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Newspaper

Dothan Eagle

Location

Dothan, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1931

Page

2

The Dothan Eagle Miscellaneous Front Page Fragments

Fragments from The Dothan Eagle front page show advertising, office details, and notices. Names, dates, and departments are partially legible including business manager and postal info.

Ray of Comfortinski on Economic Slump Outlook

Bruce Berton argues that times are normal now as bucimens booms but predicts an eventual new slump. He says consoling news is scarce and that reflecting on the ice palog may uplift spirits, though the impending downturn remains likely.

Bruce Berton

Radio Ads Provoking Backlash In Sioux City Tribune

The Sioux City Tribune questions the value of radio and warns that heavy advertising and cheap programming threaten the medium. It argues radio could serve humanity but is corrupted by profit, with television looming as another risk. Public notices and industry habits are criticized for misusing airtime.

The Sioux City Tribune

Batchelor's Buttons Grown By W C Batchelor

A fragmented clipping notes Batchelor's Buttons grown by W C Batchelor. The garbled text references cotton, hay, rain and sun, economic hints, and mentions figures like Hoover in a disrupted public notice style.

Nothing Wrong with It Much The Uoulana Legislature Bill Prohibits Cotton

A garbled early 20th century critique cites Huey Long style schemes to ban cotton planting and ginning in the state. It parodies extreme protectionsism proposing federal labor moratoriums and widespread economic disruption. The piece mocks the impracticality and potential unemployment from such laws.

Uoulana Huey Vong Agricuila

Expensive Experimenting and Prohibition Costs

A man travels to a neighboring town, befriends a barber, and drinks with him while officials arrest a well known bootlegger. A Houston County woman is jailed for selling whiskey to feed her family, highlighting the high cost of enforcing the prohibition laws.

Houston

Citizens urge strict enforcement of city traffic laws

A letter to The Eagle editor from Landon Mumanet in Dothan Alabama calls for rigorous enforcement of traffic laws. He urges the police chief and city officials to act, noting concerns about school children and neighborhood safety as authorities prepare for the upcoming Sept 7 term.

The Eagle Brater Vou Potien Police Jock Ras Landon Mumanet

Faith Hope and Love in Time of Crisis Sermon

Scottie McKensie Fraser urges faith hope and love as antidotes to despair in a wartime style sermon. He argues that generous rivalry, shared work to revive cotton and wheat markets, and national courage are essential. He cites scripture perfect love casteth out fear and calls for collective action to restore economic balance.

Newville Man Proposes Cotton Relief Plan

Newville Alabama August 31 1831 editor of The Enzia presents a plan to stabilize cotton by warehousing ginned cotton with sprinkling and insurance, weighing by a licensed weigher, designating Farm Board banks, and binding agreements to limit planting in 1932 to support food and cloth uses. The plan outlines staged payments and rents linked to cotton production and Farm Board involvement.

Farm Board U. S Beard

Undefined Fragmentary Entry Faces Confusion

A fragmentary OCR text shows mixed letters and jumbled words with no clear event or identifiers. The line contains partial names and dates lost to garble, offering no discernible person, place, or action to summarize into a coherent news item.

How's Your Health by Dr Lago Goldston

In a popular Negro spiritual the refrain promises shoes in heaven for Gods children. If they had shoes on earth too, fewer sick and anemic people would exist. Hookworm, affecting large parts of the world and 11 US states, is caused by a tiny worm entering the body through bare feet. The disease's history ties to the Spanish American War and Porto Rico occupation, where anemia among inhabitants was linked to hookworm infection. The worm was described in 1902 as Necator Americanus. Treatments include drugs and sanitary measures, with shoes used as a barrier to prevent larval infection by worm larvae found on sole surfaces.

Gog United States Jor Durg Porto Rico Ashford United States Army Stiles

The Little Black Clock and the Storm Voyage

Sundown Stories follows John and Peggy as the Little Black Clock senses an upcoming storm and plans a hurried journey by plane. The clock hints at turning time back to days like 86 to avoid missing a dangerous weather event while they hurry to their ride.

Vagu Ani John Peggy Pegey Prince

Talks to Parents By Alice Judeon Peale

An article on child cruelty explains that punishment alone does not curb cruelty and urges parents to examine the home for sources of the child's anger. It notes that harsh parenting, resentful siblings, and jealousy can trigger cruelty and advises loving, wise discipline to channel tendencies into socially acceptable behavior.

Alice Judeon Peale

Daily Menus and Desert Storm Narrative

Menus list breakfast lunch and dinner items including toast creamed eggs ham and roast with sides like mashed potatoes turnips and jelly. A narrative paragraph then shifts to a desert storm scene with sand storms and a warning from the Little Black Clock.

Unsolved Leasing of WAPL Station Near Birmingham

A sub committee of seven from the University of Alabama Auburn and Alabama College continues study into leasing the 5,000 watt state owned WAPL radio station at Birmingham. Four bids from private interests remain under consideration with a final decision expected this week.

Montgomery WAPL Birmingham University of Alabama, Auburn Alabama College Volts of Alabama

Egg and Ham Breakfast Dishes From Historic Menu

Instructions describe making two egg dishes with milk sugar salt and paprika, plus dipping bread slices in the egg mixture and frying until browned. Also outlines a ham and egg meal with butter flour milk chopped ham and paprika, simmering to a creamy sauce, then adding rest of ingredients.

Bandler and Brazil Tales Told in Fragments

Fragmentary text describes explorers and locals in Brazil and the Amazon, mentioning a figure named Bandler, Calear, and Mattos. It cites lights, reptiles, and diamonds, with odd references to bands of men, belts, and a mysterious black diamond. The prose implies intrigue over mining and geological tests.

Bandler Calear Brasil Behis Mattos Bandima Bendler Bay Corporation de Ajarmonds Buhig Borlay Out

Oddities And Endings From a Curious Page

Fragmentary OCR notes describe Jack Durant and a female acrobat using disguises at a circus entrem. The text mentions themes of ends and places, with scattered names like Larry Sky and Deems Taylik, and hints at a biographical oddity or tale of disguise and misdirection within a circus setting.

Washington Letter On Albright Refusing Flight Risk

Washington Letter reports Horace Albright, director of national parks, declines to fly to avoid danger. He cites risks of forced landings and death or weeks lost. Albright later visits Alaska's national park facilities and contemplates travel options.

Washington Rendom Horace Albright Sail Parks Otter Pat Hurley Rotary Nevy Adams Albright Walle Mee National Park Alaska Fairbanks Te Pam

Ex-es in Washington at 76 still a central figure

The piece surveys former officials and military leaders in Washington, noting Joe Tumulty, Admiral Goonte, and Mike as enduring symbols of the capital’s veteran service. It traces their post retirement pursuits, from writing to crafts, highlighting their ongoing influence and long tenure in public life.

Genere Joe Tumulty Wilson Washington Admiral Goonte Uncle Sam Mississippi San Man Mike Baseen & Fossar

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