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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1946
Page
7
Seeli L Starkey advertises sand, eras er toad swevel driveway and yard work with estimates by phone box 515 Eagle Pass Texas. Baby girl with blue eyes fair hair freckles seeks new home via Pet Feed and Supply Store.
Notice asks sick animals needing medical attention to contact J. Willis Sr. Emergency calls answered from Wharton Texas. Also contains scattered 19th century sale notices and names linked to local figures and estate postings.
A collage of humorous vignettes shows conversations on love age and work. Mock interviews and office banter mix with flirtations and etiquette quips, highlighting social roundups, dating mishaps, and small mischiefs from a bygone era.
Disjointed excerpts blend a mistaken tale of civilians sheltering paratroopers with references to Pilgrim's Progress, Bedford Jail, and Edmund Burke. The text also recalls Bunyan, vaccines, and a 1794 treaty with Indians of the Six Nations, weaving together disparate historical and literary fragments.
Mrs Helen Smith reports a weekend full of visits and social rounds. Local residents travel to Houston and Des Moines areas while others attend deer camps and family gatherings. A pair of accidents near Scary leave Mr and Mrs Alpert Thomas in critical condition with Virginia also injured.
The article traces beer taxes from early excise duties to modern rates, noting 1862 wartime beer tax, 1933 re legalization, and 1946 peak at 8 per barrel. It cites 2009 federal receipts, compares excise to overall tax take, and mentions royal and ancient precedents in Egypt and England. It also briefly notes a family visit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Visitors this week included Mrs Ny G Vandagriff and Jeraneth Mi j culien. Students decorated rooms for Thanksgiving and prepared items for Christmas in the 444 Club. The Third through Fifth grades studied Paul Revere while plans began for holiday decor. Deer hunt guests and open-house anniversaries were noted among local families and visiting friends.
Howard Fitzgerald of Texas University spent the weekend here with his parents Mr. and Mrs. E C Fitzgerald.
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