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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1924
Page
5
Henry Thiescher, Columbus county tax assessor, spent a few days in Eagle Lake for daily duties. Joss Westmoreland of Houston and Willms of Columbus mingled with locals during this visit.
Local notes report the duck hunting season ending at sundown Thursday amid heavy rainfall and damaged fields. Farmers, roads, and nearby communities are described as affected, with several fields still waterlogged and ducks scarce due to continued rains.
A flood of names appears in the city notices with Fan Hendrigue authorized to add Mr. Re V. Westmerprint as a candidate for re election at Mayne et the jn Take, subject to primary reviews and city election rules. The notice lists alderman candidates and related officials, including Mr. B.A. Loliver as prescott and references to voting, locations, and procedures in Bugle Lake and nearby locales.
Hastings Seeds advertises a 1924 Seed Book of the South with hundreds of photos, claiming the catalog is the best for the region. It promises 1024 free seed packets for each customer and urges readers to request the catalog by postcard to be mailed back to Atlanta, Georgia.
A garbled OCR fragment lists gatherings and visits across families and neighbors. It references Mr. tinerge Bruivp and Miss Renpstigk-Shuly, mentions SLU and Woden area stops, and several unnamed households as they hosted or visited kin over a long weekend.
A garbled but readable report describes Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand showing at Rex theatre. It notes scenes with bullfighting imagery and Valentino's dramatic posing as critics compare the film to a Wild affair with Spanish settings and vivid action.
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