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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1930
Page
5
A long collage of lighthearted quips and vignettes shows neighbors, motorists, clerks, and families trading jokes and small misadventures. Snatches of dialogue turn on etiquette, misheard phrases, flirtations, and everyday absurdities, with punchlines about cars, trains, and wedding mischief anchoring the humor.
Mrs McKinley recalls a colored widow whose children aided education. The widow remarried late in life and, asked about her new husband, says he is a good provider and last week secured five new washing jobs for her.
Mrs Will Rausch visited friends east of town last Thursday afternoon. Mrs F E McLain and Mrs L Clark shopped in Eagle Lake last Friday. Mr and Mrs John Larsen and Billy Salladay attended the football game in Eagle Lake Friday afternoon. Glenn Ivor Jennings of Houston, summer guest of Mr and Mrs James Tellaro, left for home. Margie Walker of Eagle Lake, schoolmate of Eleanor Clark, spent the weekend here. Mrs E Larsen and Mrs Davidson of Eagle Lake visited Mrs McLain's sister Mrs T Smith and baby Sunday. Mr and Mrs Chas Salladay hosted Billie and Edgar Adkins.
The Houston Post-Dispatch notes a new Pet Service Corporation incorporation in its business section. Two former Eagle Lake residents, Edward Arnold and Julian S. Welsler, are named as officer secretary-treasurer and president respectively. The group photo accompanies the article.
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