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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1938
Page
7
A patchwork of jokes and gags from a bygone comic column. The piece weaves one liners about courting widows farmers and everyday quirks with jokes about inspectors, mosquitoes and a Scot’s razor, ending with a mountain tale and a student’s trig gotcha.
A jumble of anecdotes from sermons and classrooms highlights include a servant advising to seek where sin or money abounds, a Bermudian preacher explaining eternity in miles, marriage quips at a railroad crossing, a girl’s tutor question and a keeper’s joke about tutors, a press magnate resisting interview requests, and a school board president’s daily talks to children about life and blacksmiths.
The Garwood Aggies opened the new school year with a picnic at a roadside park near Altair Priday. Students brought dates, faculty attended, and games plus a sweetheart election entertained the crowd.
Governor elect W Lee O Daniel to cut ribbon Nov 16 for the new all paved segment on the Border Highway US 9 between Maria and Van Horn. Ceremonies planned in Marfa with visitors from El Paso to Houston as the 10 thousand dollar advertising fund launches a coast to coast route to Big Bend State Park and beyond.
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