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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1925
Page
4
Local ad insert rate listed as TH cents per insertion with subscription options shown as ONE YEAR SIX MONTHS THREE MONTHS totaling 76. This terse fragment notes pricing structure and period options without full context or sample dates.
Mr and Mrs Smothers and their daughter Caralie left Sunday by car for Dallas to visit relatives for two weeks then travel to Kansas City Kansas to visit more relatives. Miss Marry Gilmore and Bessie Wright of Houston visited over the weekend with their sisters Mesdames Midweyrook and FP McGreary.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine combines an ointment for local relief and a tonic taken internally. It claims to support general health and address catarrh by treating constitutional conditions, sold by druggists, Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
Nostalgic reminiscence on Texas vaudeville singer Happy Jack Williams and a note of welcome when he nears the Big Divide. Also reports Miss Lottie Vincent of Sealy Public Schools being re elected for the coming term and a local soda water brand advertisement.
A Washington bulletin from the National Geographic Society outlines Ellesmere Island as the far northern land sighted by white explorers, tracing its discovery from Gaffin’s glimpse in 1616 to Hayes in 1834 and later names like Grinnell Land and King Oxeor Land. It notes the island’s extreme reach, narrow channels, sparse mapping, and plans for the MacMillan Arctic Expedition to cross and document Axel Heiberg and Grant Lands with new topographic records, while recounting Greely’s 1882 discovery near Lady Franklin Bay and the 1905 memorial marking the Cape Salling tragedy.
Mrs. T. Rolla of Houston visited Mrs. Charles P. Sul laday on Wednesday. Mr. day Andrews rushed to Houston for his sister Lela Adams illness. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Tilton hosted a party with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rakestraw of League City. Pearl Tilton joined by Miss Florence Tilton attended. Billie Perry of Matthewsburg visited Mrs. Wills Cutler. The Stricklands toured Log Angelley and western Canada with Shriner group. W. H. Gilthorp of Columbus joined. Eagle Lake residents welcomed Mrs. G. Kolberg back to teach again. Star Parasite Remover ad and other notices appear. For sale vacuum cleaner offered by Mrs Otto Rogers.
An editorial discusses paths to heaven and the merits of faith versus good works, urging humility and trust in God. It contrasts routes others take and emphasizes that God is not an enemy and that belief requires reciprocal friendship. A brief local update notes Mrs. Quinto Bottino’s appendicitis operation and ongoing recovery at Cunvy Valley Hospital.
Land buyers urged to obtain an abstract of title before purchase as title questions and uncertainties in real estate could cause trouble. Have an attorney examine the abstract. Columbus Texas advertises County Abstract Company Inc at Abstract Building opposite Court House.
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