For Sale Seed Rice and Oak Flooring Items
Multiple local ads list farm seed rice of early Pat na variety harvested by binder thresher method with delivery by truck or car. Also advertised is 1000 feet No 1 oak flooring offered by Jack Grieves using Box 7 Eagle Lake Texas and two phone numbers. A 1346 International truck with 11000 miles and Freuchal heavy duty semi trailer is for sale with all equipment in perfect condition offered by Percy Middlebrook Jr. Contact details included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Bros
Chesterville
Texas
Jack Grieves
Eagle Lake
Percy Middlebrook, Jr
Eastland ads and El Campo wedding bring small town bustle
An Eastland advertiser vows to haul away dead livestock carcasses while a San Antonio supplier touts quirky sales pitches. The Cub Reporter author praises early reception as luminaries like Evelyn Op penheimer and Capt. Tim Healy discuss his book. EL Campo couple Laura Mae Wied and Emil Vaclavick wed quietly, with a chicken supper at Leo's Shack after the ceremony. The piece closes with a punny police exchange about a drunken defendant and a joke about losing fourteen pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Cub Reporter
Evelyn Oppenheimer
Tim Healy
Jack Lait
New York Mirror
Co. P. J. Mooney
Memphis Commercial Appeal
U. S
K. D. McKellar
Clarence Saunders
Seing
O EL Campo
Laura Mae Wied
R. W. Wied
el Campo
Emil Vaclavick
John Vaclavick
Houston
John W. Phillips
Harold Smith
Smith
Lets Look BackSeptember 15 1923 Landa earns very high Texas honor
Louis Landa son of Mr and Mrs Max M Landa is named holder of the Charles Durand Oldright Fellowship for 1923 24 by the University of Texas Board of Regents. It notes his other honors including a Guggenheim Award and Princeton teaching post. Other items mention Mersfelder family returning to Markham for grocery business Hobo jokes and fashion quips weave through this eclectic recap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Landa
Max M. Landa
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Charles Dur
Oldright
Landa
England
Ireland
Guggenheim
Princeton University
M. A. Hudler
Austin
Fish, Oyster and Game
Eagle Lake
Colorado
Fayette
Wharton
Matagorda
Jackson
Lavaca
Gonzales County
W. C. Mersfelder
Markham
Texas Rice Grower’s Assn
Winn Poole
Jules Dreyfus
Interstate Rice Milling Co
Lottie Vincent
State University
Jack Dempsey
Louis Angel Firpo
Polo Grounds
New York
Addie Mickow
Geo. A. Lang
Centralia
E. V. Heffley
Somerset
The
Presbyterian Church
Johnson
T. C. Clapp
J. B. Clapp
Jokes and Jape: old quips from a joke archive
A collection of humorous anecdotes and one liners featuring a traveling salesman, a hen and roosters, a British parliamentary boast, a geography class mishap, a highway department politician, a missionary on a cannibal isle, a grave digger, tobacco lore, and a slow office boy. Each gag pivots on wordplay and social humor.
District Superintendent Makes Official Visit To Methodist Church
District Superintendent Rev Wood H Patrick of the Austin District presided at Colly Memorial Church first quarterly conference in Austin on Monday evening delivering a devotional on the First Beatitudes and leading the business session with Pastor Rev O E Linstrum and church officials. Also noted are illness wishes for Clifton L Tyler of Woodside New York and visits by Mrs C C Leedy of Alvin to her mother Mrs A J Lyle plus remarks on reduced prices and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood H. Patrick
Austin
Colly Memorial Church
Patrick
O. E.linstrum
San Antonio
R. F. Curl
Inter-Board
Frank Smith
Quotable Gags and Jokes From Everyday Life
A collection of vintage quips and humorous exchanges. A frightened man receives a threat by letter about his wife, a mom negotiates bath time with Dora by appealing to vanity, and other light jokes about manners, grooming, and daily life.
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Dora
Mrs. Waddell Honored On 80th Birthday In Open House
More than sixty callers visited Mrs. John Waddell Tuesday afternoon for an open house in the Methodist Educational building marking her 80th birthday. Born September 23, 1867 in Eagle Lake, she has been active in civic and church circles. granddaughters and daughters helped serve as guests received cards flowers and remembrances from Houston Huntsville and Eagle Lake relatives.
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John Waddell
Maurice Goodson
Claude White, Jr
Methodist Educational
Waddell
Eagle Lake
William Henry Good
Bub Selph Plays In S W T S C Game Recently
Eagle Lake friends of Melvin Selph known as Bub watch his progress as a member of the South West Texas State College Bobcat football squad at San Marcos. A former Eagle Lake High star, he joined as a freshman in September and earned a touchdown in a preseason game as part of the traveling squad. Also noted is Emanuel Braden nicknamed B B from Eagle Lake, a former star now on Rice Institute’s second team traveling squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Melvin Selph
Bub
South West Texas State College
Cat
B. B
Rice Institute
Rice
Oklahoma Track Star Canaris Leads Southwest Conference Hope
A fragmentary account notes John Canaris, Lake High School standout, as a key recruit for Oklahoma's track program. It mentions Louisiana travel, Eagle Lake fans, and a growing roster of college athletes with national acclaim. The source reflects early 20th century sports optimism and school pride for future squads.
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Louisiana
Eagle Lake
Southwest
Perman
Durin
John Canaris
Lake High
Sity
Oklahoma
Canaris
Tion
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Glen Kveton
Len Kveton
Telephone
J. M. Hodnett
J. M. Hodett
J. Westmoreland Place
Joe Dune
Campbell Feed & Supple
E. E. Green
E. Green
Garwood
Eagle Lake Grain Co
Hower Way
Hugh’s Piano CO
South Main
Legion Swimming Pool
Butch Parma
Fred R. Frnka
W. D. Estlinbaum
A L. Lange
Freds Schmidt
Alleyton
Kenneth ‘Bauer
Tex
S. E. Arnold
P. O. Box
Episcopal Church
Eugene Black
Joe Semora
Chester Ville
Lane City
John I. Marik
Azgt
C. E. Everitt, Jr
Kelly
Lee Goode
Adelina McRee
D. R. Wilkes
el Paso
Ny ‘v Boyce House
Fourth Street
Hobo
Buddy
House of Commons
India
Canada
Methodist Church
Clifton L. Tyler
Woodside
Long Island
M. E. Selph
Dan Gibson
C. C. Leedy
Alvin
A. J. Lyle
Joe
Tri-Rivers Firemen’s Association Meeting
Bub Selph
S.W.T.S.C
Cole
Kwhi
Gig Oriae
T. C. Bigley
the Vagabonds
Colorado County Federal Savings & Loan Association
Columbus, Texas
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