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Farcical Texas Farm Tale of Gas Lights and Goats
A rambly first person chronicle from a Texas farmman in Comanche County describes installing electricity and gas heating, the Higginbotham Lumber Company house, and gas ranges. He jokes about Lucinda Rainwater and local characters while recounting family migrations, twins, and a move toward Comanche with rumors of a new baby Lee O Daniel and a newspaper assignment.
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Wilkerson
Lucinda
Yander
J. C
Lone Star Gas Co
Higginbotham Lumber Company
Comanche
Leadinges Furniter Co
J. R. Eanes & Co
Texas
Dallas
Houston
Fort Worth
Wichite Falls
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Green
van Zandt County
Hivrry Jones
Ezzy
Comanche County
Amry Jones
Ezy Jones
Lee O’daniel
Lee
Alviry
Lee O
Vale of Tears
Santer
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Higginbotham
Alviry Jones
Daniel
Joe Bailey
Jack Garner
Jim
Miriam Ferguson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Clara Driscol
Jimmy Allred
Lee O’daniels
Tom Connally
Alvizy Jones
Little Lee O
Twinses
Miriam