Dothan Eagle Publisher and contact details page
The Dothan Eagle announces editorial leadership and offices with editor W C Batchelor, business manager Horace Hall, and associated staff. It lists subscription rates, advertising contacts, and national press affiliations. Also includes a Jefferson quote and printing note about misstatements and grievance redress.
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Dothan Eagle
William Theodore Hall
Julian Hall
W. C. Batchelor
Horace Hall
Dothan, Alabama
Postoffice
Autogiro touted as safer flying future for public use
A Dothan report describes Juan de la Cierva’s autogiro visiting the city. The piece praises its stability, low landing speed, and ease of learning, claiming it could become as common as cars and be a safer option for amateurs than airplanes.
Alabama tobacco revenue drop tied to homemade cigars and rolls
The Anniston Star notes a $71,900 decrease in tobacco revenue linked to homemade Makings and nickel cigars. It hints at November politics as Democrats may cast Hoover and the soiled “Hoover dust” with thin white papers, while expressing skepticism about a brighter outlook and a lingering cigarette concern.
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Alabama
Hoover
Anniston Star
Phoenix Woman on Trial for Insanity Plea Expected
The Anniston Star notes Winnie Ruth Judd, the confessed killer of two Phoenix women, is preparing to plead insanity at her trial opening today. The column adds a wry line about the ubiquity of "crazy people" when trouble arises.
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Winnie Ruth Judd
Phoenix
Anniston Star
Speaking of Republican Prosperity in 59 Years
In the last 59 years a Democrat held the White House 16 years and Republicans 31 years. The average cotton price on the New York Exchange was 10.91 dollars higher per bale during Democratic administrations than during Republican administrations. The writer contemplates 216.21 bale as a hypothetical figure.
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White House
New York Exchange
Prize hog theft tale from Rochester Indiana shocks farmer
Rochester Indiana reports a farmer aided two men with a truck claiming escaped hogs. He helped round up the herd and refused pay, only to learn at daylight the hogs were his own stolen stock. The incident teased as a standout tale for the year per the Tifton Gazette.
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Rochester
Indiana
Day- Ught
Tifton Gezette
Tobacco taxes and price hikes push smokers back to pipes
In wartime style price shifts raise cigaret costs in Alabama to 18 cents a pack while tobacco tax receipts fall by 71 000. Authors note manufacturers led price increases and many smokers abandon cigarettes for pipes or home-rolled options, citing cost and a shift back to Bull Durham as a practical alternative.
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Ers
Alabama
Telling a Supercilious Yankee Where to Head In
A heated newspaper exchange pits Hearst papers against The Evening Post over Southern stereotypes. The retort defends figures like Washington Jefferson Monroe Madison and Jackson, arguing their legacy shaped a United States presidency and warns of British influence if Hoover weakens the military. Mayor Exell notes unusually mild winter easing hardship for the poor lacking food clothes and fuel.
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Hearst
Jack Garner
Texas
New York Evening Post
Chicago Tribune
Plain Talk on Moral Decay From Hartselle Editor
An Hartselle editorial urges candor about cultural decline in films music and literature. It praises Julian Hall of The Do Than Hagle for bluntly condemning current tastes and calls for deeper societal reform, noting few editors have the fortitude to speak out.
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Hartselle
Plain Talk
Julian Hall
Dothan Hagle
Hall
The
Eagle
Dothan
Lke
Schaubert
Herold
Betty
Hell
Masterful editorial on ending exploitation of Negro citizens
A letter from a Black citizen of Dothan Alabama dated January 19 1932 praises an Eagle editorial Proof Enough for exposing injustices. He notes seventy years of freedom since slavery but urges opportunity not charity. He asks for fair living protections and predicts progress as public opinion rises.
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the Eagle
Bothan
Dothan Marital News And Local Visits
Twenty years ago in Dothan Walter Perry and Miss Lenora Brown wed by Judge A. C. Crawford. Mrs J K Harris and daughter Jewel returned from Troy. Miss Spitler and Thompson of Hartford visited Mrs J W Harrison. Miss Kathlene Golden of Columbus Ga stayed with Miss Mayme Faircloth. J J Espy of Hessland in town. A D McComb and T W Norris returned from Georgia. D R Bateshear of Galeburg visited then left. A P White Jr of Ozark attended to business. Miss Lily and Maggie Nent of Hartford returned home after visits.
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Walter Perry
Lenora Brown
Dothan
A. C. Crawford
J.J. Espy
Hessland
A. D. McComb
T. W. Norris
Georgia
Proposal to End Excessive Liquor Penalties and Prohibition Hypocrisy
A writer complains that a $100 penalty in liquor possession cases is excessive and uneven, noting most in court could be similarly indicted. The piece urges supporters of prohibition to push enforcement reform as the 18th amendment’s 12th anniversary approaches.
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Friends of Prohibition
Great Triumvirate: Washington Lincoln Hoover
Judge extols Washington Lincoln and Hoover as the three greatest presidents. Washington ends foreign submission, Lincoln ends slavery, Hoover ends work for the working man in a marked administrative arc.
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Washington
Lincoin
Hoover
Lincoln
Judge
New York Letter on the Singer Building Legacy
Merbert Plummed recalls the Singer Building in New York, its 41 stories, and its place in a skyline that later welcomed the Woolworth, Chrysler, and taller towers. He notes the observation balcony closure for suicides, tourist interest, and the 1913 illumination milestone when Woodrow Wilson presided at the White House.
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New York
Accasion
Singer
Singer Tower
Singer Towers
Aquarium
Metropolitan Life Tower
Singer Building
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Matory
Woolworth
Manhattan
Chrysler
Towers and Landmarks Across New York's Skyline
A collage of famed sites and figures maps Manhattan's rise from Bryant’s home plot to 40 Wall Street. It notes the Equitable building once valued at 351 million with 16 000 workers, 226 Broadway fame, rapid wrecking of a 15 story to a 70 story Bank of Manhattan, Rockefeller Standard Oil, Adelphi Lot history, and the Empire State's cost of 55 000 600.
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William Cullen Bryant
Equitable
Broadway
Bank of Manhattan Trust
Wal
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oilhunaing
Adelphi
Empire State Building
Famous Folk Portraits and Auction Feats From Past
Otto Kahn born February 21 rings with sixty five candles while Joseph P. Day set a peak auction figure of 26 million dollars. Walter Gifford hailed from Salem Massachusetts and Claudette Colbert’s initials grace a limousine at the Astoria studio. Graham McNamee once sang as a church soloist and never misread hymn numbers.
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Otto Kahn
Joseph P. Day
Walter 8. Gifford
Salem
Mass
Claudette Colbert
Astoria
Graham McNamee
Hoover renomination hinted by Postmaster General Brown
Washington notes that President Hoover’s renomination plan drew interest not from the claim itself but from who delivered it. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown released the statement, suggesting a resolution to a GOP dilemma about choosing a new chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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Washington
Hoover
Walter F. Brown
G.O.P
Republican National Committee
Why Brown Questions Hoover Renomination Talk
The postmaster general publicly stated Hoover's renomination bid, a role usually held by the candidate or party chair. Senators and officials nearby include Senator Fess of Ohio, with Lu cas and Hurley as possibilities for the source of the formal announcement in Washington.
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Hoover
Senator Fess
Ohio
Senate
Fess
Robert H. Lucas
Pat Hurley
Rumor Brown to lead drive for Hoover delegates
The text signals Brown may take over a committee role to assemble convention delegates for Hoover 1932. It cites a Hoover announcement stating the president needs delegates to be renominated and notes 26 or more methods by which delegates are chosen, with friends poised to use them. Brown’s remarks suggest a revamping of the Republican national committee is imminent.
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Eee
Business Office Society
Enndestaee
Frost, Landis & Kohn
Atlanta
New York
Petroit
St. Touts
San Francisco
Associaien Press
Associated Press
Goa
Thomas Jefferson
Brown
Hoover
Republican National Committee
Alabama
Houston County
First National Bank of Dothan Dothan Bank & Trust Co
First National Bank of
Ashford
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Bank of Colombia
Bank of Cottonwood
Wyoming Fighting Top GOB HOMOR
The fragment references a dialogue with lines about loving forever and a line about sounds good but have's up by and in the morning. It includes the phrase Wyoming Fighting Top and names or initials GOB HOMOR.
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Wyoming
Frasier quotes Liberty as government’s peak goal
Opinion notes liberty as the foremost good per Jefferson, contrasting Russia’s lack of liberty with Bolshevism’s failure. Includes Hearst quotation and references to The Saturday Evening Post editorial on patriotism, economic resilience, and virtue, plus a collage of Maxims and old letters.
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Thomas Jefferson
Russia
W. R. Hearst
Mr. Heart
Saturday Evening Post
How's Your Health Dr Lago Goldston Ethyl and Methyl Alcohol Dangers
Ethyl or grain alcohol and methyl or wood alcohol are toxic. Wood alcohol is more dangerous, capable of destroying the optic nerve. Reports say methyl alcohol caused over 300 deaths during winter 1990-1931 from uneducated access and bootleg liquor. It is used in antifreeze, paints, and varnishes. skin absorption can harm the body similarly to drinking.
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McCord
More selling to Henry County farmer cream increase
County Agent C. 8. Relea states selling of cream to Henry County farmers has risen. In the past two years fre 50 increased and this year promises a larger rise as farmers seek cash income sources.
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O Henry
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