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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1939
Page
3
A fragmented, stream of social bits shows jokes borrowed or stolen, with garbled names and phrasings. The piece wanders through references to writers, editors, and readers, hinting at a lively but jumbled page of cultural snippets and comic lines.
A garbled report notes Pierce Brooks, an insurance man, visiting Columbus on a Wednesday afternoon. He was accompanied by Aly Shoemaker of Tater and Mr. Bronk of Temas Safety Colmell, with mention of water highways in Texas and several local figures. The text is heavily corrupted, but references to a May event, a Sunday, and several named persons hint at a short, local social or business visit.
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