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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1931
Page
5
Local amusements listings show The Star Witness scheduled for Friday and Saturday at The Runsround venue in Houston. The fragment notes a theater run with dates and shows but lacks full details.
Venice attends a lively party where her charm meets older gentlemen, rival dancers, and flirtations. She navigates awkward glances and shifting partners, finding a rare moment of ease with Mr Partridge before a flood of other admirers draws her into a series of cautious, unsatisfying exchanges.
State Banking Superintendent Joseph Broderick and 28 Bank of the United States officials face three indictments for neglect of duty and conspiracy as a grand jury probes the bank's insolvency. Separately a shooting case involves Mrs Riley Padgett and a man named Mitchell with claims of insanity and defences of insanity reported.
Mr Ararat Harry Smith of Pensacola Florida visited relatives in the community last week. Several local families including Mr and Mrs Arthur Maddox Mr and Mrs Lester Deese and others spent Sunday with friends and kin. Mrs J D Davis and Miss Bertha Davis were guests of Mrs Arthur Cochran and Mrs Allison Floyd called on her sister Mrs Mary Phillipe.
ENTERPRISE Special reports Griswell 25 of New Brocton was injured Thursday night when the buggy he drove was struck by a truck. A shaft pierced his left arm, protruding from the shoulder. An operation was needed to remove the shaft and he is reported to be improving at a local hospital. A Negro woman and a child were aboard the buggy.
AP dispatch notes Jobhera paying prices on farm produce delivered at Birmingham and Montgomery last week. The fragment references a buggy incident with a woman driver and two men, noting the buggy was demolished but injuries to the occupants are unclear.
An Enterprise jury convicted and sentenced multiple defendants in a January slaying case. J D Odom received 10 years for forgery, Avery Edge and Rushing Merah were convicted of larceny and burglary, while several others faced prison terms up to 10 years for related offenses. The victim Shelby TonTon was robbed near Bell's Mill in Coffey County.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions prices for items like be American priced at 125, butter figures, and small quantities. The legible parts reference Vera and Untons with cents and dollars in a shopping context.
A historical price list shows hay at 18 dollars for No 2 Johnsay and 12 dollars for No 1 Timothy. Alfalfa at 24 dollars No 1. Other items include No 2 white coin steers and No 2 yellow corn, No 2 white oats, hens under four pounds, and No 1 white eggs priced at 22 cents.
A fragment listing meat prices shows Montgomery market offers fryers at 10 to 1 pound, hens at 14 to 14, turkeys at 15, and butter fat prices, with several items partially garbled.
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