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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1930
Page
2
Fragmented text notes distrust of local directories for shopping and a critique of advertising practices. It mentions an air circus by merchants, praise for the local newspaper’s ad staff, and a brief reprint from the Pearsall Leader about Eagle Lake High School publications.
Community life notes from Wharton and area include Alma Schoelman winning a Jersey calf prize, visits by families to Frels and Little, church cornerstone event in El Campo, and a long opinion piece arguing small town Chambers of Commerce should pick one yearly program to fund and complete.
A doctor endorses Thoxine as a non gargle medicine that targets the internal cause of sore throat. It pledges faster relief than any prior remedy, offers refunds, and is available in 5c 60c and $1.00 bottles sold by druggists for the whole family.
Mr. W. A. Baumert of this city, chief engineer at the ice plant, marries Miss Melanie Harbarth of Seguin in Sealy on Wednesday November 26. The couple, now living with Miss Mary Otter, receive best wishes from The Headlight amid a local ad for 100 pound sacks of chicken feed at the Bag’s Laie Rice Mill.
An outsider asks a Native about local liquor supply. The Native recalls a past water shutoff that went unnoticed until a town fire revealed it. Beckman’s Drug Store advertises gifts including perfume, candy, stationery, and leather novelties.
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