Bradley's Testimony Highlights Dothan Power Push
The Eagle editorial page recalls Leon C. Bradley's FTC testimony about writing 100+ articles in spring 1927 to promote a Dothan municipal plant sale to Alabama Power. Bradley says articles ran as news items, not paid ads, and The Eagle did not disclose payment. The piece defends the paper's independence and condemns Thompson and ally scrutiny.
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the Eagle
Alabama Press Association
Leon C. Pradley
Public Utilities
Alabama Power Company
Federal Trade Commission
Thompson
Washington
Thompson Papers
Bradley
Dothan
The
Eagle
Dothan Eagle
Healey
Hubert Daughn
Frederick I. Thompson
Leon C. Bradley
Water Power Trust
Alabama
Dohan Eagle
Tradley
Power Company
Hradley
Dothen
Exch
Frederick J. Thompson
Montgomery
Just Power Plant
Jess
Teer
Insanity Rise Linked to Public Health Crisis
A wartime era analysis cites Da Coline influenced critics on mental health trends. It notes a rise in state hospital confinements, projecting hundreds more cases by 1925 and calling for reform in medical education and public health response to the growing problem.
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Fandhar
da Coline
United State
State Hospital of
New York
Collins
Paranoia and laws drain American sanity, says columnist
A Florida Times-Union reprint argues wealth fuels a drive to regulate all life by law. It cites neurologists, temperance foes, and anti-speech leagues as evidence of rising paranoia. The piece laments prohibition, praises inner virtue, and questions public morals shaping policy.
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Collins
Velstead
Christ
15000 Roads to Success in Harvard Questionnaire
Harvard conducts a broad study using 15000 sent questionnaires to leading U.S. business figures and professionals. The piece critiques the reliability of such surveys and notes the challenge of defining a universal standard of success amid varied careers and conditions.
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Harvard
Hote Kenown
United States
Aoif Willins
Leona
Hypocrisy Rampant in National Prohibition Debate
The Americus Times Recorder argues that national hypocrisy taints postwar politics as officials claim to uphold prohibition while a dry government and entrenched interests undermine the law. The piece warns that a steady drift toward sham erodes integrity, threatening democracy and governance if not corrected.
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Congress
Noroblem
Americus Times-Recorder
Batchelor's Buttons Grown By WC Batcheloe
A fragmented column mocks various topics from Batchelor's buttons and Batcheloe to anti saloon league rhetoric. It critiques Protestant zeal, scouting reports, and the cash and carry system while poking fun at millennial and dove related imagery in a coarse, topical style.
Amusements Richards Mesmerizes Dothan Audiences at City
Magician Richards wowed Dothan crowds at City Auditorium last night. The show, staged grandly and packed with comedy mystery dancing music and spooks, matches top three dollar touring productions. He closes engagement Wednesday with matinee and night performances.
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Richards
City Auditorium
Dothan
France Would Tame Rebels With Pius
France uses medicine as a new arm of propaganda in the Near East as force fails to quell Syria and Druse tribes. Hospitals and free dispensaries may succeed where fighting has not, according to M. Archard’s report to the Academy of Medicine after Near East study. Medical influence noted in Persia.
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Paris
Near East
Syria
Druses
M. Archard
Academy of Medicine
Archard
Persia
French Professors Urged To Shape Modern Persian Medical Field
French professors are urged to organize a modern Persian medical profession while in Beirut the Hotel-Dieu hospital lags behind American standards and seeks subsidies. Archard calls for closer Franco Syrian collaboration as Damascus plans a new Syrian faculty with four French professors to restore Arab university prestige.
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France
Beirut
City
Archard
Damascus
Frengi
Pajama-clad judge sues over sewer project interference
In Brattleboro Vermont workers arriving early to lay a sewer line faced a warning from a pajama-clad judge who reportedly did not heed the warning. The judge has filed suit against town officials over the incident.
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Brattleboro, Vt
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Julian Hall
W. C. Batchelor
Vduthan
Pontoffice
Carsler
Associated Press
Adl
Thoma Jefferson
Wits
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Ture
Mr. Jones
Mr. Brown
Robinson
Florida Times- Union
Hoover
Pelitlesi Anti Saloon League
Rey
Pius
L. H. Moore
Ice Company
Acorn
Acorn Stores Inc
Chas
Broadway Rouss
New York City
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