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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1930
Page
2
The Opelika Daily News and several Alabama papers react to U S Senator James Thomas Heflin's loss. Editors condemn his vanity and boasts of fraud, while praising Alabama Democrats for restoring dignity and party discipline. The Birmingham Age-Herald and Montgomery Advertiser link the defeat to Heflinism and Ku Kluxism, urging fair play and unity.
A compact editorial summary lampoons regrets as disagreeable, mocks dramatic firefighting bravado, notes Coolidge’s Massachusetts Senate win, and muses on normalcy, charity beginning at home, cotton poverty in the South, and political views of young men and women.
A personal column fragment by Scottie McKenzie narrates mood and voice problems before a Federation dinner. It includes readers’ letters from Mrs. Breitenbach Evanston and a sister remark about a dangerous typewriter, plus trivia about shopping in New York and French soap.
A Toronto Star inspired discussion on a three day working week, Canada’s CN Railways staff given option of forty or forty four hour weeks, with many choosing shorter hours. Economists note a shift toward reduced work time. debates about fairness and economic adjustment follow, while letters echo temperance in writing and playful verse.
A wry look at human nature presents men chasing balls in various games from cricket to golf while crowds fill stands hoping for a horsehide ball to clear a fence. The piece ends with a quip about football and a tongue in cheek plea to change the national anthem.
A note in Colorado Lookout shows a playful exchange as one person plans a medical operation tomorrow. The other responds with well wishes and humor about the outcome.
A Fort Worth Star Telegram column notes the strain in a marriage when a wife who cooks well tolerates many flaws but cannot endure her husband’s voracious appetite for cars, illustrating a humorous domestic balance.
A dated note from the Atchison Globe humorously contrasts gendered questions and reports gushers found on a campus and beneath a golf course. It muses that Cottonwood may someday gain prominence.
The Atlanta Constitution warns of a hard winter with a big lame duck Congress on the horizon. The piece frames looming unemployment and economic strain as central themes for the season.
Wall Street traders question whether bears will hibernate this winter as the Asheville Times notes lingering uncertainty about the market trend and whether a sustained downturn will occur this season.
A Buffalo Courier-Express note speculates Chairman Wickersham may quit if his Prohibition report is delayed too long. It warns that a delayed finding could erode Republican party support and silence the commission’s message.
New York letter notes beauty on Broadway seeking jobs during cold days. Chorus girls vie for scarce parts, with only nine musical shows in town using hundreds of performers. Countless hopefuls must pay rent and meals while pursuing stage work.
As many as can find other work take jobs behind lunchroom counters, in restaurants, as mannequins, or in shops, while Fifth Avenue stores plan extra help for Christmas. Unemployment saddles the pool of pretty performers with shifts in clubs and hotel bars. Some entertainers with talent pivot to secretarial or music writing roles with bankers and lawyers joining the chorus. Notables include Rudy Vallee’s brother John on a studio publicity team, Kay Swift and Paul Warburg contributing lyrics, and E. Y. Harburg as a lyricist.
DE LAGO GOLDSTON discusses dry catarrh or atrophic rhinitis, noting the mucous membranes’ reduced secretions thin the nasal moisture, cause dryness and blockage with jelly-like mucus, and create a higher risk of infection in the nose and sinuses.
In this season parents debate woolen or cotton stockings while homes heat on and off. A child with a slight cold can spread illness at school. keeping him home protects others and reduces reinfection risk. Even minor colds warrant caution to prevent a larger outbreak.
Herbert Pie recounts Col Osman Latrobe a West Point cavalry chief and Coolidge aide, famed for a rugged soldier of fortune image. Latrobe, on leave in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, enjoys hunting, keeps a desk in Washington, and may retire to a Maine home, remaining active in field service.
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