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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1931
Page
5
Alpine Texas senator Benjamin Berkeley travels a straight 600 miles within his district showing unusual mobility. The item notes the distance and district bounds as a political curiosity.
Amusements at Foulton Theatre feature The Runaround on Wednesday and Thursday alongside The Star Witness. Also showing Gay Diplomat.
Venice Muir, dressed in hound-colored satin, navigates social pressure and unspoken desires at a Goodbys party. She recalls past flirtations and contemplates future choices from poetry to Columbia. Her longing for attention clashes with fear and self doubt as Jerry and social expectations swirl around her.
Venice drifts through a relentless social whirl chasing popularity and male attention. Her father’s heroic death frames a life spent pleasing society while yearning for genuine connection. A gifted observer notes her fatigue, envy, and longing as she endures parties, dances, and the ache of exclusion.
Vice Commander Moses Z Jones calls a special Geneva county chapter meeting of the Disabled American Veterans for Friday night at the court house to discuss pending bonus legislation before Congress in December. A new chapter commander will be elected.
A compiled row of social visits shows J W Daniel in Montgomery and many residents from Midland City Coffee Springs Ozark and Dothan visiting here. Notable names include Riley Howell Mrs C W Segrest Mr and Mrs Gordon Skipper Miss Lucile Parrish and Pierce Bailey among others with multiple weekend and Tuesday trips. An amended 1931 ordinance imposes a 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax in Dothan with interstate sales exempted. effective November 1 1931.
Ordinance No. 138 amends Ordinance No. 650 adopted by the Dothan Alabama City Council on April 21, 1930, concerning imposition and collection of an excise tax on all goods. The measure updates rates and administration for local taxation. Municipal officials outline compliance and enforcement details for merchants.
Governor B M Mills proclaims an election on November 10 1921 across Alabama polling places for a proposed constitutional amendment Article XXI Section 213 authorizing inheritance and estate taxes to align with federal credits. Notice to be published weekly for eight weeks and posted in Montgomery.
Ezell as mayor notes that the 1931 city property tax levy was completed under state law. Ten days notice was published in the Dothan Eagle announcing the assessment completion and council action.
In a regular meeting on October 1 and the 19th day of October 1937 the City Council of Dothan Alabama confirmed levies and ad valorem taxes for 1921 after objections were dismissed. Ordinance No. 741 amended June 2 1930 repealing a section of Ordinance 650 was approved October 20 1932 by Mayor LC R Zell and City Clerk T P Scatonongh.
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