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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1930
Page
2
A garbled excerpt presents a mosaic of quoted voices and stray phrases. Conversations touch on marriage, money, work, and everyday concerns, with snippets about an inherited fortune, a salesman, a chemist, and a grocer. The result feels like a collage from a crowded marketplace or letter column with disjointed bits.
Sealy News reports the death of Myr Beckmann at age 61 after a five month illness. Born February 8 1863 in Pittsburgh Germany he died Wednesday evening. Funeral services were held at the family home and burial followed at Sealy cemetery. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs Walter Leahy of Sealy two brothers Frederick Kenney and Leo Bogly and a sister Mrs Albert Freitag Wallis with many relatives and friends offering condolences.
Congressman A A Mansfield of Columbus visited Sealy on Wednesday, accompanied by Alec Jones Justice of the Peace and John Orymella of Bernardo. They met at Sealy State Bank with cashier Mr. Aairs to discuss a claim against the U S Veterans Bureau while local residents Mr and Mrs O McCarty drove to San Antonio with daughter Mrs C J Jennings for a family visit.
The report mentions T W Hiltmer of Columbus and candidate Torsherif of Colorado in a run off on August 2 as well as a county primary visitor last Friday. It also notes a Southern Pacific passenger train whistling near Eagle Lake around seven p m and references Mr and Mrs Lee Larson visiting Sealy where they run a Toller skating rink.
An advertisement urges readers to try Cystex for bladder irritation affecting sleep and discomforts like backache and leg pain. It promises fast improvement and a money back guarantee if no relief, urging purchase at Beckman's Drug Store in Fresh Rodae I at a Fulery.
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