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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1949
Page
5
Dorothy Dix answers letters on difficult personal choices. A man of 45 asks about remarrying while honoring a promise not to replace his late wife with a stepmother. Dix argues the pledge should not trap happiness and urges prudence and care for the children and future comfort.
A promotional piece outlining grooming products and routines for achieving the “Band Box Look.” It lists items such as hair, makeup, and personal care aids, urging readers to adopt a disciplined weekly schedule and request a free calendar from the Powers Girls for guidance.
Chicago Stockyards, the world’s largest livestock market, launches a sweeping modernization plan to speed operations and raise efficiency. Under new president Willan Wood Brine, improvements include replacing wooden pens with aluminum, upgrading cleaning and feed departments, a new cattle dock, enhanced lighting, hog house upgrades, improved scales, overhead viaducts, and modern water troughs and managers.
In Hilesville Virginia Mildred Dearmond 28-year-old former writer aided Ernest L Torrence accused Swindle artist. Torrence held on fraud charges of 14000 from a Pittsburgh woman. Dearmond admitted affection but aided in the scheme by backing his acts and was jailed in a separate cell. Police say other women mailed marriage proposals or money gifts while Torrence kept up a pattern of deception. Preliminary hearing set for Monday with further embezzlement and grand larceny charges anticipated.
William A. Smith, a 28 year old clerk, testified in municipal court that he leaned against a fire box after drinking, breaking a glass pane and triggering the alarm. The judge sentenced him to 90 days open ended and six months probation.
In Suffolk Virginia two teen speeders avoided fines by performing longhand writing chores as punishment. Judge Marshall Bawden imposed the sentence noting the risk of driving recklessly among youths and the need for corrective penalties.
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