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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
3
Open to all on Thursday July 3 1913 the event showcases Cottolene a vegetable fat and White Crest Flour to replace butter in cakes. Entrants must bake with 1-3 fewer amounts of fat than butter or lard. Cakes are judged on merit not looks with prizes and free coffee cocoa tea and juice offered.
A fragmented shopping note lists multiple items including Maxwell House coffee, Royal Scarlet tea and pump, Hershey’s cocoa, grape juice, lemon juice, olive oil, flour, and canned mackerel. Repeats and misspellings suggest a damaged OCR of a household inventory or store order.
A Texan warns that Polly may try to eradicate the boll weevil, describing a county’s economic shift amid cotton shortages. The note cites a district with hundreds of vacant businesses, rising bank deposits, and farmers pivoting to other crops as the community debates strategies to combat the pest and stabilize prices.
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