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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1926
Page
3
An OCR fragment notes a discussion of temperatures and treatments at hot baths with unclear context. It mentions improvements, possible adjustments, and a list of pounds or weights related to baths. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear event, date, or named entities.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions better art and warnings or notices. It references numbers and initials and includes stray capitalized phrases. The readable text is incomplete, offering few concrete facts or names.
Lee Larson leads four day rodeo at the county fair with new events and pro riders from San Antonio and West Houston. The program features steer riding, roping, bucking stock, and a $100 purse for first to ride the Camois Tuit bull, with daily starts at 1 30 and an opening parade. Admission to rodeo grounds is 1 0 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
Bill Cornalson the county fair orchestra captain escaped from a car crash on the way to the fair when his vehicle skidded on a slippery road and caught fire. All occupants narrowly survived as damage to the car is estimated at $800.
Local notice warns against trespassing on the Tait, Fara, and Ranchia properties with strict enforcement. The marshal indicates legal action for anyone caught trespassing and notes actions connected to pecan crop interests and security concerns.
El Campo resident Whiteside purchased a private airplane described as a flying unit with an eight cylinder motor. The craft arrived Sunday and received a crew flag. Whiteside plans to operate it soon for personal trips, fishing trips, and extending his leisure travel near El Campo.
Mr and Mrs Dunese visited Mastin and spent time with Lisle son Gardier who attends the state university. They witnessed the Texas 3. at football game.
Eagle Lake greets Rev J C Wilson the new Methodist pastor for the coming year. Wilson, 35 years in the West Texas Conference, recently finished a five year stint in Weimar and will preach at Melicklis Church next Sunday in morning and evening services. He invites all town residents to attend and meet him and his family.
Parcel post shipments across the United States are offered by the Frank Stephens Co from Weyerpoint FB. The notes describe Urcans as good average quality and indicate orders are being taken.
W B Holloman and Taylor saunter home with 193 12 in jeans after a sale of 2822 pounds of Mamaroth Ruskin sunflowers to Mack T Wyatt of Texas soil and elevator Co. County Agent touts U S agriculture estimates of 100 to 2000 pounds per acre and profits of 50 to 100 dollars per acre, noting sunflowers used for poultry feed and bread in Northern states. Emphasizes potential for Texas given high prices and diversification. Als H B Wells visits Lodi Wisconsin as Mrs Wells returns home for a Wisconsin stay. Mr Wells likely to move indoors for winter.
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