The Dothan Eagle Historical Rates and Editorial Notes
The Dothan Eagle, established 1906, details publication staff Horace Halt and William Theon... subscription rates listed for one month to one year, with obituary and resolutions charges at two cents per word. The paper notes Associated Press affiliation and pledges to investigate grievances thoroughly.
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Dothan Eagle
Antil
Willjam Theondorke Hall
Utlan Hall
Spittetertete Birt Ensettests
Baicheior
Horace Halt
Dothan
Alabama
Postoffice
Eeeawsee Bameay Society Department
Taxes and Politics in Alabama Budget Battle
Friday October 28 1932 editorial condemns unlimited taxation under Senator Farmer and advocates the Goode bill substitute to balance Alabama’s budget without new taxes. It explains two bills, funding state debt with 1.5 million dollars in negotiable warrants and deep general appropriations cuts, while criticizing lawmakers for raised salaries and wasteful spending.
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Alabama
Goode Plan Wins Over Tax and Bond Proposals
The Birmingham Age-Herald argues the Goode program offers a realistic, economical solution that trims about 5.5 million from expenditures, scales college and elementary school budgets, and streamlines warrant payments. It contends the Senate and House will back Goode, sidelining income tax and bond issues as unnecessary. The piece claims Goode stabilizes finances without drastic measures, leaving no need for debt or taxation.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Joint Appropriations Committee
Miller
House
Senate
Joint Committee
Gov. Miller
Batchelors Buttons Grown By W C Batchelor
Fragmentary remarks attacking political figures and social issues, urging unity and reform. The text references Belgians, Americans, revolutions, greed, and money as themes, ending with a hopeful note that prosperity awaits once time and cooperation improve.
20 Years Ago in Dothan Local Card Notes
Twenty years ago in Dothan Mrs TL F Oakley visited the city. Dr W C Howell was in Ashford while the county grand jury sat. Abbeville residents J L Pollard and A H Strickland spent time in Dothan as did M L Hanahan in Ozark on business. Mrs C E Porter hosted the As You Like It club. D A Q club met at Mrs Walter Watford’s home. Ruby McDavid visited Mrs W R Flowers, and tailor T C Exell made a business trip to Ozark.
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C. E. Porter
Letter to Alabama Journal Defends Economy Over Tax Increases
Montgomery resident S W Smyer of the Alabama Economy League writes to the Alabama Journal defending opposition to income tax and a bond amendment. He argues retrenchment and government economy, liquidation of warrants without higher taxes, and warns that higher interest on bonds would burden current and future generations.
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Alabama Journal
S. W. Smyer
Alabama Economy League
Alabama
Senate
On a Cold Trail for Horse Racing Legalization
The article argues that much energy will be spent on a bill to legalize horse racing and pari mutuel betting in Mobile. If it reaches the governor it would be vetoed due to his Calvinistic stance. It likens political reaction to a thunder following lightning and notes a mathematical analogy about a triangle.
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Mobile
Rainey Asks About Speaker Bid In Democratic Victory Hope
Washington Letter notes Henry T Rainey the Democratic floor leader could gain control of Ways and Means if Collier is out and perhaps bid for speaker. It compares past succession with Cactus Jack Garner and lists contenders Joe Burns Sam Rayburn McDuffie and others as possible rivals in a Democratic victory scenario.
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Washington
Henry T. Rainey
House
Rainey
Congress
Collier
Mississippi
Ways and Means
Jack Garner
Jack
Garner
Senate
Joe Burns
Tennessee
Appropriations Committee
Sam Rayburn
Texas
McDuffie
Alabama
New York Letter by William Gaines
New York notes include Will Fyffe leading a Scotch joke revival, trolley car observations, Yale vs Harvard race in the district, Yasha Bunchuk as a nightlife fixture, and remarks from Bernard M Baruch on mineral waters.
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New York
William Gaines
Will Fyffe
England
Fyffe
Sandy
Yale
Harvard
Cornelius Whitney
Old Elf
Robert L. Bacon
John Harvard
Yasha Bunchuk
4 Visitine Estebrity
Cell’st’s
Bernard M. Baruch
Gypsy Fortune Play in Maryland Catapult Style
The Maryland Catapult notes a gypsy scene quoting a gob to tell fortunes for half a dollar. The Selma Times Journal adds a jab about the governor declining to endorse horse racing or betting in Mobile or elsewhere.
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Maryland
Mobile
Selma Timess Journal
How's Your Health by Dr Lago Goldston
Dr Lago Goldston discusses rickets, its seasonal occurrence, and the debate over whether sunlight deficiency or diet causes the disease. Early experiments with puppies suggested sunlight was key, but later work by Mellanby showed dietary factors could prevent rickets even with little light. Chemists then identified vitamin D as the potent preventive agent.
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Lago Goldston
Tropics
Europe
America
Mellanby
England
Talks to Parents by Alice Judson Peale
A mother comforts a punished child while the father’s discipline causes distress. The boy’s sullenness lifts when the mother accuses harsh parenting, revealing a pattern where the child seeks sympathy from the mother. The piece argues for gentler, better management within the family.
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Alice Judson Peale
Bert
Sundown Stories and Halloween Plans in a Whimsical Tale
Mary Graham Bonner's Sundown Stories sketches Flotilla Botilla and friends debating Halloween sign painting while a birthday mix up unfolds. The narrative blends playful dialogue with a parental note on family discipline and unity, ending with a scatter of local commentary and misquoted news items from Fire Ziglar and Senator Norris.
Subscriptions listed for The Eagie newspaper
A reader list shows new subscribers spread across Dothan Ashford Newton Slocomb Headland Hartford and other towns. Names include Hugh Jase J F Collins C L Kyse L C Robert A Smith and J H Gitma among others. The note contains garbled lines and stray phrases about theft and an OP license.
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Dothan
Hugh Jase
J. F. Collins
J. F. Pyr
Kelley
C. L. Kyse
I. x. de
G. M. Bowen
Ether Folsom
Ashford
W. © Ekins
C. W. King
C-3
G. L. Burnham
Newton
Slocomb
Headland
Hertford
Green
Hartford
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God
Thomas Jefferson
Voltaire
Dauntless
Senator Farmer
Farmer
Montgomery
Bone
Ike
Munity
Court of Appeals
Hell
Goode
Erang
Morena
Greine
Americans Bank
Thore
Ned
Selah
Se Wee
Tima
TL. F. Oakley
W. C. Howell
J. L. Pollard
Abbeville
A- H. Strickland
P. Green
Valdosta
X. Ss. Ferrews
Doethan
M. L. Hanahan
Ozark
J. A. Hendrix
Dusinese
W. J. Bell
Columbia
D. A. Q. Club
Walter Watford
Ruby McDavid
W. R. Flowers
T. C. Exell
Ala
Montgomery Journal
Herbert Plummer
Manhattan
Rickets
Hambone
J. P. Alley
DE Gravenaud
Cain
Mary Graham Bonner
Flotilla Botilla
Rip
Top Notch
Willy Nilly
Hallowe'en
Paris
Ste
Zigler
Ziglar
Norris
Roosevelt
Douglas Smith
United
Smith
Rhaey
F. B. Wie
Mal
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