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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1930
Page
6
Public notice from Saline County Texas published Saturdays at Sapir Lane details rates for subscriptions and classifieds. The fragment mentions established March 1903 and pricing per line with a minimum charge and annual options Five cent per line for el er appears, with a three month and six month plan referenced.
Glenn Ivor Jennings of Houston spent the week at his grandparents north of town. Marele Walker of Eagle Lake visited her schoolmate Eleanor Claris. Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Davidson and Lenois of Houston stayed over the weekend at their cousin L. C. Clark's home. RL Graves and Clee Natherine Raymond and Vers Louise visited relatives Sunday. M. E Davidson and Mrs. Joan Lassen were in Eagle Lake after school. Mrs. Chas Salladay attended services at the Episcopal church Tuesday afternoon and the prayer meeting at home.
City hall hosted a county announcements session in the afternoon with attendees studying the notices. The event featured formal presentations and distribution of official materials to local residents and stakeholders.
The Episcopal Guild held gatherings at the homes of Mrs. Thomas Waddell on March 4 and Mrs. W C Guynn on March 11. Twelve members attended the first, fourteen the second plus three guests Rev J W Airey and family, with plans to discuss heroines of the Bible and to prepare Easter baskets for sale at local merchants.
A vintage page offers a silver cleaning tip using salt and soda in boiling water, then drying the silverware with a soft cloth. It also includes a note about tractors and governors, praising McCormick Deering machinery for enclosed parts and low maintenance, with a brief etymology aside on the word origin.
Eagle Lake store promotes McCormick-Deering grain drills with various disk configurations and furrow openers. It advertises free calendars featuring Algeria grass fields from 1930 and highlights horse drawn cultivators and a proud, cost-conscious product line despite a busy farming image.
A 1930 newspaper fragment extols four cylinder tractors for easier starting less vibration steadier belt work and more reliable torque. It notes Harvester Co stopped two cylinder models after farmer demand favored four cylinder power and promotes a McCormick Deering Rotary Hoe to boost yields alongside a sales pitch for a quarter page visit.
Edward Arnold of Houston was the weekend guest of his parents Mr and Mrs Ray F Arnole.
Louis Balas with son Louis Balas Jr and companions Walle Waddell James Louis Bunge and Elmer Wallace collide broadside by oncoming truck Yoakum on a dark highway. Car crushed beyond repair. four youths uninjured though Bunge foot pinned. Other names Velma Spalinger Della Davidson Lillie Mae Hayden host a postroast at golf club house. Ruth Powers Laura Belle Shinn Ruth Burger return to San Marcos to resume teachers college studies.
In Rock Island the elimination declamation contest was held Thursday at the school auditorium with judges Mrs. Henry Hurr Mrs. Leon Daily and Miss Story from Columbus. Winners include junior girls Glanys Jacobsen Aurora Poetzker and junior boys Richard Maze Howard Stephens senior girls Beviah Horson Lois Jones senior boys Mike Flournoy Roy Johnson who will represent the school at the county meet in Weber on Friday and Saturday. The Ladies Parent-Teachers Association sold pie and coffee afterward raising a sizable sum. Visitors arrived from Houston including Mrs. A G Peacock and family and Mr and Mrs W K Wall and Mrs M M Henry and Myrtle Jane for a visit to the old home town. Mr Creece Rose left Sunday after days with relatives.
Dr Caldwell developed a non habit forming laxative to help the elderly and others with bilious, headachy or weak conditions. The gentle prescription, marketed as Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsia, aims to ease constipation without causing griping.
Mr and Mrs T B Curry ree urned eat froma to relatives and friends in West Texas Mr R E Maze made a business trip to Houston Tuesday He was accompanied by D Foster af Columbus Mr H A Shoop who has been in the Baptist Sanitarium in Houston for the neat few weeks reburi es many friends will be gid tot learn Oat he is do ing just as well as could be expected Misses Fern Hough Raxie Mills and Lugille Cassady of Houston spent the week end here and t Lissie visiting relatives and frends ee
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