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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1923
Page
5
Jim Jones, a factory worker, balances eight hours of labor with energy for theatre outings, baseball, and dressing well. A tax assessor visits, prompting thoughts on taxes, state support, and how taxation affects his life, work, and future.
Local readers follow Dr J Bruce of Eagle Lake as he writes Reminiscences of the Vast for the Headlight. Citizens note the history of Eagle Lake through his articles and plan scrap-book keepings. The Ferrells travel to Columbus, Ohio, and Nettie Hayman, a former Eagle Lake girl, is recalled. Welfords and Abneys plan visits as townsfolk welcome guests.
The article argues that nine of ten rheumatism cases are due to muscular or chronic rheumatism, not requiring internal treatment. It notes pain can disrupt sleep, impacting those afflicted.
The Texas first bale of cotton for the 1923 season sold for 1275 dollars on the Houston Cotton Exchange floor with Anderson, Clayton & Co purchasing. The bale goes to Harve France for auction to aid French charities. It was grown in the Rio Grande valley and shipped to Houston by express amid a crop of names and travel notes in the city.
An old ad touts Hayes Healing Honey with a Grove Open-Trate Salve promotion for chest and head colds and croup. The salve is rubbed on children’s chest and throat to ease coughing, with the salve claimed to penetrate pores for quick relief.
The piece reflects on honesty as a flexible virtue balanced by consideration for others. It cites a Calcutta watchman and a boy dodging lessons to spare a mother's feelings, noting politeness can mask truth. It also mentions mosquitoes in Fort Worth and a Houston accident, illustrating public concerns and local anecdotes.
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