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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1929
Page
3
H T Pennington and G F Pennington act as executors of the last will and testament of T B Pennington deceased. S M Gaines serves as attorney for the executors.
One house and lot in the City of Dothan Houston County Alabama bounded north by W W Hawk east by Alice Street south by Mary Mourning and west by Flowers containing one half acre more or less formerly owned by Alex Newman deceased sail sale being made for the purpose of partition and distribution
Houston County registrars publish a detailed schedule for electors to register under the 1927 act. The list covers Precincts 3 through 14 across towns such as Dothan Webb Cowarts Ashford Crosby Grangeburg Gordon Pansy Columbia Bentley Dupree Kinsey Vicksburg Jellico Brannon Stand Hathorn Taylor Piney Grove Madrid Clark School House Cottonwood Hodgesville Cameron Keytop and additional dates from Oct 1 to Nov 4 1929. The notice states eligibility age of 21 before the next general election and that registration occurs only at the courthouse or home precinct of residence.
The Strand announces a mixed program starting Monday with Maciste in The Hero of the Circus and Hot Tires. The week continues Tuesday with Do Your Duty and Only a Husband, plus Tarzan the Mighty. Friday offers The Phantom City and No Picnic, with next Sunday featuring Manhattan Knights and Barbara Bedford.
Walter Miller and Crawford Kent star in Alca z ar with Eddie Leonard in Melody Lane. Josephine Dunn, Jane La Verne and Huntley Gordon join the cast in a talking revue. Midweek sees Alice Terry in 3 Passions with Clare Eames. Drake Case headlines Friday and Saturday plus Street Girl all week with Betty Compson. cast includes Gladys Brockwell and Forest Stanley.
Chicago dispatch reports Napegruk, an Eskimo naturalist licensed by the Arctic, agrees to exile for nine months to collect mammal and bird specimens. He travels to White Island off Alaska, under the Chicago Academy of Science, as King Island remains largely unstudied. The inhospitable isle is icebound most of the year and home to about a dozen Eskimo families.
Ruth Nichols finishes a solo airplane tour covering 46 states. She organized ten aviation clubs during the journey and traveled a total of 12,000 hours across the United States.
Mrs S. Foster, 76, arrives in Syracuse from Chicago by plane with her son and granddaughter to visit relatives. The trip marks a family reunion aspect as they travel to New York state.
Classified note announces an all talking comedy titled Mickey's Midnight Frolic with Fox Movietone News and next Sunday's presentation featuring Milton Sills in His captive Woman.
A young Irish wolfhound named Brian, owned by James MacKenzie of Lima, is described as 1 month old, 175 pounds and seven feet high on his haunches with 35 inch shoulder height. He is slated to be entered in cage day shows in New York and Chicago this winter.
Topeka officials investigated liquor in private homes amid scattered reports of alcohol and evidence of plastered walls. A newspaper column noted the issue as authorities scrutinize domestic scenes and enforcement possibilities.
Government warnings on lightning toll highlight 309 lives lost and $895,000,000 in property damage in the United States. Officials issued a code for protection and scientists urge better understanding and measures to safeguard people, buildings, trees and livestock. The danger is usually small but can be avoided under certain circumstances.
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