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.
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1931
Page
2
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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