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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1938
Page
5
Fragmented OCR item from a 19th century newspaper lists Beckman's Drug Store offering a jar of Black Hawk Oinimest with price 1.09 and other notes for local trade. Mentions names A J Keonsling Garwood Tex and various obscure products.
A public sale will occur on the first Tuesday in May 1931 at the courthouse door in Columbus Texas for the property of T Barburger and B Hamburger. The sale follows a court order issued April 24, 1931, under a February 4 1938 judgment for $2024.36 plus interest at 8 percent. The described parcel lies in Colorado County Texas part of the F Feels survey near Live Oak and a Clower homestead line.
Readable excerpts describe a dire drop in Texas cotton quality and the response by the five year Cotton Improvement Program. It highlights single variety communities, seed standardization, cooperative ginning, county efforts in Harrison and Marshall, and regional push by chambers of commerce to raise staple length and uniformity amid boll weevil pressure.
Miss Glenna Holloway of Eagle Lake, connected with Kingsville High School English, was elected chairwoman of the Journalism Department at the South Texas State Teachers Association meeting in Brownsville. Holloway is sponsor of The Bray Round-Up, EKingsville High School’s official paper, which won second honors from the Guillard Bere International Honorary Society for High School Newspapers.
Leaders including Burris Jackson of Hillsboro call for government aid to advance single-variety cotton plans. Proposals include experimental seed strain testing, financial help for participating growers, and seed-breeding regulations. The piece stresses agricultural reform as crucial to counter U.S. and Texas cotton decline and restore global standing.
Rev Herbert G Travis of the Presbyterian Church at Ght Wood writes the Headlight praising last week's Shredu grid Patch es. The pastor notes Mr Logan hit the truth and that his articles are always mood. Pennington has returned from San Antonio after weeks with specialists awaiting further treatment. Friends hope she may be seen Brow Strong again. Mr and Mrs John Kentney and their young daughter were dinner guests Thursday at the home of Mrs Edgar Litzman in Cotum QL.
The Presbyterian Auxiliary met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. B. We Hanly with mutt salad, baked goods and tea. Next Tuesday they will meet at the church for regular business and a program. On April 6 Easter weekend they plan a food sale with pastries and other items. Mrs. JF & Cally travelled to Houston for several days with Dr. and Mrs. W. Goulker and family.
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