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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1938
Page
2
A collage of jokes and light anecdotes spans Irish, Scottish, and American humor with everyday fallout. Scattered snippets feature parlor quips, a stenographer punchline, and wry observations on aging, labor, and politics, all flavored by early 20th century newspaper tone.
A huge sack of Pillsbury's Best flour weighing 235 pounds 7 ounces was won by Bert Larmer after he guessed the sack's exact weight at the QP Store event last Saturday. Nearby prizes went to Mrs. Jake Wood second and Mrs. Henry Busse third.
A report by the All-South Development Council outlines 1938 spending plans totaling 4.45 billion for expansion and production across eight basic industries. The automobile sector leads with nearly 1 billion for materials and tools in H2, plus 140 million for factory equipment. Utilities, steel, chemicals, railroads, foods, textiles, and petroleum follow with large capital outlays, promising ripple effects for Texas and potential new branch plants as expansion spreads.
Looking Backward t JULY 4 1914 Oscar B Colquitt Texas governor will address voters of Eagle Lake and community at the park tonight in support of James Ferguson Temple candidate for governor Frank Feleman owner of Frank Stephens Company store and Miss Elsie Ford Puller daughter of Mr and Mrs J Puller married at bride's parents home Rev J A Stephen officiated The T L Smith family vacationing at Sylvan Beach Eloise Frazar Alice Putney returned from Wharton Miss Sophia and Master Leon Daily visiting relatives in Houston Mrs Hayes Stephens and Mrs Horace McRee returned from three weeks in El Paso They visited Cloudcroft and nearby sites Miss Ann Powers Temple will visit relatives here for two weeks.
The push to stimulate industry in Texas gains citizen support and hinges on American industry's capacity and willingness to launch new programs. The survey’s findings encourage and advocate official backing for Texas’ industrial drive.
Mrs Josephine Pourner married Lawrence Tate son of Mr and Mrs J M Tate in a 10 am Wednesday June 22 wedding at the Methodist pastor’s home in Glen Flora with Rev E Myers officiating. After a short trip they will reside in Wharton. Mrs Claude V Barrow of Oklahoma City and her relatives arrived to spend the summer, then returned. Miss Barbara Lang of Jacksonville visited friends here. Miss Evelyn Mae Frnka heads to Houston for Draughon’s Business College. Drugs and Sundries of All Kinds Joe D Luna.
Mr and Mrs R C Singh moved to Houston Saturday joining their Bert and David Campbell and daughter Mary Ethel who has been in Houston for a week. They traveled on to Gary and Mr and Mrs Singley and Mary Ethel returned to Eagle Sunday. Mr Ted Brunner of Flatonis accompanied Mr Martin Hale to Lake where he met here from San Marcos for the year Monday morning band rehearsal. Jimmie Jacobsen recently took a position with the Econ Store in Refugio and was a visitor last weekend. Dick Putney of Houston was Sunday guest of his mother.
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