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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1929
Page
4
A fragmentary narrative portrays a farmer’s descent into ruin as mortgage and foreclosure devastate his home. Loss of crops, waning hope, and a solitary ache precede a harsh conclusion while neighbors and kin drift through mentions of local figures and distant ties.
Seed packaging note lists Garden Seedy and lower Seedy items sold at Vie Engelhard's Cash and Carry, priced at 210.00. The fragment indicates a catalog line or stock description with monetary value.
The Grocers Alliance plans the first national radio convention for its wholesale and retail members. Mass meetings will be held in 32 states Monday night, directed from a New York studio via Columbia National Broadcasting. The event spans from the Great Lakes to the Gulf and includes a TGA Symphony broadcast.
Max M. Landa told officers his home was entered Monday night by a burglar. An overcoat was taken after entry through a rear door opened with a skeleton key. the door was left ajar. The incident occurred during a cold spell and involved a persistent local burglar.
Eagles travel to Weimar for final warmup before county tourney and edge Wildcats 24 to 16 on an outdoor court. Kelly led scoring with 14 points, Wallace added 8, Terry Wall added 4, while Webmar’s Janek was top scorer for the Wildcats with 6.
Dan Clinton reports a series of four day poultry meetings in Colorado County with Mrs. W Waters of Weimar and Dr. T E C Von Rosenberg outlining topics. Sessions cover chick raising housing feeding and disease control with scheduled talks by numerous local agents and experts across Weimar Ferdinand Schnelter Osage and other towns from Feb 18 to 21 1929.
Victor F. Schoffelmayer reports from Ballas News on a 150 acre Hiley peach orchard along the Jin Hogg Highway south of Tyler in Smith County. The four year old trees yield about $20,000 worth of peaches at rising prices, with twenty five carloads marketed at $2.60 a bushel, underscoring profitable perch growing on white windy topsoil and yellow clay subsoil.
Leo Yaron expresses interest in acquiring bogs weighing 125 pounds and related items, outlining a purchase plan and potential terms in a brief inquiry.
Emil Jannings stars in Line of the Fathers at Rex Theatre Sunday and Monday February 17 18 with a strong supporting cast including Rath Chatterton and ZaSu Pitts as the story follows a German American bootlegger and his rise and fall. The film balances drama and tragedy without glorifying crime.
Burt Ceaser Zara married Homer after a savage sequence in Eden. He attacked Hower with an axe, killing none, then shot himself. Both men and Homer survived, Burt was convicted for assault with intent to murder, receiving five years with suspended sentence. Time heals scars, and Turk and Homer wed in a turnabout. Hotel owners clustered nearby plan to move to Sugar Land as building is put up for rent. (Names and places reflect local story details.)
Rental notice for the Cilllson Lotes property partly furnished. For details contact Ki Blneilah or 0) Ki. Mefiltinuer, 10-4f.
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