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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1926
Page
8
J. J. Froka of New Ulm, previously active in Lissie, has invested about $27,000 in Houston real estate including residential and rental holdings. Froka is a prominent New Ulm businessman with two large mercantile ventures.
Peggy scorns Edna’s plan to split animal crackers by letter. Edna picks Ls to snare the large crackers, joking that Peggy wants the elephants. The exchange highlights the playful family moment over a simple snack.
Captain Samerzweig reportedly held an oboe note for an extended duration in London tested by rate judges using four stop watches. The feat was noted as remarkable endurance but deemed music unnecessary. Hot Waffles at Brosig's.
An ap authority claims the Cinderella story is based on a historical event from 2000 years before Christ. The tale begins with Rhodopus bathing in the Nile where a sandal is carried to an Egyptian king, who offers a reward and later marries the sandal’s owner after it fits.
Four large tribes each hold several animal symbols that define family crests. Regardless of marriage, descendants keep these crests, and totems mark offspring of the original founder. An Indian visitor finds shelter by the crest house identified by the totem. When poles are sold, prices around $2000 exchange.
Colonel Roosevelt visited Tuskegee Institute with Booker T. Washington staff. He greeted the staff and, upon meeting the assistant librarian, joked with the little girl, calling her Miss Rivolet, in his characteristic smiling manner.
Report from the new official notes he inspected the district smoke for the week ending May 31 and finds plenty of smoke of good quality. Gardner Duncan, a State University Austin student, is home visiting his parents Mr and Mrs J V Duncan during fair week.
Article discusses varying sleep needs across ages and individuals. Dr. Max Seham notes children grow rapidly need more sleep, with girls often requiring more during maturation. Winter demands more rest, while noise and poor sleep conditions disrupt rest.
The piece traces Wakes Sunday a long English festival honoring parish church dedication. It notes the shift to the first Sunday in October in the 1600s and two centuries later as a national holiday akin to a bank holiday. It cites Herefordshire Thumping Monday Cornwall Feast on Sunday and Hopping Sunday as local names.
Reports from England and Paris describe breathing-based methods to revive patients. A Bedford hospital house surgeon kept a man alive by breathing into his lungs though death followed. In Paris Dr Henry Durgille treated a pneumonia boy by filling his lungs with pure air to aid recovery over several days.
The Massachusetts Historical Society notes no record of a provincial flag adoption. A 1770 Massachusetts resolve on seamen praises green and white uniforms and a white flag with a green pine tree and an inscription Appeal to Heaven. Nearby, Mrs. Wintermann and Miss Ney visited San Antonio to see Gloria Wintermann at St. Anthony School. she later returned in a Marmon coupe. Miss Walker sisters from Austin spent time here during the fair.
Delayed from last week, residents report a coast fishing trip by Mr and Mrs Ed Wiese and family and by Mr and Mrs Armitt Thomas. A Parent Teachers Association organized at the schoolhouse with officers Griff Thomas president C E Everitt vice president Jake Wood secretary O R Strunk treasurer. Meetings planned biweekly at the school. Edward Arnold visited from Houston and stayed with his parents Ray Arnold. Johnny Starr and Terry Wallace visited Houston. E L C EB Society met at Pete Segelquist home with chicken sandwiches cake and coffee. Gertson family and Cora Stapleton visited Houston. Stapleton to stay as housekeeper with Mrs Charlie George. Joe Hurley and Robert Hintz joined from Galveston during the fair and stayed with Louis Hints family.
Mr and Mrs C M Womack and Charles Jr traveled from Houston to visit the fair and attend to business matters during the latter part of the week.
Mr and Mrs J H Leveridge of East Bernard announce the birth of a daughter in Houston on Armistice Day. The newborn weighs eight pounds one half ounce and is named Helen Kath.
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