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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1931
Page
1
The Dothan Eagle presents subscription rates and terms for three months six months and one year. It lists advertising rates and payment options while including standard news service disclaimers and a Jefferson quotation from the era.
In the Belmire Evening Sun excerpt a writer argues Theodore Roosevelt, as Porto Rico governor, has improved the island by cutting deficits, reducing farm tenancy, and lowering death and disease rates. The piece contrasts Roosevelt’s record with Hoover era politics and hints at envy of Roosevelt’s principled conduct.
An editorial in the Anniston Star cites Governor Sterling of Texas vetoing a proposal to curtail cotton production for a year to raise prices, arguing the move would harm railways, ports, and the broader economy. It questions constitutional and practical viability and urges moderate, noncoercive solutions led by trusted leaders.
The column muses on human nature and panic, urging calm amid hardship. It jokes about lawyers in Dothan, laments rushed living, and praises dignity, character, and the value of composure during financial stress and personal trial.
Fragmented OCR notes reference W C Batchelor and Batchelor's Buttons with garbled political commentary on republicans, elections, and public concerns. Mentions Kilng and fertilizer hints, with stray phrases about town children and community needs. No clear dates or places readable.
A fragmented reminiscence notes Miss Vitette McMlin opening an art teboot in a high school building near Rose Hill. Friseila Club members visited Miss Robbie Ghent, with dominoes played at her home. Mentions travel and schooling plans, and remarks on a cleaned country.
A fragmentary verse-like note discusses peas in various forms and mocks readers with playful questions about peas over time. The piece reflects a lighthearted, domestic tone and mentions wives feeding families during summer.
Angina pectoris is a symptom of heart disease. Attacks bring excruciating chest pain under the breastbone with a sense of compression and fear of death. Management includes reducing physical and emotional strain, careful diagnosis, low simple diet, limited fluids, and safe exercise. The patient must slow down and adapt emotionally and intellectually to the condition.
The Little Black Clock, John, and Peggy sit before a large bonfire as townsfolk add sticks. The Clock explains he turned back time to shape the event, and neighbors believe everyone in the neighborhood had a part, though the reason remains mysterious.
American fathers have little time for children but any time spent with kids aids development. Fathers influence boys by shaping identity and girls by modeling admirable male traits. Even brief, well spent weekends and shared fun with children helps, when done with the right spirit.
A whimsical fragment depicts Puff and a taxi amid a misread carnival of names, followed by a vintage recipe section listing spice mixtures and cucumber rings with steps for sterilizing jars and glazing slices.
The page lists a dinner menu featuring baked sliced ham with potatoes and buttered turnips, bread, fruit, and pickles with cucumber salad. It describes steps to bake ham and potatoes, and suggests garnishing with parsley. A warm neighborhood bonfire anecdote follows, with Peggy and the Little Black Clock remarking on bonfires' beauty and history.
Mah ole mu ke runned over de pahon dis maw h tim! En ef he a un lost he lig iom he sho mis placed it fur a few minutes.
A fragmented political sketch highlights a South Carolina senator nicknamed Cotton Ed for deep cotton farming knowledge. Norris of Nebraska and Sm ith are noted for influence and long study of cotton economics shaping Southern policy. The piece traces his rise from farmer to influential organizer with decades of agricultural focus.
The article recounts Senator Smith reflecting on his fourth term and Civil War era experiences. It notes his election of Beakman to a major committee, leadership roles under a Republican administration, and chairmanship of an interstate commerce panel during his third term. It mentions his Republican ally from Town, a potential post candidate, and ties to the Esch-Cummins law alongside family ministerial connections.
The New York memoir sketches glamor on Fifth and Madison avenues and recalls past stars like Cagney and Ziegfeld. It notes seasonal business vigor, ongoing amusement ventures, and shifts in public taste while touching on figures such as Dorothy Goff and Clara Bow, and mentions performers, psychologists, and social observers amid a city colored by memory and glamour.
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