghan
Gilbert
Onzin
Viso
Tog
Weather Update for Alabama North and East Regions
A weather brief notes breezy and cool conditions across Alabama with variable winds. Pair fonigat and probably Saturday forecast suggests more unsettled skies tonight in the north and east portions.
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Alabama
Fraud charges again laid at Sinclair-DOOR
Washington December 14 William J Donovan acting attorney general told the senate investigating committee fraud proceedings have been prepared against the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company to recover about four million dollars allegedly profited from Salt Creek oil. The Sinclair contract was recently invalidated.
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Washington
William J. Donovan
Azrixtant
Senate Investigating Committee
Sinclair Crude OU
Sinclair Company
Salt Creek Oil
Sinclair
Thieves Steal Chickens From Cherry Home Inpt Petty Theft
Thieves last night took five chickens from the M. Cherry residence according to Mrs. Cherry who warns buyers to watch for chickens with white specks. A string of petty thefts and burglaries has been reported, including three Dothan homes entered recently with no valuables lost.
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M. Cherry
Spanish King Alfonso Leads In Film Drama
In Toledo Spain King Alfonso the thirteenth leads in a royal hunting party film shot on the Santon estate. The king allowed a camera crew to film himself and companions during the hunt and at the castle life with the duke’s children.
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Toledo
Spain
CVI
Alfonso A
Jauke
Influenza totals rise across Tennessee and Georgia
Reports from twenty Tennessee counties show 12,601 influenza cases. In Rome Georgia public schools and Shooter College closed until after Christmas after 16 cases were reported. Georgia counties total 6,974 influenza cases reported to the state health department.
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Georgia
Nashville
Tenn
Wee
Tennessee
State Health Department
Rome
Shooter College
Atlanta
Guard fatally wounded in payroll heist at Mills
Spartansburg South Carolina December 14 Earl Beluo was perhaps fatally wounded in a gun battle between highwaymen and guards escorting the payroll of Clerk Drayton Mills. The clerk had just drawn the payroll from the bank when two men attempted to seize it and later escaped.
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Spartasburg
S. C
Earl Beluo
Drayton Mills
Dothan Students Safe as Auburn Classes Postponed
Auburn University posts postpone classes at noon on Saturday due to a mild flu outbreak. Parents and friends from Dothan learned none of the local students are affected.
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Auburn
Dothan
Aedge
Aeronautical Beacon Placed in Operations Today
The aeronautical beacon atop the commemorative monument at its new Jordan Dam site near Wetumpka Alabama is placed in service by Alabama Power Co under a Commerce Department permit. The beacon will be lit sunset to sunrise nightly and visible up to 45 miles in clear weather with two 1500 watt lamps. The monument honors Reuben Alexander Mitchell and Sidney Zahihoffer Mitchell and Elmira Sophia Jordan Mitchell. Col. R A Mitchell is senior VP of Alabama Power.
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Power Company
Birmingham
Criss River
Wetumpna
Alabama Power Co
Hetail
Department of Commerce
Turexy
Montgercery
Clanton
Dadeville
Reuben Alexanter Mitchell
Sidney Zaiheoffer Mitchell
Elmira
Sophia Jordan Mitcheih
Col. R.A. Mitchell
Alabama Power Company
Car crash fatally injures R N Austin in Dothan street collision
R N Austin a 5% carpenter was crushed when Maurice Hall’s car collided with a second unidentified vehicle at Crawford and St Andrews. Hall escaped unharmed. Austin died at 1 00 AM at Joint hospital. Police log the unknown driver’s license as ALd dhg. Witnesses blamed the other driver for turning left into Hall’s path on wet pavement.
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R.on. Austin
Maurice Hall
Malone Motor
Austin
Hall
Tiley
Coult
St. Andrews
Tows
Calvin Waleh
BL Andrews
Crawford
Hinll
Malone Motor Co
Beiding
Aumin
Waas
Mothers cook for pupils at Dudley Stone school
In San Francisco at Dudley Stone grammar school teachers propose mothers take over cooking in the actual school cantina to connect parents with work and feed the children. If each class assigns two or three fathers to assist, a rotating group would cook and serve meals to students dining there.
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San Francisco
Dudley Stone Grammar School
Farm feeding tips for winter forage and supplements
The passage discusses winter feed adjustments for farm cattle. It argues for a forage mix mainly of hay or alfalfa alternatives, with small additions of legumes like clover and vetch and other feeds such as cowpea hay or soybeans to maintain farm stock through the season.
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Caerk Boras
Thoseeacon
Quilted Silk Bags Highlight Early Foray in Fashion
The report notes quilted silk bags gaining with wartime style and hard mounting features. Manufacturers anticipate soft faille fabrics and sheep-based materials becoming prominent soon. Most bags shown appear in dark tones.
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Terreine
Aceeasory O
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W. & W. Pickle Co
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Board of Revenue
Headland
Cathan
City Mistorium
County
Harris
King
Princesse
Viscount Lascelles
Buckingham Palace
City Auditorium
A. A
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TECH
Albert W. Stevens
St. Clair Streett
Thair
A. M
R.N. Austin
Man
Orange
Riichmond
Loet
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