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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1926
Page
9
Mrs William Walker returned home from Houston where she attended the funeral of her nephew and spent a week visiting her sister Mrs Henry Chambless. The best of all maxims is to be true to your work and your word and your friends.
Roy Tucker lost a handbag with papers at the Eagle Lake fairgrounds during rodeo night. Lee Larson found and sent it to Tucker in San Antonio after inquiring at the Headlight. A social contingent including Rev. and Mrs. J H H Ellis traveled from Houston to join family at the fair and to attend the Baptist State Convention in San Antonio.
A collage of jokes and humor bits features quick quips on love, diamonds and oysters, a sur prise party line, and rural Irish humor. Characters include Bridget Pat Pat and a nursemaid, with light barbs about wives, money and domestic life.
The text recalls Israel Zangwill visiting his mother in Kilburn and describes a strong willed mother who supported him after he became famous. She disapproved of his disobedience yet acknowledged his success and generosity to distressed authors, while noting his uncertain income as a schoolmaster and the public’s eventual loss of faith in his writing.
The article traces early European pyrotechnic displays from Florence’s first show 661 years ago to grand 17th and 18th century London exhibitions. It notes English displays in 1697 and 1748, and mentions post revolutionary interest in fireworks. Also referenced are Miss Margaret Glithero and Mr. John L. McKline visiting Houston and a dance at the tall grounds with a remark about taking pictures at St. Ulory's Jeweler.
A large crowd gathered at the B. H. Daily store last Saturday for a 9 o'clock drawing. Tickets with every cash purchase gave chances at a Marx Made suit and a Madame Louise dress. Bruce Willson McCarty drew the numbers. winning tickets were 66 for H. C. Matthews and 104 for Mrs. L. H. Obenhaus.
The Headlight is issued again this week without a linotype operator on duty. All paper items were sent to Houston for linotyping and returned for printing, delaying late‑week news. R. A. Rislen returns from New Orleans where his daughter had a serious operation. expected home soon.
Mr. Frank Frnka of Garwood visited the city Tuesday afternoon and reported that after a dry spell the Garwood area rice farmers are busy yet a large portion of the crop remains uncut. He estimated about 40 percent of the crop still to be harvested. Mrs. Elsie Todd of the M Steinweis firm spent Armistice Day with her parents at Flatonia.
Mrs M Balke of San Antonio, formerly of Lissie, spent several days early this week visiting her son Leo H. Herring’s family. She looks well and says six years in the Ozark Mountains renewed her health and Youth.
A group of drivers with full gas tanks meets others whose tanks are empty prompting discussions on fuel efficiency and conservation. The event highlights contrasts in vehicle readiness and the need for reliable refueling infrastructure.
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