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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1932
Page
2
A clutter of jokes and brief vignettes from a temperamental humor page. Patched jokes cover kids mispronunciations, marital quibbles, shopkeepers, and a seaside view of ordinary daily life with light punchlines and gentle irony. Polite mischief and family banter carry the tone.
Fragmented OCR text reports a disturbance at a Bastrop furniture store where items including a bed and tables were damaged. It references a steel bed and an animal involvement, with unclear names and multiple garbled phrases from Smithville Times.
A fragmentary newspaper line reports a minister and Mr Brown discussing contributions to a foreign mission. The speaker mentions feeling the contribution is sufficient, noting only last month a missionary brother was “eaten up by conibats.” The text is unclear and garbled.
LaGrange Demons rout the Peppers 19 to 4 amid numerous errors. Jess Tolbert started on the mound for LaGrange, giving up twelve hits and ten runs in four innings. Albert Loughridge and Wild Bill Fry followed, with Fry exiting after two innings due to arm fatigue as Tug Causey finished the game with sharp, curving pitches.
Sunday July 17 Christian Science Church service featured the lesson subject Sue. Golden text from Psalms 27 declares the Lord is light and salvation. Deuteronomy 30 outlines choosing life and good, while Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy discusses matter versus Spirit and the eternal, real nature of all that is spiritual.
Miss Hilda Anice Steinwers entertained five bridge tables on her veranda Friday afternoon. Guests included Misses Maude Wallace Jeanette Loeffelholz Maryion Meyers from El Campo Elizabeth Westmorchind Ada Homes Mildred Hazelse Louise and Lillian Killough and Mes James Noel Parker and Harry Reading Jr. Prizes went to Mrs George Crim and Miss Louise Kilough. Wallace won the cut prize. Refreshments and punch were served by Mrs Thos Waddell and guests of Mrs E W Cookenboot LaPorte and Mr and Mrs Sam F Carter of El Campo visited Mr and Mrs L D Roberts for the weekend.
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