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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1933
Page
2
A garbled notice promotes Gulf service with options to pay for oil and gas and a selection of groceries. It hints at price and payment but contains many distorted phrases and unclear details about availability or location.
In the Colorsio Valley League game Eagle Lake’s Alligators routed LaGrange 10 to 1. Howard Fitzgerald started at first for the Alligators while Lightning Taylor and Crim contributed singles. Rosenberg struck out 21, a likely record, as Eagle Lake dominated with strong hitting and weak local defense.
A New York Times graph shows two straight months of rising commodity prices. The piece urges property owners and builders to spend now while prices are low to boost investment, employment, and future prosperity, arguing investment is cheaper than charity and will circulate dollars through many industries.
A speaker urges unity behind a farm program during a period of agricultural difficulty. He cites past policy failures, the need for nationwide cooperation with President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace, and the hope that a workable plan will improve agriculture, while acknowledging the risk of failure. The speaker argues for trial, possible adjustment, and perseverance until the plan succeeds or fails.
Duffield Smith reports Wednesday on a new scam uncovered by the Better Business Bureau. The racket targets married men by using a woman's name as a decoy. A false informant then solicits payment at a supposed address to reveal the rival’s identity.
A 1930s Texas act requires precinct officers to telephone unofficial returns to the county clerk or county chair for primaries, with official tallies due within 24 hours after polls close. County clerks must tabulate unofficial results to midnight on election day and announce race statuses at intervals, aiming to curb voter disenfranchisement from missing returns. The secretary of state must similarly tabulate unofficial returns daily. The bill, championed by Senator Margie Neal, allows court orders to compel timely returns and seeks to reduce late nomination shocks in primaries.
June 16 action by the State Board of Education repealed the rule requiring school boards to insure textbooks. The state will insure its own property, saving Texas schools about 40 000 annually in premiums. The change aims at cost reduction and uniform practice, ending local premium payments and state collection of insurance on textbooks.
Acidity indigestion and heartburn listed as common causes of ulcers. Advertises Dr Emirs Adis Tablets at Beckman's Drug Store as a countermeasure.
Roller skates drive a popularity surge as factoried workers report four hours daily among shoppers.
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