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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1922
Page
5
A damaged note asks subscribers to renew, noting mail delays and expiring subs. The message thanks supporters and requests timely checks, referencing South Texas and local sheriffs noted for prompt service.
Lakeside Irrigation Co undertakes removal of an unsafe flume and replacement with dirt canal to connect lake water supply to the main canal crossing a public road. The upgrade expands capacity and strengthens the plant, which has seen several substantial improvements in recent years. Also notes Mrs. W E Lenhart’s Houston trip with sister Mrs. Gertrude Malcomson, who was recently operated on at St Joseph's Hospital.
In Birmingham Alabama on November 29 Sam Black a furniture company porter narrowly avoids a Thanksgiving mishap when a live turkey flies down and he embraces it claiming the bird was sent by the Lord. Nearby, his employer is present as the bird is secured in Sam Black’s arms during a comic moment of harvest feast luck. The item blends into a church schedule note with Bible School and service announcements. Additional regional notes reference hunting mishaps and a large wild cat incident in the Borden area and a birth, with social congratulations from the Weimar Mercury and Villista.
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