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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1924
Page
8
Local ad lists used tractors with prices and sellers including Mr Cliff Price and Walter. Shoppers are invited to compare offers from Antonio and nearby towns. Details are unclear but emphasis is on affordable farm equipment for families and shops.
Report notes a festivity south of town with a May dust dusting scene and people from the white community observed witnessing the event. Christian Endeavor plans a bake sale at Beckman’s Drug Store Saturday at 4 PM.
County Auditor Wm Peterson resigns after seven years in office and will be replaced by John Holubee, the current assistant county tax collector. The new auditor begins June 1, as Peterson plans to visit children in Moulton, Eagle Lake and Dallas with Mrs. Peterson.
Announcement of the engagement and upcoming marriage of Miss Ellen Farrar of Houston to Dallas Moore of Houston was made at a bridge party hosted by Miss Sidney Schcht. The couple plan a June 6 wedding at St Paul’s Methodist Church. Farrar is the daughter of Mr and Mrs HR Farrar of Houston and Moore works in Houston city engineering.
An excerpt from Capper's Weekly discusses why men and women pair in marriage. It notes common patterns: brunettes and plain women, tall and short partners, brains versus practicality, and the idea that social balance restores norms. The piece ends with a recruitment plug for subscriptions and a brief note that L. J. Burger visited Houston.
One Fordson nearly new used only part of last season by Mr. Cif Baritt of Li Ask him about it. Price 275.00. One 1527 CASE in top condition and runs the new. Inquire Doc Hetter of Lissle about this machine. Also used it for threshing. Price 450.00.
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