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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1929
Page
7
Arthur Brisbane lauds country weeklies for reaching entire households and steering public opinion. Local notes report Mrs. Howard Fitzgerald and children returning from Gray Summit Missouri, plus visits from Weaser of Gulf and Mrs. Henderson planning to move to Gulf. Henderson praises the Head light and Eagle Lake news.
Chesterville News lists Eleanor Clark and Lala Larsen as guests of Virginia Spalinger in Eagle Lake last week. Austin visitors Mr Pred Davis, Miss Bessie Simpson, and Mrs Basco Wrather joined local relatives including Mrs M E Larsen, Mrs Clear Heaton of Missouri. Several families hosted and visited in Eagle Lake and nearby towns, with church, missionary society, and family gatherings noted.
A letter from Coach W. B. Hinton to the Headlight notes he will not be with Eagle Lake schools next term as he moves to Port Arthur. He expresses regret at leaving, praises the town and its people, and asks for the paper to be sent to his new address while promising to stay in touch. He extends best wishes to the boys and girls and wishes Brent success this coming year.
A. Lee Johnson Mrs John M Chumney Miss Cecil Buchitan Miss Daisy Morgan and Rev and Mrs J G Wilson and daughter Mary Frances attended the Quarterly Conference in Weimar last Sunday afternoon.
Dr Guy Hinsdale reports sixteen kinds of bathroom accidents in a Medical Association update. Falls, scalds, electric shocks, and fumes threaten by inadequate ventilation or faulty fixtures. Locking doors prevents timely rescue during emergencies, while ancient Roman practice of shared baths is cited as a cautionary counterpoint. Mrs Ruthett and daughter visited Austin relatives for a weekend, with other family members also present.
A Marshall schoolboy’s taxation definition pleases his teacher who asks the Marshall News editor to print it. The piece defines taxation as money collected to pay salaries of the collectors, with surplus funding the decision makers’ pay. Also noted are local moves: Mrs PF Graves visiting Brazoria relatives, Supt W C Reed returning from San Marcos, and staffing changes at Eagle Lake and Port Arthur schools. Master Billy Fitch Jr. visits from San Antonio.
Disjointed prose notes a morning contest in Texas, a sensational remedy claim using baking soda and sugar, and a joke about mortality. It mentions Jack Maxwell and the Burns family traveling to Houston, Calmen Landa visiting from Austin, and Belle Nail visiting relatives in Colorado and Texarkana.
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