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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1933
Page
1
Fragment contains 1933 Dothan Eagle page text with misread ads and notes. Mentions classified rates, telephone lines, Associated Press policy, and a feature on injuries in daily life. Includes garbled lines referencing figures and a periodical code of safety.
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes Dr Fo Scott McBride arguing against repeal of the eighteenth amendment. He claims dry states will dominate, cites polling bias, and warns that prohibition will die in the federal constitution by 1929, despite growing repeal momentum. He labels supporters as clinging to past moral triumphs.
A tabulation from an insurance study shows 49 percent of injuries occur indoors or on private grounds such as homes, offices, hotels, stores, and clubs. Sports like tennis and golf account for 11 percent, while 25,000 injuries occurred in privately owned automobiles due to collisons and misfortune.
An Opp Weekly News report recounts a Bibb Graves campaign scout visiting a newsroom in Cullman and touting strong backing for Graves among Alabama Democrats. The dialogue questions Graves’ stance on income tax and why voters would back him after prior financial turmoil, ending with a warning not to publish certain details.
A fragment from a 19th century column or poem touching on temperance, faith, and social mores. It weaves humorous, satirical lines about prohibition, doctors, and church members, with a rural tone and references to cotton, farming, and public virtue.
A sermon style piece recounts a boy craving red dirt and a physician’s help, then compares spiritual dirt to sin and describes “station passengers” in church. It weaves parables of train travelers, hawks and snakes, and a corrective message urging true loyalty to church and Christ.
Twenty years ago in Dothan W L Lee traveled to Montgomery. Mrs Charles Gotaon visited in Tiny W UG Acree in Montgomery. N Blam visited Calvo. Mr and Mrs J W Holland toured Troy. Mr and Mrs G J Tye visited Montgomery. Mrs C E Harmon attended Inter Be Club meeting. The City Improvement Club planned to meet at Mrs J L Crawford's home.
A Public Opinion quip contrasts broadcast zeal with church sects noting a woman’s joke about choosing wireless over a church. The comment frames radio as a new form of faith replacing traditional worship for some.
A minister shakes hands with Tom, the village ne’er do well, and praises his apparent turn, prompting Tom to realize the meeting happened at prayer morning the night before. The scene unfolds with tentative mutual recognition and a dawning understanding.
In a playful backstage moment aboard the U S S Pennsylvania the groom asks about the man in the blue coat and a face covering. The bride jokes the wire is to stop him from biting ball players, revealing a lighthearted naval setting.
A laborer bursts into the manager’s office shouting that he has been chased by a bull all along the quay and demands his pay. He declares he will not work until compensated, describing the dangerous encounter and his resolve to leave.
A North Carolina man led a simple life without a movie or radio until age 72. His unusual absence from modern media is noted in a Santa Fe New Mexican item highlighting his delayed exposure to entertainment technologies.
A British critic laments that street names in the country lack significance. He concedes some doubt but notes Pleas ant Street seems misnamed, reflecting the broader concern voiced by George Ryan in the Boston Herald.
The Washington Letter notes Republican critics like Senator Kean target the Weather Bureau and Secretary Wallace over forecast accuracy amid a recent Atlantic hurricane. It cites Snell's House leadership and McNary's quiet stance, framing GOP caution as prudent during Roosevelt administration recovery efforts.
William Gaines writes from New York about Jeanette MacDonald touring Europe with Stormy Weather the Skye terrier and Captain Capitola the English sheep dog. The piece notes MacDonald’s private life a turbulent entourage and her manager Graive Gravey in Europe as actor Gravey prepares his English debut.
New York kidnappers, more progressive than most, arrange a cash and carry system for customers and an installment plan for paying ransom. The Chicago Daily Kows reports a novel method where payments are staged rather than single lump sums.
Senator Glass of Virginia was allowed to enter France after customs officials briefly challenged his entry. He may have spoken a few remarks to the French officials during the encounter.
Worded health column explains facial neuralgia or trigeminal neuralgia a long known painful facial condition. It outlines historical cures from alcohol nerve injections to surgical nerve sectioning under local anesthesia noting relief outweighs small numbness risk and the condition has driven some to despair.
In this excerpt Mary Graham Bonner's Sundown Stories features Top Notch Jolly Willy and Rip discussion after a small prize mishap. Top Notch laments losing first prize while Willy Nilly suggests productive schemes like using an closure grinder and umbrella mending to raise funds and clear their debts. Christopher keeps sending messages to Rip as plans unfold.
President Roosevelt pressed labor talks in Nyde Park leading to an epochal NRA agreement recognizing the United Mine Workers. The move came amid pressure from administration and a rising union base, signaling a major realignment in labor leadership and power within the AFL. Sidney Hillman and Lewis emerge as key figures shaping labor’s direction, while Keezer joins NRA’s Consumers' Advisory Board bringing wide economic curiosity and experience.
Tales to Parents recounts a musician hurt by a father’s thwarted ambitions. The father’s resentment is passed to his son, who mirrors harsh parenting in his own life. The piece argues parental missteps shape children’s futures and warns against repeating hurtful patterns.
Phocian Howard, publisher for ten years of the Now Tok Press and Seen, died in New York on Sept 2 after a heart attack. He was 61 and survived by his mother and a brother. Howard, a longtime writer in horse racing, had lived in Washington before moving to New York.
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