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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1934
Page
1
An advance man for a traveling circus reports strong business in mill towns as the NRA lifts worker pay to 12 and 14 4 per week with families benefiting. He claims textile strikes were staged by “bums” and “hoodlums” while workers stayed home.
The piece notes Jackie Cooper’s sharp tongue on women and recalls a Dothan story where a quiet boy, once picked up by a couple, quips about not having a girl. Now a well-dressed, neck-clean man, he dates nightly, a humorous claim of evolution.
A collection of pithy maxims and aphorisms attributed to W. C. Batchelor with short quips on human nature, friendship, self restraint, and moral retrogression. Notes on sayings include reference to gas prices and moral measures.
Citizens have blocked the county board from accepting bids for corrugated sewer pipe amid a dispute over price. Board members Burkett Snell Clark favor bids between 8 900 and 9 000 dollars while Whiddon and Williams favor cheaper options. The sixth member Terry has not yet stated a view. The County Road Supervisor’s office lists delivered prices: corrugated metal 18 inch 1.56 per foot and 24 inch 2.51 per foot. concrete 0.90 per foot delivered countywide.
New York scene notes roam from Broadway’s Damon and Pythias to talks on pipe types in Houston County. Readers hear about Frank Crowninshield, Grantland Rice, Hendrik Van Loon, Babe Ruth, and performers like Chic Sales while pipe costs and local politics mix with city humor and literary chatter.
Washington dispatch outlines Johnson Brandeis meetings from May last year through this year. Brandeis advised resignation. Johnson did not heed, keeping self from legal questions. Also notes Roosevelt sublets, Olympic travel, and Liberty League fundraising chatter amid Washington gossip.
Michael Duran author of Provisional Liberty in Saint-Georges has challenged cabaret singer Augustin Martini to a duel with the right foot as the weapon, each to strike ten times. Martini offered to kick Duran and explain afterward. Duran accepted on a dueling basis and proposed a handicap to compensate for a larger target.
Jack Donahue returned from court where he paid a $2 fine for a stop signal violation then halted his car mid street and showed the officer he was obeying the law. He was fined $5 for obstructing traffic in Hollywood Dispatch to Variety.
A humorous verse notes a laundress pursuing weak joints and removing buttons at key points, presenting a playful, theatrical image of domestic mischief in a witty, archaic tone. The line highlights practical mischief rather than moral judgment.
The Buffalo Times notes the 4 Legion convention will be held in Rochester next year and local hotels have begun arranging movables for the event.
A preacher compares human nature to a farmer with two horses and a wagon to show the driver inside us must choose the white horse for life and the black horse for depravity. He warns that soul pneumonia—congested souls—prevents salvation, urges gentle handling of others on trains, and ends with a tale of a Alabama couple where temperance calmed after a well rescue.
The piece notes diplomatic irritation between Britain and the United States over the king's name being dragged into a Senate munitions committee inquiry and hints at General Johnson initiating private outreach to Roosevelt to improve ties with industrial leaders, while businessmen doubt his official role.
A small town’s parent teacher group led local reforms focusing on physical and material aspects of education. They pushed for new school buildings and modern equipment, but high costs limited teacher quality and class sizes often reached sixty. Young mothers drove reform despite limited higher education experience.
In a debate over aviation prominence New Jersey argues Newark’s airport is the world’s busiest and deserves broader publicity. The feature discusses feasibility of New York area airfields a Hudson river field or a harbor floating terminal, costs, logistics, and how Jersey’s branding may shift attention from New York.
Fragmentary notes describe plans to modernize a school with new lights and equipment. Mentions older gear and a desire to compensate for shortcomings. No clear dates or named entities emerge from the readable text.
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