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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1924
Page
4
In 1859 cowboys on Hubbard's Creek spotted smoke from a small thicket and charged. They surrounded a lone Indian, who was emaciated and sent to the happy hunting ground, suggesting he had been abandoned and left to die.
Narrator recalls frontier life amid Indian raids along the Texas northern frontier, mourning fallen settlers and captives. He urges a granite monument to honor the brave women and men who endured, built, and sacrificed for Texas, likening memory to sacred Alamos and Thermopylae.
Mr. Merchant notes the Standard has over 1600 subscribers and suggests advertising there at a low rate. The ad promotes a wide heater range and a complete sweater stock at Otto Kolmeier, highlighting very reasonable prices.
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