Labor and social concerns raise alarms over solicitors
The Beaumont Enterprise and Houston Chronicle report warnings about a national aid society program that hires boys and girls to solicit subscriptions. They describe exploitation, peonlike conditions, and transport to towns with lodging in cheap houses, urging municipal action. They also urge mothers to require daughters to perform home duties for skill and independence.
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Wee
National Associ Aid Society
Ling
Houston Chronicle
Fake Advertising Schemes Target Local Businesses
Local printers warn businessmen about slick advertising schemes. Two men entered a shop seeking cards and were offered options while the printer noted higher costs for locals and questioned spending dollars on small print jobs instead of newspaper ads.
Enthusiastic Postal Employee Praises Konjola Remedy
Frank B. Norman of Amarillo testifies Konjola eased long stomach trouble, constipation, and fatigue after six to eight weeks. He reports improved appetite, better energy, and easier work, claiming the medicine benefits liver kidneys bowels and nervousness. Sold in Eagle Lake Texas at Beckman’s drug store and by leading druggists regionwide.
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Lan
Frank B. Norman
Mississippi Street
Amarillo
Konjola
Eagle Lake
Texas
Beckman's
Chesterville News Highlights Local Visit Patterns
Mrs Maude Bryant and daughter Plorence of Houston visited Mr and Mrs F E McLain and Mr and Mrs Chas P Salladay. R W Gryder of Houston visited on business. Eleanor Clark Lala Larsen and others from Eagle Lake spent weekends at home and at Kurtz ranch. Various locals attended meetings and visited family in Eagle Lake Lisie and Ragie Lake. Algin High school commencement May twenty second with Ernest Tilton a former Chesterville boy in the class.
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Marjorie Walker
Eleanor
F. &. McLain
Junior
Eagle Lake
John G. Larsen
Edwin Davis
Harold Townley
Houston
A. J. Darby
Lissie
Chas. P. Salladay
Larsen
Camp Pire Girly
Salladay
Episcopal Guild
J. A. Drumgoole
Algin_High school
Ernest Tilton
Chesterville
Chas
P. Salladay
Walter Adams
Geo
H. Salladay
Wi. 5. Campbell
Local Girls Cast in TCU Chimes of Normandy
Miss Kitty Bell Ney and Miss Dorothy Darby of Eagle Lake join the dancing chorus for Texas Christian University’s The Chimes of Normandy on May 10. Dr H D Guelick directs the performance with about 300 girls from the physical education department under Mrs Helen Murphy directing the dancing chorus.
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Fort Worth
Kitty Bell Ney
Dorothy Darby
Eagle Lake
Texas Christian University
Normandy
Ney
Darby
H. D. Guelick
School of Pine Arts
Department of Physical Education
Helen Murphy
Will
Fort Worth Music Week Climax Stages Chorus Finale
A chorus finale anchors Fort Worth’s National Music Week events. The production serves as the climax of the week and as a prelude to T. C. Us Mothers Day observance.
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Fort Worth
T. C. Us
Second Wife to Premiere at Avalon Theavenue Theatre
Drama students show strong interest in Radio Pictures new talking picture Second Wife starring Conrad Nagel and Lila Lee. Opening Thursday May 15 at Avalon Theatre, critics praise enunciation sound effects tempo and stage presence. Director Russell Mack spent two months selecting a cast including Hugh Huntley and child actor Freddie Frederick. Mary Carr provides comic relief. production notes credit school and parental support. Revival services at Evangelical church report ten new converts and upcoming school programs including a commencement address by J BR McDonald of the Weimar schools.
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Conrad Nagel
Lila Lee
Avalon Theatre
Seidon
Freddie Burke Frederick
Russell Mack
Hugh Huntley
New York
Mary Carr
Supt
J. BR. McDonald
Weimar
Local residents visit Fairchild and plan cemetery cleanup
Mr and Mrs W G Miller and relatives visited E A Miller in Fairchild. Lucille Cassady and Pern Hough came from Houston for a weekend with kin. The note urges residents to help with Lissie cemetery cleanup next Tuesday with free lunch provided by the Texas Farm Women. school board reappoints Bar E Wolfe and Miss Anns Mac Causey as teachers for another year and thanks the board.
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W. G. Miller
Pauline
Elsie Miller
Edith MecCormick
Alma Miller
Sam Davidson
Fairchild
E. A. Miller
Lucille Cassady
Pern Hough
Houston
Lissie Cemetery
Texas Farm
School I
Wolfe
Anns Mac Causey
Resolutions for Eugene Toliver Declared by Eagle Lake Chapter
The Eagle Lake Chapter No. 483 Eastern Star committee notes the death of Brother Eugene Toliver and expresses condolences. They resolve to place the resolutions in minutes, publish in the Eagle Lake Headlight, and forward copies to Toliver’s family and the chapter. Also included is a local note about subscription requests to the Headlight and a brief excerpt from a former citizen’s column.
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Eagle Lake
Order of the Eastern Star
Eugene Toliver
ElSake
Wii
Mitéen
Famed fighter recalls career and missionary society gathering
A retired fighter reflects on past bouts and family limits while noting bean prices. The Missionary Societies of Missionary groups met at the Methodist parsonage with 48 ladies, colorful decor, presidents from Presbyterians Episcopalians and Methodist, plus games, an art gallery, and old photographs.
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Woman's Missionary Society
A. J. Wahrmund
Presbyterians
J. A Dromgoole
Episcopal
C. PB. Hoge
J. C. Wilson
Methodist
Cystex 48 Hour Test Promised for Bladder Irritation
An advertisement urges readers with bladder irritation symptoms to try the Cystex 48 Hour Test at Beukman’s Drug Store. It claims quick relief from burning or itching sensations, backache, leg pains, and fatigue and encourages trying it today with a money back if no improvement.
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Beukman
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Beaumont Enterprise
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