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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1930
Page
2
The Dothan Eagle for Friday November 14 1920 features a note that Christmas will come soon and a quotation from Robert Quillen about happiness depending on understanding values. The page includes classic newspaper details such as department names and public notices.
From a May 1930s viewpoint, editors forecast a shift in the prohibition fight as a path to tax relief. The piece argues reversing the Volstead penalty could jump start brewing, create jobs, and reduce federal taxes on individuals, while noting politicians’ resistance and potential postwar shifts. It invokes figures on capital, wages, and jail costs to illustrate economic gains from relegalizing beer and wine.
A Chicago report highlights Astor Street as nearly crime proof with its own resident police and monthly password changes. A rich man’s argument with an officer over access after a hunting trip underscores gatekeeping by wealthy neighbors amid jewel thief risk. The piece observes alimony claims and public reaction to high monthly support, noting broader social trends while joking about living costs.
Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, editor of the Standard Dictionary, says more than 75,000 new words are entering the dictionary, including slang from underworld terms. He notes many are scientific and medical words that should bolster scientific dictionaries, while some slang may fade and language continually evolves. The World War era and postwar readjustment have enriched English, and he looks forward to new terms to replace "cute."
Twenty years ago in Dothan former United States Senator Alexander Stephens Clay died at his Atlanta home after a period of illness. The piece also covers a horse deal swindle by gypsies in the Alliance wagon yard, a missed horse, and $11 loss, plus notes on Mrs. W. E. Whatley visiting Greenwood and D. W. James of Blakely. The county judge heard the preliminary bigamy case of W. A. Cozart of Mobile in Marianna. Cozart remained jailed after failing to post a $1,000 bond.
A compressed profile of Curtis Publishing Company headquarters and its three magazines The Ladies' Home Journal The Saturday Evening Post and The Country Gentleman The piece notes the twelve story building with over twenty two acres of floor space founded by Cyrus H Curtis in 1888 and details editors and publishing ambitions including guidance for short short stories and a praise of Graeme Lorimer as editor and manhood exemplar.
A Mountaineer cartoon quote contrasts Brazilian protests with U S reform era gains. The dialogue mocks quick moral judgments and warns of punishment if freedom movements repeat past errors.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a witty adage about alimony, noting that a fool and her alimony are soon parted as a pointed, era reflecting quip on financial settlements.
In a stark clash of interests the wets and drys fight to the last ditch. The Detroit Free Press frames the confrontation as a defining struggle over naming the future policy, highlighting the high stakes and uneasy stalemate.
A San Francisco Chronicle item suggests farmers could press wheat into small ball shapes for storage or use. The quirky note reflects wartime era ingenuity in everyday agricultural tasks.
A reflective column by N Frank Pridgen covering weather, money, college life, and social observations. It mixes humor on traffic, electricity bills, fraternity fellows, and a note on a University visit plus casual remarks on local sports and personalities. An informal, opinionated window view with varied digressions.
More than 300 million dollars will be spent on public works via state and municipal bonds approved at last Tuesday’s vote. Major items include New York 50 million for hospitals and prisons, New Jersey 100 million for roads and waterworks, Louisiana 77 million for roads and related projects, and California about 66 million for the Golden Gate Bridge and veterans housing. Chicago/Illinois totals 42.52 million, with 14 million for fish and forest preserves. remaining 28.52 million split in Chicago’s customary fashion. Cleveland and Cuyahoga County allocate eight bonds totaling 39 million. Bonded work proceeds slowly. New York’s program depends on January legislative action and a cap of 20 million per year, yet the broad effect should lift public mood toward large undertakings.
A brief note from the Ohio State Journal predicting future slot machine innovation. It imagines a machine where dropping two coins could yield a golf course or an automobile as winnings, reflecting speculative bets on machines in entertainment venues.
A Beacon Journal quote laments the absence of a bronze statue honoring a man who simply minded his own business, arguing society should recognize such ordinary diligence with lasting memorials.
Mrs Maud Dale and husband Chester Dale, prominent New York patrons of modern French art, own two apartments housing a premier collection including Picasso and Matisse works. The couple, active in art circles, have donated pieces to major galleries worldwide while remaining largely unknown outside the art world.
Health note warns that dust spreads germs and suggests vacuuming or moist cleaning over sweeping. Emphasizes sunlit airy rooms for children, light rugs, and periodic sunlight exposure to sterilize floors, rugs, and drapes.
The article notes retired or former officials like Ald Slemp Campbell Davies Sitney Ankeny and others once influential in the capital. It reflects on how administrations rise and fall with changes in personnel and how many end in private practice. It mentions lobbyists and the fate of many to seek new roles after public service.
In selecting books for older boys and girls the physical makeup should be attractive and legible to avoid eye strain. Examinations should weed out works with false facts or wish fulfillment, demanding good literature with honest depictions of life and values, including many adventure and mystery stories suitable for youth.
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