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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1928
Page
3
New Orleans market report notes frost and cold in the northwest belt threatening crop production while heavy rains in the east lower bureau crop estimates. Prices skid with bearish ginning data and private estimates, as spot markets ease with declines in New Orleans and New York references.
Birmingham district Baptists urged to send messengers to the Alabama Baptist convention in Dothan from November 14 to 17. Dr M M Wood said Birmingham may send 666 messengers and appealed to deacons chairmen and Sunday school superintendents to prepare to attend.
Cambridge Mass a Yale mathematician Ernest W Brown presented calculations at the American Association of Variable Star Observers convention suggesting the earth’s rotation speeds slightly faster than daily norm. He theorized crust swelling and contraction may cause crustal stress tied to earthquakes, noting the change would be only inches total. Observations from 1827 moon occultations underpin the claim, with variable star observers contributing most data.
Barry Wight,Georgia anti-Smith leader, published Rev C J Boone's letter from the Baptist Church of Fort Gaines stating his resignation from the pastorate due to opposition after distributing anti-Tam many circulars. The Philadelphia Inquirer notes the quip about greatness.
In British India a bomb exploded as a large crowd returned from a Hindu festival, killing five people and injuring 21. The incident occurred in Lator on October 23, with victims including Viva persons among those casualties.
Sally Dempsey, sister of Jack Dempsey and Danny Neck, vaudeville actor, wed yesterday after a four day courtship in Sister city. She had been living with her mother in city for six months and met her groom at a theater show, according to local press.
A tale where Walter plans a birth day and a party with a neighbor’s boy he quarreled with assesses trust. The boy does not appear, raising the mother’s suspicions about whether he was invited or invited himself, tied to a dare. London Tit-Bits mentions a new baseball college in Los Angeles with faculty names Pop Mien, Jess Orndorff, and Johnnie Bassler noted among the staff.
Gov. Ritchie of Maryland rebutted criticisms that Gov. Smith rose via Tammany Hall by arguing Smith’s Tammany experience gives him understanding of people and personal relations crucial for the presidency, a contrast to Hoover. He said Smith’s heart and political feel trump statistics and charts. A Mutual Magazine quip about a mailbox sign ends the excerpt.
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