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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1934
Page
1
Subscription rates listed for mail editions in Osthan Alabama. One year six dollars, six months eight dollars, three months one dollar and fifty cents. Plus contact details for advertising and news departments. The quote reflects party loyalty humor from Liston Elkins in The Waycross Journal-Herald.
A proposed move for Alabama's incoming legislature argues to cut long established public fees. It notes instruments and records now profit from faster, typed processes, with 15 cents per hundred words often paid despite minimal writing. It cites counting costs, printed records, and slow rates harming citizens and officials alike.
The article questions Charles Lindbergh's reluctance to speak to reporters after forced landings in Kansas. It argues reporters serve editors and must cover his flights, and that Lindbergh cannot avoid public attention without harming the news value of his travels. The piece defends press access and criticizes Lindbergh's refusals.
Eagle readers invited to contribute to this column with short paragraphs about pet items. Submissions may be anonymous and printed without attribution. Address: Hathelor's Buttons C 0 Tha Ththean Karla SOM.
New York observers note Hollywood designers and a debased dollar shift Paris fashion influence to America. Large New York stores scout Paris for fall looks while London ateliers and Molyneaux cater to international clients. Parisians and French tourism surge to the U.S. amid exchange turmoil.
News Behind the News notes a confidential sample poll suggesting Roosevelt’s majority may have declined from 61 to about 50 percent. Analysts caution sample size and non-public results limit value. 10,000 votes versus 1.7 million in the main poll, with no firm conclusions.
The Brewton Standard argues that state and local paper fees for records and service are outdated, built on slow horse and buggy travel. It notes officials are within rights but calls for legislative action in 1935 to adjust fees to be fair to the public and officers across Alabama’s 67 counties.
A health column presents misc data about human anatomy and physiology in list form. It covers total capillary length, blood weight, red and white cell counts, hair quantities by region and color, daily hair shed ranges by age, nail growth differences, and pulse rate trends from birth to adolescence with gender and body size effects. Tomorrow-Paittacosis.
Isabel a reserved child learns to express affection with her mother. The mother notices the lack of emotional outlet risks isolation and unhappiness. They deliberately practice showing affection until it becomes a habit, shaping Isabel’s responsiveness.
A fragment notes a character saying she admires Dr Howe who prefers to be mistaken for no one else in the world, even over Dr Wirt. The line hints at rivalry or likeness between the two physicians and fans tension within a local social circle.
In Lexington James Farris a Ne gro man was fined ten dollars by Judge Clyde O Burt on a charge of fishing with corn bait to trap chickens behind a yard fence.
In Clarksburg West Virginia Frank Rhex marked a one year anniversary after an operation. The gathering included the surgeon who performed the procedure a lawyer who unsettled an estate a reporter who did not write an obituary and an undertaker who did not attend.
Patrolman James Summers resigns to become a crooner with a New York orchestra after a long lonely beat. Captain Jen king announced the move as Summers pursued a quieter life in music.
A summer training session for the national guardsmen at Fort McClellan Alabama was paused for nearly a full day due to the wedding of a private and his childhood sweetheart. The article discusses parenting and emotional expression in children while noting the unusual delay caused by the ceremony.
A New York tale recalls an insurance agent named Arnold Belais who hunted for a nickel vanished from a pay booth after a department store visit. The 20 booths were checked, and the coin emerged from the twentieth. Also noted is John Sminkles, an immigrant jailed for burning a protesting mural against Theodore Roosevelt and the New Deal.
In a South Africa related report officials describe the harbor facilities under state control with investments totaling millions. The document cites $235,000 in annual fiscal activity and $86,000,000 invested across three projects, noting government funding and coastwise trade implications.
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