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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1930
Page
2
The fragment mentions the 1902 establishment and 1906 to 1924 editorship by William Theodore Hall with Associated Press credits and national representatives. It cites pricing for notices and a remark on music as a tonic for the soul. It then questions preferences between freezing weather and drizzle with rot on roads.
Dr Mary Harris Armor head of evangelistic work for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union spoke at the Houston convention and will deliver an address in Dothan next Monday night. The article quotes a statement she made at the meeting.
From Birmingham comes a report on the use Alabama products campaign expanding to peanut fed pork. George Gordon Crawford leads the effort for Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co with a special December 3 luncheon, as Kiwanis clubs and other Birmingham firms back the push to boost peanut hog meat sales and farm profits. The Eagle lauds local initiative and urges citizens to buy Alabama hogs and farm goods to keep profits in state.
In this column, Scottie McKenzie critiques prohibition zeal and moral psychology. The piece cites figures like Dr. Carl Jung and Mrs. Armor, praising humane temperance views while lampooning harsh political rhetoric. It includes anecdotes about bankers, farmers, and the social effects of dry laws in Houston County.
The piece discusses the decline of the boiled shirt as a symbol of class and formality in the era of democracy and social change. It contrasts Harold Nicolson’s critique of stiff male dress with James Douglas’s praise, notes cartoons targeting J H Thomas, and observes the lack of a female counterpart to the boiled shirt in formal wear.
The article argues the new Congress must devise distribution of prosperity beyond campaign contributors from the 1920 election. It contrasts Hoover era policies favoring big interests with Wilson’s view of distributing opportunity to all citizens. It favors reviving the Wilson idea and a shift from corporate dependence to broad public support.
In 20 years ago Dothan notes, Mares of Columbia visited. Ball of Pratt City stayed with relatives. Count Leo Tolsin died in Astapova Poland. Rev. Pelham traveled through en route to Madrid. J Rexshorn, Montgomery, on business. A Houston County crew rep said road work toward the county line was progressing. A mock trial at the high school found Day Hatton not guilty of stealing three geese from Louie Meyrovitz. Local tragedy: Buster Faulk and Son Faulk killed by John Ward in Headland after Ward's daughter was to be wed to Son Faulk. Ward surrendered to Henry county officials.
A Milto n Gazette reminiscence recalls old customs and daily life from earlier eras. The piece reflects on clothing, work, horse riding, watches, wages, cigarette cards, tonsils, Sabbath keeping, lanterns on carts, mud roads, straw ticks, kitchen baths, Mother Hubbards, carpeted doors, and gaiters as fashion, framing memory as civic charm.
A Quizzical note from the St Louis Globe-Democrat questions how thousands of mud turtles were released from Lake Michigan into the Chicago Loop on the eve of an election. The piece hints at a bizarre public spectacle or stunt surrounding the political moment.
Jumbled OCR text shows nonsensical phrases including gob humor and deck hands remarks. The readable bits reference Kane and Tennessee but lack coherent context, names, dates, or an identifiable event.
A Florida magistrate in Jacksonville devised a method to gauge intoxication by the songs defendants sang while drunk. Three men singing Sweet Adeline faced fines, with escalating penalties tied to the tune. The colorful ruling sparked discussion on determining degrees of drunkenness.
New York pigeon fanciers train birds at Penn Station with cages for express train transport to home lofts in New Brunswick Princeton Junction and other stations. About 1000 racers in greater New York include noted figures at the Central and Bronx Zoo. Birds wear a secret racing band and timing device on return. Wind and speed determine winners across stations from Wilmington to Florida.
Health essay compares the body to a social system with millions of specialized cells forming a unified whole. It explains cell life cycles, division of labor, and the circulatory and lymph systems distributing nutrients and oxygen while collecting wastes.
The piece argues that temperament alone cannot define well being in children. It stresses growth toward personal powers and reality readiness, advising parents to value sociable play, cooperative behavior, and satisfactory school progress as indicators of wholesome development.
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