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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1923
Page
4
A vivid verse depiction of Texas as dangerous and violent. The speaker contrasts a grim landscape where bandits, sheriffs, and hangings dominate daily life. The piece paints harsh images of crime, heat, crowded streets, and fear, with a sardonic tone about urban peril in Texas.
M P Dakor and mL Ryan drove to visit on Memorial Day to see sister Mrs. The readable text is fragmentary and names are partially garbled.
Mrs George Gray and Miss Brandstatter hosted a Friday night lawn party with old fashioned games and refreshments. Guests included John Townly Verda Ind Bustee Eagle Lake and many locals. A long message reports the death of Mrs Pred Moore of Rouckport after hospital care in Houston.
Services for the first Sunday after Trinity June 8 include Holy Communion at 8 a m and 11 a m with church school at 10 a m You are invited to attend Christ Church where the faith once delivered to the Saints is preached F M Johnson Rector The Eagle Lake colored community anticipates the Rockdale Colored Sacred Orchestra in a local church June Ith Rev A Inman Townsley of Columbus Methodist Church preaches at Flatenia revival to large crowds Rev Townsley praised as a strong speaker
The fragment mentions a funeral planned for Thursday at an unspecified place. It references a mother named Mrs. Louis Tarsen who is buried. The OCR text is incomplete, but indicates a funeral service and family connection.
Mrs W A Dallas entertained a large group of women for a Friday afternoon bridge party. The event featured a flower-decked reception area, a refined ice course, and prizes for high scores. Guests included numerous local society figures and visiting friends. Mr and Mrs J W Moersehel planned an upcoming trip to Eagle Lake and Jefferson City, Missouri.
Biliousness and constipation plagued Rosa Potts of Birmingham for years. She reports nausea, loss of vigor, and weak digestion until trying Chamberlains Tablets. The tablets relieved distress, strengthened digestion, and purred the stomach and liver to aid natural function.
A verse piece titled Woman with Gun Tone recounts a woman shooting a man and facing a verdict, followed by brief local notices: no swimming in the canal this year, extra copies of the Freadlight at Beckman’s Drug Store, and White’s Great Vermifuges advertised as harmless to children with a price of 85 cents.
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