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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1926
Page
7
An old advertisement promotes LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN as a constipation relief. It touts regular use for steady bowel action and claims gentle, pleasant performance. The misspelled text hints at a general consumer medical product era.
Baptist Missionary Society Circle No 2 met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs P C Middlebrooks home with nine members present and three absent One new member Mrs B Robertson was added The afternoon was spent sewing for Buckner Orphans Home Dallas followed by a social hour with refreshments The society meets next week with Mrs L O Fuller
Community members attended the Mackay Wharton baseball game at Mackay on Sunday. Mackay won decisively 35 to 2. Several local residents were noted in attendance and other social happenings including visits, bridge club events, and visits by out-of-town guests.
Everett Darby left for Houston after visiting his parents A. J. and Mrs Darby. Ruth Causey will attend a six week summer Normal in San Marcos. Rodeo attendees at Palacios included the Fussells McLains and Clit Everitt. Starrs visit Yoakum relatives. Griff Thomas and others visited Wharton. Texas Farm Women meet July 27 at Mrs D Wallace’s Eagle Lake home. Meta Isenhower Ullly niece Frances Lott left for Houston after a vacation with relatives. Mrs Charlie George and daughter guests of the Gertsons. Segelquist clan guests with Ecklund Turnquist and Segelquist kin from Scranton Kansas. W K Jordan and Horace Lemmon visit J N Lee and O O Lee. Lille May Hayden visits Darby. Sunday school picnic next Wednesday at Alleyton Grove. A Junior social last night at L. H. Howard’s near Bugle Lake honored J C Watkins of Denver. Missionary ladies program tonight. Friends of Mrs. Clipson glad she is improving after six weeks ill health.
Texas leads in export volume and farm product value and may surpass Ohio in population with census data. The state also boasts the largest railroad mileage and far greater land area than New York or Pennsylvania, underscoring its wealth and growth. In Syracuse a Methodist Missionary Society meeting discussed Christ In China Today followed by social hour. Mrs. C A Brewer and son left Ennis after visiting relatives.
A slick con artist robbed Malavansos and Stone's confectionery in Tyler Monday night. He asked for a ten dollar bill to mail to his mother, handed a roll of bills that turned out to be nine dollars. The envelope held only a blank sheet as detectives describe the scam. Police hunted a man described by both stores as they investigate the fraud case.
Purvey Barker has during the past week received a two tone Fort runabout. Purvey's new bus is all Tit up in color.
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