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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1923
Page
4
Fragmented comic vignettes mix quips about lovers and doctors with drunken escapades and rural humor. Characters include a teasing bachelor, a clever nurse, a wary minister, and a prankish yokel, all delivering quick one liners and farcical exchanges amid a collage of slangy banter and street chatter.
A Syruphonic laxative named LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN promises relief from habitual constipation within 14 to 21 days. It is advertised as pleasant to take and to be used regularly to stimulate and regulate bowel action. A 60 cent bottle is noted.
A patchwork newspaper item blends a jail yard courtroom scene with a lively church sermon and Christmas social notes. The tale includes a minister’s threat of eternal damnation, a juror’s question about a stolen watch, a boastful preacher winning over a congregation, and local holiday visits and travel among townsfolk and families from Daletsville Dallas and Houston.
Shewhes Hollyward, capital by filmdinn, presents a stage description of Hollywood life. The plot follows McLothin and Condon staffers in a community studio setting, with Joel Whitaker sent west for health. Angela, granddaughter of Whitaker, arrives seeking stardom as the family moves to California and finds the film world both comic and sorrowful.
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