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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1934
Page
2
Community events listed include a Country Club weekly bridge party at 8 o'clock Friday evening, Dothan Chapter 76 EO S meeting Thursday at 7 30, Phebean Sunday School class program with music, and Highland School P T A plans for Thursday. Also notes on club activities and illness in local households.
The government again offered 34.06 dollars per ounce for newly mined domestic gold, maintaining the quotation for the longest period since the policy began. J T Echola a Tampa based millinery salesman is in Dothan on business.
Sewing pattern notice for a four size bust pattern using gingham cotton linen or pongee. Medium requires 43 4 yards of 35 inch material plus 3 8 yard contrast piece. mail 15 cents plus name address size pattern number and newspaper name to Julia Boyd at The Dothan Eagle Fashion Bureau New York.
Instructions emphasize hot water with soda for washing ice boxes. Use 1 tablespoon soda per quart of water, rinse, then wipe dry and air the box for about half an hour before restocking ice or powering a refrigerator. The guidance targets domestic cleaning and maintenance.
A household tip suggests saving cigarette ashes to clean gold and silver rings. Place ashes in a container and use a damp rag dipped into them to polish and remove tarnish from jewelry.
A recipe describes shaping half the meat loaf in a buttered pan then adding hard cooked eggs end to end before covering with the rest and baking. Slices reveal an egg center. The note adds ideas for hot canapes using oysters tomatoes and sardines on buttered toast.
A description highlights versatile spiced vinegar from preserved vine gar in bottles. It notes compatibility with sweet pickles, spiced fruit, and kitchen applications like thinning salad dressing, flavoring baked ham, pork, and vegetable gelatin salads.
Shelled almonds add flavor to fish courses and enhance presentation. A bread piece in cooking liquid removes odors from cauliflower or cabbage. Cream cheese on potato chips or caviar on chips makes tasty appetizers. Rinsing a pan with cold water before soaking milk prevents sticking.
Treasury data show January 8 receipts of 23.25 million dollars against expenditures of 51.23 million with a balance of 774.72 million. Customs receipts for the month stood at 7.24 million. For the fiscal year since July 1 receipts reached 1.5513 billion while expenditures totaled 2.9701 billion, including 1.4265 billion in emergency spending, leaving an excess of 1.4188 billion.
The Rev. P. J. Bame of Trinity Lutheran Church in Newport News Virginia spends his free time crafting violins for amusement.
In Washington on January 10, Senator Harrison of Mississippi pressed Senator Robinson of Indiana on civil works positions. Robinson urged him to stay seated to learn, prompting Harrison to snappily say he would not learn from him. The District liquor bill requires seating while drinking. Rep Dirksen quipped it aims to bend the elbow to the knee while Rep McFarlane struggled to follow the bill, noting the clerk skipped a page.
The AP reports mid winter coifures show new parts in women’s hair styling. Middle parts extend down the back or to the hairline, with shifts from right to left to match hats and eye placement. Styles range from business wear to formal with ornaments, featuring a double row of loose curls.
Daily menu items include Lamb Stew serving four with lamb shoulder onion carrots celery and rice, plus Boiled Salad Dressing and Sour Cream Spice Cookies. Recipes list ingredients and steps for browning meat simmering stew and making dressings and cookies with specific measurements.
Four quick shooting desperadoes abducted a 40 year old woman to shield them from police in a six hour gun battle across Northeast Missouri. Mrs Roy Carpenter, wife of a local teacher, was held at the Jackson farm four miles north of Monroe City after stealing a car in Hannibal. The gunmen warned the Jacksons not to notify authorities before midnight as they fled.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt honored Alabama's delegation in Congress at a White House dinner. Senator Bankhead escorted Mrs. Roosevelt to the event and Mrs. Hugo Black sat with the President during the dinner. Eagle classified ads bring quick results.
Mrs. Mallie Varnum, 55, died Tuesday at her Keyton home after a long illness. She leaves husband J. W. Varnum a daughter Mrs. Frank Barnes and three sisters Mrs. Will Sketo Mrs. Jom McCorkle and Mrs. Artie Lambert and two brothers A. D. Suggs and E. D. Suggs. Funeral services were held at Beulah Church Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. J. M. Blankenship officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Feldus and Forrester Funeral Home arranged services.
Mrs Eliza Ann Calhoun aged 71 died at her home 508 North Oates street at 6 am after a short illness She was wife of W H Calhoun a prominent local grocer She survived by two sisters Lenora Penuel and Evelyn Tye and a brother William H Tye Funeral at 10 am tomorrow at the home Rev W E Middlebrooks officiating burial in Shorterville Cemetery Fellows and Forrester Funeral Home in charge A shipment of Oregon Angora rabbit wool sold for 6 a pound on the London market Rabbits are sheared every two to three months
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