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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1932
Page
3
Readers on the page share quips from local figures about the Sino Japanese debate and wartime romance, along with reflections on a basketball cup, golf plans, and a Dothan trip. Mayor, police chief, and newspaper staff weigh in with colorful comments while Dothan travelers loom in the background.
In Evansville Indiana on February 17 police misjudged Earl Baumgartner as intoxicated after he drove into a house while negotiating a car carrier. A hospital anesthetic reveal showed he had just undergone dental work with a painless extraction. The hospital attendant confirmed he was still under anesthesia when the crash occurred.
A busy slate of film billings lists Winnie Lightner and Chas Butterworth in Manhattan Parade. George O’Brien returns in Rainbow Trail and Lionel Barrymore with Key Francis in Guilty Hands. Big stars including Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and James Hall appear in upcoming weeks with multiple comedies and newsreels.
Hartford The Hartford Music Study club met at Mrs. Dallas Watson's home with joint hostesses. The president presided over a brief business session, followed by a program on Language in Music led by Miss Dorothy Hatcher. Out of town guests included Mrs. Black and Mrs. Wilbur Watson.
A simple home remedy suggests dissolving three to five Bayer Aspirin tablets in one-third glass of water, gargling thoroughly, and repeating every two hours as needed. Use only genuine Bayer Aspirin marked with the Bayer cross.
Menu style recipe item set from a Washington column detailing Rice and Tomatoes Escalloped with Squash Corn Bread and butter fruit salad celery seed dressing. Includes bacon onions celery rice tomatoes squash grapefruit pineapple oranges and assorted spices and bake times.
A vintage sweet pastry recipe lists fat sugar milk vanilla egg and pastry flour with baking powder. It outlines the mix and bake method typical of home kitchen notes. The ingredients shown maintain a traditional flavor profile for a pie crust or sponge like Washington pie.
In Omaha Nebraska on February 17 AP reports W A Meek tired of his name. A robber threatened him but Meek swung an ice scraper and knocked the thief down. The robber fled with no cash. Meek escaped unharmed.
Four thousand nine hundred seventy examinations were conducted on three thousand seven hundred forty four specimens at the Dothan branch of the state laboratories in January. Diphtheria exams totaled ninety seven with twenty positive, typhoid six hundred twenty seven with ten positive, malaria thirty with one positive, hookworm three thousand two hundred fourteen with one thousand four hundred eighty three positive, tuberculosis forty eight with none positive. One hundred thirty six water examinations were also made.
A. Douglas Poole, an Atlanta policeman, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Miss Winans Patterson in a crash. He received two to three years on the Cook County chain gang. A new trial motion was filed after sentencing. Poole faces further charges for another death in the same accident. Hoyt D. Gaines is indicted.
Local markets across the city received sanitary gradings for January, with many earning scores from 98 to 100 and others in the 90s. The list names Abraham's Store, Main Street A and P Market, North-Foster Street Market, City Market, Central Market, and several others including Dothan Market, Jungle Jitney, Knight Grocery, Montana Grocery, Saliba & Co, Leon Fuller, and McKay's Market along with Stembridge Grocery.
Dr McKinnon a Troy dentist staying at the Lake Grove club house on Dead Lakes was in Dothan Tuesday and said he recently caught twenty pound rock fish in Dead Lakes and John Bowers of Troy caught one that weighed sixteen pounds
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