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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1924
Page
2
A gathering Saturday evening honored the new minister and his wife, E. W. Mitchell, with a cordial reception as church friends welcomed the clerical couple. Terse remarks and warm greetings marked the quiet, friendly event hosted by the faith community.
A County Fate Association meeting is scheduled to convene in Columbus. Officials invite members to attend a business session to discuss upcoming plans and organizational matters.
An old advertisement touts 666 as a medicine for malaria chills fever dengue and bilious fever claiming it kills the germs. The text presents 666 as a universal cure across several tropical illnesses.
The Tuer Rotary Club hosted Rev. C. Quin coadjutor of the Diocese of Texas as their guest for a week's mission. The event included remarks on Eagle Lake and Rotary matters, with reports from JC Thomas on a recent state conference and notes on club prospects and international Rotary approval in Chicago.
Fitzgerald shines in season opener at home delivering three hits and three runs batted in as city fans follow daily reports on the diamond. Sugar for sale section appears in Harry Landa’s ad.
Fort San Houston reports the Sth Corps Area approved Eagle Lake residents Percy Parker Silson Penn Bentley William Ford and others for the 1924 Citizens Military Training Camp. Camp runs August at Port Sat Hove ton with government pay. Prior trainees Foeh Bentley Ney excelled. Pay Kee attends summer camp. Colorado County chairman RT Westmore invites applicants to Fort San Houston.
The Christian churches of Eagle Lake and Nottawa hold a joint Easter Sunday service in McCarty grove south of town on April 20. Sunday School starts at 10 AM in the woods, with Bro J Wy King to preach, followed by a picnic dinner. All welcome and asked to bring a basket.
Report describes fields of wildflowers along the Altair road about four miles from town on the right, noting blooms of every color and kind, admired by many visitors and partygoers who stop to view and gather bouquets along the route between Bay and the Colorado river.
Plans are laid for the State Centennial Committees meeting covering the 15th Senatorial District to be held at Columbus courthouse. Five counties are represented with at least two delegates each. Delegates elected last week include Pater and A. P. Hinton. Wo Keim and Re Grobe serve as alternates. B. H. Meinert is county secretary. The session opens Saturday at 2 p.m. on April LachAtie.2.
A tax collector rebuts a small property owner’s complaint by enumerating city services and protections funded by the tax. He argues the $54 annual levy secures sewers, water, fire protection, schools, a library, hospital access, and infrastructure, urging the man to spend his money where it does the most good.
Rev A T Townsley opened a revival at Washington Avenue Church Houston last Sunday preaching two sermons with Monday sessions. He spoke at a noon Monday luncheon of the Houston Ministerial Association and planned to resume Tuesday morning. Local notes thank J G Thomas for jotting items from the meeting while absent from town.
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