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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1929
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text from The Dothan Eagle indicates publishing contractor details, a 1908 origin, and various corrupted lines. It mentions avenue references and circulation management but lacks coherent events or dates.
Fragments describe obituaries and resolutions with reference to Frost Landis Kohn and associates in multiple cities. The text mentions rates, advertising terms, and investigative notes amid garbled lines. It references Friday June 28 1929 and a San Francisco area note.
The Eagle notes the death of W. J. Baxley 70, a self taught and long serving judge and mayor in Dothan. Born near the city, he lived within its bounds much of his life, knew Dothan history deeply, and served as Justice of the Peace for decades. He was beloved, respected, and left a void in Wiregrass history.
An Atlanta Georgian analysis warns that a proposed tariff bill would lift prices on essentials for homes and families, including sugar beef butter cheese eggs and beans, boosting consumer costs while farmers gain only minimal uplift. It argues the net effect harms wage earners and housewives more than it helps farmers.
A fragmentary verse and prose collection featuring quips on life fate and society. Includes witticisms on fame time drinking and parental exaggeration with dated generic proverbs and humorous sayings.
Mrs Lonie Brice argues from Proverbs 31 to condemn liquor but omits. The third column piece suggests many people use Bible verses to prove a point. The quoted lines imply a warning against misusing scripture for moral conclusions.
Editorial discusses the rivalry between criminal groups and government forces, arguing public sympathy favors the government if officials avoid terrorism by agents and uphold duty. It notes border communities’ discontent over rum running and government shielding of agents.
The Asheville Citizen argues that agents who take human life in any circumstance foster belief they are privileged and impede justice by avoiding accountability before the law, provoking broad public sentiment against such impunity.
A 1929 letter from Dothan Alabama dated January 26 argues for women’s attire. The author satirically critiques male attitudes toward dress, praising modesty while joking about comfort and concealment.
The Dawes plan, largely the work of Owen D Younger, is expected to be named the Morgan plan as the new reparations agreement.
Loanie Bruce of Dothan Alabama argues from Scripture that biblical law, not only modern prohibition, condemns whiskey. She cites Deuteronomy, Judges, Proverbs, and Habakkuk to claim divine enforcement of temperance, urging daily teaching of law to prevent drunkenness. June 27, 1929.
Washington columnist Herbert Plummer notes the National Players stock company, once a favorite theater in Washington, will close after July 1 and reopen in autumn as revues from New York. Patronage by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and other officials is highlighted along with early experiments in talking pictures at the White House.
By Alice Judson Peale a three year old in a street car tantrums over window access. The piece warns against bribing children for good behavior noting such acts teach that crying yields rewards and that enduring misbehavior builds better habits.
The Labour Gazette says strikes in 1928 across Great Britain and Northern Ireland were 302nd smallest since records began, while a new London station 2L0 will replace the existing service under the European wavelength reallocation. The station will run 30 kilowatts on 358 meters and is slated to begin texts shortly after daily 1, located about 12 miles from Charing Cross.
A vivid look at New York Italian religious festas on Second Avenue and in Greenwich Village. A statue, candles, and a plate of coins mark devotion as swarthy tenement crowds fill a street lit by bands and fireworks. An Irish cop directs traffic while vendors hawk balloons and lemonade as the crowd ends with the national anthem.
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