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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1927
Page
3
Miss Nelily BuSington resumed her editing duties of the assistants at the royal postal service on Monday after several weeks away. Miss Anne Strickland and Miss Lena Strickland returned home last Sunday from a several week visit to trends in San Antonio.
During a Wednesday picnic at the Terrell Bluff on the Colorado River Ernest Lenhart was bitten on the top of the foot by a snake. He sought help, telephoned for local doctors, and was rushed to Eagle Lake where his foot swelled but he is said to be improving.
Mrs Leo Twopald of Nada underwent surgery at Ringer Hospital in Hattertsville last week and is doing as well as expected, with an aim to return home within a couple of weeks. Mr and Mrs Wim Roberts of Brendam visited Terre Roberts and friends, and William played a round on the Lakeside during the visit.
Glaiser awarded contract to transport Prairie Center students to Eagle Lake schools. Four buses will run a morning westward route from Eagle Lake, via Altair road and Schindler lane to Will Walker and Brandon’s gate, then Ramsey to Eagle Lake, with a return by mid afternoon. Up to thirty white children within three miles of Eagle Lake eligible at no charge during term.
Russian refugees remaining in Constantinople were ordered by the Turkish governor to leave, ending a chaotic chapter as about 2,000 Russians still sought work in Balkans and Western cities. The exodus transformed the city from a crowded, beggar-plagued trade hub to a more orderly, Westernized streetscape.
The passage notes a ban on Turkish color in street dress, with fezs disappearing and women adopting Western fashion including knee length dresses and cosmetics. It mentions veils fading, revealing changing sartorial trends among Constantinople’s women. The text also records local social visits by the Winkel family and Miss Billie Williams to Houston.
Capt G B Skelton recounts a dawn attack by two wild Brahma cows in his pasture. One cow gored him with its horned chest and struck him with its head, causing severe bruises and cuts on both arms. He was confined to bed for days and believes he may never recover fully.
Mrs E B Macblan and son Kim Walker of El Campo spent Tuesday and Wednesday with her sister Mrs G B Skelton in Ife. Hamilton joined them returning home after visiting relatives. Paul Trieka and children from Tafton shopped in the city Wednesday and visited R S Duty. Mouston folks spent the weekend at the Duty home. Frank Triska and family of El Campo shopped in the city Tuesday and stayed with Wred G Prnoka. Miss Klileiltle Ney returned Tuesday from a weeks visit with relatives in Hondo.
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