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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1931
Page
5
A jumble of OCR fragments lists theatre topics and performer names including Buck Jones and Janet Gaynor with references to life and thrill themes. The unreadable item reads as a theatre program snippet with likely film and stage titles and cast hints.
Headland Mrs Lucille Murphy and Mr Marcus Scott married Monday October fifth in Columbia. Mrs Scott daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Murphy of near Columbia. Mr Scott son of Dr and Mrs Marvin Scott. They will reside in Headland. Also notices of visits and guests among Abbeville Dothan Newville Cottonwood called out in brief society notes.
Sam confronts Peak Abbott after discovering funds for her suitor Fourth came from a hidden source. Eugenie and Nelson reveal the truth that Burke Manufacturing acts as agent for another benefactor, exposing a staged charitable setup. Sam writes a decisive letter announcing repayment and plans to disappear tonight, seeking clarity and distance from the scheme.
Mr and Mrs Max Vickers and son Gerald visited relatives in Cuthbert Georgia on Sunday. Mrs Page spent Tuesday with her sister in Dothan. Mrs Sallie Vickers vacationed last week in Arlington Georgia. Miss Marie Allen a Dothan teacher spent the past weekend with family. Mrs Gene Aman of Montgomery spent last weekend with her sister Mrs Ross Haynes. Dr and Mrs CF Hardwick and sons Mike and Charles with Mrs Anna Hardwick visited Parrot Georgia on Sunday. Miss Verna Clark visits sister Mrs Louie Reynolds Brundidge. Mrs Dallas Polk and child spent last weekend in Quincy Florida with relatives. Mr and Mrs Ben Butler and daughter Patricia of Montgomery visited Mrs Mac Sperman and Mr and Mrs Bob Shelly Sunday. Mrs Max Hardwick and sons Joe Daly and Vidmer of Enterprise were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs W B Oates. Mrs Alice Davis spent last week with Mrs James Clendenin in New Brockton. Dr and Mrs S B Burdeshaw and daughters and Mrs Emma Vining spent Sunday in Abbeville.
The column lists guests visiting families in Montgomery and nearby towns. Harold Gamble from Montgomery spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs A A Scott. Tress Haynes visited Montgomery. Mrs Tea Grice and Miss Clovett Grice of Geneva visited Mr and Mrs L T Soloman. Rev and Mrs J M Truitt stayed with Mr and Mrs Haddock in Columbus last Friday. Mr and Mrs C F Adame spent Sunday in Dothan with Mr and Mrs West. Mrs Jim Cowan and Mobile children visited Mr and Mrs L B Kelly.
Mist Bunch Totnes of Haleburg topped the weekend gathering with Dan Campbell. Mrs P P Mixon attended from Trev and Mrs Janie Deninen with Lew Brocton, 94, and Claire Campbell, Hitler’s daughter, to the works party with grandpriest relatives. The Espys, Baker, Walden, and Carrolls were noted among guests at recent family events.
Ark AP reports the Legislature approved a cotton acreage cap modeled after Texas. The Senate backed the House version by 30 to 0, sending the bill to the governor. The plan would take effect only if three fourths of states producing 75 percent of U S cotton last year join in, and would limit cotton acreage to 30 percent of cultivated land in the next two years.
AP report says two bandits robbed the Bauman Jewelry Co on the Second Floor of a downtown office building. They trussed two visitors and tied up Roger Gerhart, a partner, as alarms failed to stop the theft. Watches and jewelry valued at about 15000 were seized before the robbers escaped with pistols drawn. The shop was crowded with shoppers and workers at the time of the holdup.
An old advertisement extols cascara laxative as the fastest, pleasant remedy for colds by stimulating the bowels. It claims medical authorities support it, touts cascara in cascarete candy form, and promises quick relief for symptoms like bad breath coated tongue and headache at a dime.
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