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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1930
Page
9
A farmer earned about one dollar per hour from growing black eyed peas. Albert Collins raised 72 acres and sold the crop after paying one fourth in meat, five cents per 100 for picking, and other seed and expense costs while charging for labor and equipment use.
A mosaic of humorous vignettes and cartoons from a bygone page. Jokes about detours, dogs, kisses, teachers and stage gossip mingle with sailor and travel quirks. A lively collage of regional dialect, punchlines, and light social observations.
A visitor quizzes a class on fishnet fibers while a bright boy smiles. A brakeman softly treats a girl with warmth at the lunch counter and warns her from a risky bend in the curve. The scene shifts to two expert golfers observed nearby.
Texas and South Dakota are singled out for inadequate birth and death registration. The state health department has run a campaign since spring to improve registries by August 1, aiming for a readiness test by the U S census bureau. The piece also notes military registration during World War I.
A health department bulletin urges nationwide birth and death registration to improve civil and military records and public health. It notes benefits for individuals in business, insurance, professions, and government. validates age for education, voting, travel, and nationality. and supports disease control, life expectancy, and estate settlements.
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