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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1922
Page
8
Mr E 1 Mooney and family plan to move to Houston. The text mentions preparations and arrangements for the move and notes relatives and associates involved in the process.
Colada County advertises for road patrolmen on all county roads this week under county patrol law. The sheriff urges interested applicants to apply before January 8 for contracts as the county has about 300 miles of public roads and roughly 250 patrolmen.
W. J. Martin advertises a new wood-yard on his lot near Bugle Lake Water and Light Plant. He offers delivery of all kinds of firewood in 2 foot and 4 foot lengths and invites customers to call 131 for orders.
Columbus Tex Dec 20 Work on the New River Bridge progresses with steel erection for the superstructure well under way and rivet work started. Creosoted piles for the south abutment driven, falsework heats in the river, and a 200 foot gap being filled by a rivet and pile crew.
A new drive in filling station is planned on the highway between Sap tracks and the Sanu Fe line near Eagle Lake. The Ming station will cover about 500 square feet of cement floor with a 30 by 30 foot main building and a 16 by 40 foot annex, aiming to open within sixty days. Ben Hanly to resign as Remington salesman to manage the station, with Lyle Phillips returning from Galveston to Texas.
County records show flood damage in Colorado County from the 1922 river overflow totaling about 320 909 dollars with 17 746 acres flooded. Crop losses include 3000 cotton acres valued at 29 000, 2757 corn acres valued at 51 797, and 979 acres of various weaker crops totaling 10 801. Additional costs cover fences, buildings, and reclamation with many farms facing extensive outlays and credit strain.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference grasses cane sorghum and Sudan grass with some darss peas and melons. No clear event, dates, or people are identifiable to form a full news item.
A Houston Chronicle piece by Judd Mortimer Lewis reflects on Christmas as a universal call to love amid world strife. It contrasts children’s simple joys with adults’ prayers for peace and compassion during the season. A separate listing offers a furnished room for rent at the Sam Davidson home via Robert Martin.
The speaker notes diversification among farmers with crops like peanuts and sweet potatoes, calling this concrete evidence that farming is not limited to cotton. This reflects a shift in agricultural focus and economic strategy.
The Weimar Mercury staff Brooks and Yoder publish an eight page two column Christmas Greetings section. The edition earns praise for its quality and for providing liberal space to merchants and judges. The piece notes local enthusiasm and questions Eagle Lake and Columbus about hosting the county fair. Citizens urged to support the fair locally to avoid it moving elsewhere.
A tonic claim asserts Grove's Tasteless Tonic purifies and enriches the blood with iron and quinine. Advertised as energizing and appetite boosting, it is described as pleasant for children and believed to destroy malarial and grip germs through its strengthening effect.
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