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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1923
Page
9
Fragmented readable text describes a bank robber connected to a past crime. Nineteen years in prison have brought changes. Nurses at a sanitarium note the cray-haired alton now forty years old, with a speech that hints at a deranged past. Local officials contemplate traces of the shooter as they debate a tense pursuit.
Sunday program notes list of performances and speakers including Fred Howard and Dick Putney. Gathright introduces Ranl's Enemies while Clabhorn Hrower and Ellison Beath perform vocal pieces. Herman Boothe and Lorene Brower appear with a military theme and a stirring solo.
Dr A P Rauney shares a doughnut recipe from Beekeepers Item. Mix flour salt batter honey raishis and baking soda dissolved in sweet milk to form a dough. Roll out bake in oil create a cake with a hole, resulting in fine longhauts.
In GEO and TIERDER regions an overseer is announced to be available after a delay. The text notes no Seth on Sunday and outlines a remaining plan for the following days.
Limited run of English White Leghorn stock from the Poulerels strain by Gon Hancock, son of the Arkansas Belle, who has a 326 cent record in twelve months. Address C H McCormick Box 411 Eagle Lake Texas.
Colorado County Texas notices a sale of land under a district court order and writ of possession issued after a 1923 judgment in favor of C Wendlandt against Willis Ray and Annie Ray. The description covers a 104 acre tract near Eagle Lake, with vendor’s lien foreclosure, sale set for January 1 1924 at the Colorado County courthouse, cash bid to highest bidder, by Sheriff Adam Buruschell and Deputy J P Wegenhoft.
J A Harbert of Columbus sold 220 bales of cotton through Larsen and Smith of El Campo at 23 3/4 cents delivering at Houston. The sale grossed $37,600, with the cotton from Harbert's large Altair area farm. Other items include ads for Towell's Garage Oldsmobile and a posted rice farm, plus local social notes.
Bella Binks, colored, sister of Myrah Byers, was struck by a train at Sugarland last Monday and seriously injured. She is now hospitalized there. The community fears for the baby of Mrs. Jessie Risen, formerly Miss Jessie Vineyard, who is very ill in New Orleans with pneumonia and diphtheria. The child was taken to New Orleans ten weeks ago for growth operations on vocal organs.
A posted notice claims Neblett and Nat Matthews control on the Matthews plantation land and warns against trespassing pecan gathering or hunting with prosecution. It notes damaged tent houses and offers a $10 reward for information leading to conviction of those responsible. Authorities seek leads to identify guilty parties.
Garwood educator Imandr Chapnung teaches in Rosenberg during the current session and enjoys a holiday visit with Mrs. J. P. Miss Chapninght in Lake schools. Kodak Films developed daily by J. F. Ulery.
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