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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1929
Page
1
A fragment from the Dothan Eagle includes publisher notes, subscription rates, and scattered opinions. It references the Associated Press, misstatements policy, and a 1929 sentiment about politics, public virtue, and a joke about Cal and Herb in Washington. The piece quotes various columns and editorials on national issues and public figures.
The piece notes long standing talk that Herbert Hoover will appoint Donovan as Attorney General. Donovan is described as a dry Catholic, facing opposition from Kluxers who helped Hoover win. It ponders whether Hoover will heed party factions or his own judgment in making the choice.
The piece reflects on love and temptation as a man’s undoing, citing Sir Thomas More’s views on women. It contrasts opinions that Utopia requires women or bans them, arguing that even small knowledge can be risky but small love more so, ending with a cautionary line about taking the many.
A collage of quotations and commentary on love letters, gender roles, and social mores. It references Cosmopolitan’s take on male brilliance and affection, Kipling and Moore, Helen Rowland, and a Salvation Army encounter, ending with a note on actions speaking louder than words.
A collection of quips and aphorisms critiques fashion trends in pants and vests, medical science, quackery, wealth, health mindset, and social behavior. It notes a crowd of idiots delaying firemen and mocks predictions of sleep abolition amid mention of a noiseless Ford.
An editorial laments post Christmas family fatigue and proposes a quiet post holiday break. It depicts parents exhausted from festivities and collegiates, wonders about returning routines, and compares homes to deserted circus lots awaiting next vacation.
In a Columbus Dispatch feature, James Wilson, Woodrow Wilson’s paternal grandfather, edited the Steubenville Gazette and Herald, a Whig paper. He mocked Samuel Medary of the Ohio Statesman by altering his name to Sammedary and quipped that Medary, like him, was a native of Ohio, while also noting his own dog Towser shared the state birth.
Clipped editorial notes the 25th anniversary of extension work in agriculture and home economics in the United States. Observance set for February 5 in Houston, with Dr. Seamon A. Knapp founder’s lineage and involvement from Auburn University. Dr. Knapp and others from Auburn expected to attend. The piece then critiques prevailing party rhetoric and endorses vigilant self defense against burglars.
Hormones, as they are called, are announced at 9,000,000 dollars per pound. Many will wait for the clearance sales.
A brief note questions Dr. Kick stance on prohibition, reflecting campus discussion among Ohio State Jnanians.
Letters note guesstimate and new coinages like giraffrica and chortle, while others point to blends such as grumble, flaunt, scurry, roost, and hang. A correspondent recalls Morley's Decanterbury pilgrimage term for heavy drinkers, though we recall earlier slang about aleo-
A quirky gag piece contrasts Marland Catapult Gob humor with flapper era slang. A Sweet Young Thing retorts that needles serve phonographs, highlighting era tension and slang in a brief comic dialogue.
Mrs Agnes Lyne advises selecting toys that relate to a child's current play materials. For a four year old with blocks and a wagon, farm play with celluloid animals and a horse team can expand into barns, stables, fences, a railroad, and vegetable deliveries. Related toys help organize understanding, reveal cause and effect, and enrich daily life concepts.
The piece discusses children who seek attention by showing off, noting it stems from under listening or favoritism. It advises giving constructive attention through errands, and addressing underlying issues like school pressure or home dynamics. It also mentions using ungrazed cornstalk or train-stubble fields for winter horse feed.
Victor H Scales reports that gold, once a war trigger, now underpins stable currency and international cooperation. Banks and central banks, led by the Federal Reserve, reduce gold needs through paper money and checks while maintaining nominal reserves. Global banking alliances and cautious gold movements continue to support monetary stability and restrained credit expansion.
Cheyenne Wyoming flyer Frank R. Yager has spent about a twelfth of his time in the air since starting in November 1917, averaging roughly one month per year. His 2000 plus night hours span army to barnstorming to air mail routes across the west, now flying Boeing Air Transport westbound Cheyenne to Salt Lake City.
Jerry Wonderlick a long time familiar figure on board tracks nationwide is associated with Maddix Airways a commercial aviation company based in Los Angeles indicating his role with the carrier.
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