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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1935
Page
2
The 1935 Dothan Eagle column rails against alcohol and cocktail culture among women readers. It argues drinking dulls sensibilities and undermines virtue, urging restraint without endorsing full prohibition. The writer contemplates cinema's treatment of cocktails and notes attempts to educate young women about temperance.
The Montgomery Advertiser columnists debate preaching censorship and the influence of moving pictures on morals. Atticus Mullin and Grover Hall critique religious readers and warn against sensational propaganda while defending the newspaper as a force for reason.
A fragmentary column by Westbrook Pegler criticizes the idle rich and their lavish lifestyles. It cites Astor Vanderbilts Goulds and Hatton heiress as symbols of wealth exploiting workers and driving debts on the nation, arguing people will reject perpetual fiscal and social inequities.
A garbled item references marriage, social standing, parental capability, and a burning question about insurance companies and vacations. It hints at family dynamics, public perception, and personal worth, but the readable content is severely distorted and lacks coherent facts or names.
Twenty years ago the year 104 saw G M Collins of Trny named the new man at the Thrasher Hotel, a rambling two story wooden building at Foster and Adams. The Story Houston Hotel stood on a plot now occupied, the submarine United States purchase went to junkyard, built in 1904 for $150000. Susie Mae Shirley of West Washington street was injured when a horse tied to a buggy she rode became frightened near White Pond. Mrs A E Garner hosted a rock party for Miss Marjorie Prichard of Clanton with many guests. An unidentified man offered to swap a Ford for a diamond in a classified ad. There were five men hanged in Alabama that day, all lacking money and influential friends, hence no hand-picked sentiment in their behalf.
Washington Letter argues Roosevelt wealth tax plan remains slogan driven and politically motivated. It estimates revenue impacts using 1934 figures, noting limited gain from confiscation of estates and incomes over a million dollars, and suggests the plan mainly serves political gain rather than revenue.
New York, June 2. The Great White Way shows red hues as electric signs fade to color and motion. Signs flicker, Saturday brings full power, while restaurants falter and Broadway stars face downturns. Harry Cooper, Lindy’s and Dempsey area eateries feel the squeeze amid a shifting scene. Broadway fashions, hospitality, and nightlife cast a restless glow over the city as performers and patrons navigate changing times.
Humorist notes table rapping acts gaining traction in weekly paper columns, remarking they may outsell umbrella prodded waitress gags but never prove as effective. The piece riffs on public taste and stage antics with brisk, ironic tone.
A short illogical joke exchanges Gob and Chaptain debating which a donkey would drink from a water or beer trough. Gob answers water, humorously noting the donkey is an 'oan' perhaps Irish slang.
Pleasant Hill Missouri Times notes that the past thirty years saw rapid advances in the motor car airplane radio and wire photo dispatches and predicts the next thirty years will bring revolutionary progress. The piece playfully invites readers to stay curious as the old world remains interesting and dynamic.
Florida Times-Union notes a contrast between the old-time girl content with simple plans and the modern girl seeking comfort and style. The item reflects social expectations and evolving tastes in appearance and lifestyle.
Dr. Tage Goldstein discusses adhesive tape uses in wound care. It cautions against sealing infected wounds, explains how to apply tape in butterfly fashion to stabilize gaping wounds, and notes fenestrated tapes for thin serums and added protection.
Hollywood June 24. John Ford, then 19, began in the business at Universal with Harry Carey. He regards The Informer as a strong story and would have made it earlier. Ford, Claudine OFlaherty connection, is Francis Ford’s younger brother, a husky, plain-spoken man who wears old clothes and smokes a pipe. His father, 84, lies in bed with a crushed hip. Ford’s wife has long tried to lift his favorite coat from the house.
In Tales to Parents Mr Peters explains heavy water with heavier molecular weight and lighter air with medicinal value. He compares air as a mix of hydrogen oxygen nitrogen and rare gases and notes breathing effort rises with weight, suggesting lighter air could ease respiration in ill patients.
A rough digest notes Senate debates private calendar measures and a wealth tax in Finance committee. It then shifts to film lore with Ford producing and directing projects like The Informer Pilgrimage and Steamboat Bill star Will Rogers, Cobb, and Nichols, with craft debates about tone and melodrama.
A battered narrative follows Rip aboard a moving train bound for destinations far from Puddle Mudie. The dog clings to memories of Willy Nip and familiar voices as darkness falls and the journey stretches onward toward an uncertain return home.
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