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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1935
Page
2
An 1935 revival notice calls for Methodist churchgoers to attend next week and to hear Evangelist Haskew. The editor quotes sharp remarks about revival tactics and community behavior, urging both clergy and laity to participate and reflect on propriety and piety.
Editor Horace Wilkinson laments the death of a family dog named Bingo, hit by an automobile this morning. The piece contrasts human self-interest with the dog’s unselfish loyalty, noting the boy’s playmate’s loss leaves a gap in their lives.
The passage notes Jota Henry Singleton as a lively, active fisherman and elder statesman of The Ledger. It mentions his persona as a gentleman and hints at his involvement with Methodist preacher Rev W. Pickerstaff and a forthcoming revival at the church next week.
Fragmentary oddities and stray phrases hint at a humorous or satirical item about Batchelor's Buttons, autos, and social musings. The text interleaves garbled lines about hay fever cures, wealth, industry, and a bent, quizzical tone typical of a newspaper light column.
The Dothan Journal urges county readers to enforce lights on horse drawn wagons after dark to prevent accidents. It warns of rising deaths from unlighted wagons and calls for farmer cooperation with traffic laws for everyone’s protection.
A sports note highlights a lone contender who can challenge Jon Louis in the prize ring at Pop Eye. The piece previews a potential workout battle, naming the aspiring boxer as the standout on the horizon.
Twenty years ago items show H Hill appointed rollester by Gov Henderson for the Judielel circuit including Houston Henry and Geneva counties. Pearce named judge. Mrs Owens and others attend Baptist association at Little Vine church in North Dothan. Weekly honor roll lists Second grade students. Letter of appreciation from W B Atkinson of Dothan thanks The Eagle for cooperation on building a new Methodist church and items for the North Dothan area.
A Denver dispatch surveys relief burdens in Colorado with 100000 on relief and 200000 supported, many Mexicans in beet fields. It notes construction and skilled labor shortages, revived mining towns, and possible reopening of properties with financiers like Raabok and Pittman. Public sentiment shifts on tax protests and currency issues amid broader economic strains and a Knox movement backdrop.
A New York Letter from 0.0. McVitted offers vivid vignettes of wash day poverty, a gossiping barbershop, a transatlantic barbershop romance, and casual observations of urban life. The author recalls Hannah, Joe, temperance ditties, and odd jobs, interlaced with notes on dining, entertainment, and local politics.
Dr. Ingo Goldstein surveys how external heat has been used as a medicinal agent from ancient Greek and Roman baths through the Middle Ages to modern times. Heat affects sweating, lung aeration, metabolism, and the nervous system, with local warming devices and systemic warmth producing varied physiological responses.
English actress May Courtneidge explains her life in Hollywood while on loan to Metro from Gaumont-British. She praises her daughter and comments on husband Jack Hulbert and their plans to join her for the homeward trip.
Visitors recall Gov Ed Johnson who came to Colorado twenty five years ago to cure tuberculosis. A six foot two inch, 200 pound Swede born in Scandia Massachusetts he writes in Swedish for Scandinavian friends. He traveled widely in the state and sometimes flies planes when field permits though not officially a pilot. He aimed to be a railroad executive but health restored in the mountains led him to homestead in northwestern Colorado. Elected lieutenant governor in 1920 and governor in 1932, he reflects for two more years in 1934. Their only child Grace attends public high school.
Funeral for Mano Evans 38 prominent Graceville farmer held at Damascus church with Rev Floyd Cherry officiating. He died Friday after prolonged illness at a local hospital. Survived by wife Trudie Evans and son Floyd and four daughters. Also survived by multiple siblings and in laws. Burial at church cemetery, Fellows and Forrester in charge.
A Mary Graham piece recounts a village panel where Willy Nily defends a prank by water hose and animals at a sideshow. The crowd noises reveal suspicion of the odd performer and his troupe. The scene ends with shouts to eject the allegedly crazy man.
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