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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1930
Page
3
A jumble of comic quips and sketches features observations on teachers, policemen, romance, dialect, and everyday mishaps. The piece includes jokes about looks and manners, a dental exam for promotion, a preacher's sermon, census talk, a wolf hunt note, and lively vignettes from social life in a small town.
The Texas census unit lists 41 questions for residents, covering relationship, home ownership or rent, value or rent, health and literacy, school attendance, immigration, birthplace, marital status, and reading or writing ability. The questions aim to collect detailed household data with penalties for nonresponse or false answers, and address a range from basic demographics to residence details.
Ad copy promotes a urinary health product Cystex with claims of fast results. It targets bladder irregularities and related pains, urging readers to visit Beckipan's Drug Store for purchase. The text imitates early 20th century medicine advertising tone.
East Bernard hosts the Kubula Hatchery opening January 16 with eggs sold Mondays and Thursdays and a selection of baby chicks. Visitors welcome. sales ads include various local offerings and notices from Chesterville to Austin.
Mrs Wilimi Maw Mooney of San Antonio formerly of Bayle Take witnessed a Baptist ceremony. The bride wore a gown with lace and pearls. The groom was attended by his wife and relatives offered congratulations as the couple planned to reside in San Antonio.
A county agent reports a shift to business farming in Colorado, with terraces rising, more baby beeves finished for market, and increased plans for feed crops, dairy, and poultry, signaling a move toward profit-focused agriculture. A local dispute over Herefords is mentioned as an aside.
The article extols an agricultural state with a mild climate and abundant land sold at moderate prices, urging men of moderate means to seek home building in a land of opportunity. Sunday visitors Fred Tevket Ruth Grp, Jy Schmitt and Sono Master-Schmitt toured Glidden, noting a four room house for rent near town and a school block away.
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