Adventures With Indians From Rabb Family Reminiscences
Thomas Rabb recalls a series of 1840s Texan frontier skirmishes with Comanches Kickapoos and Lipans. He details riding from La Grange into Llano County surveying camps near San Saba and Burnet where Uncle Tom Rabb led lone charges and recovered stolen horses while rescuing settlers and hosting hostages.
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Thomas Rabb
San Angelo
Tom Rabb
Brady Citys
Uncle Tom
Moore
Tom
Mighty Plain
Colonel Moore
Dave Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Travis
Alamo
Carnegie
Rose
Judge Menefee
Hurd
Llano’ ‘County
Burnet
Bastrop
Rabb’s Prairie
la Grange
Government Denies Seizing Home Foods Rumor
Washington reports a public denial that the government will commandeer family food supplies or force canning of surplus produce. Officials from the God Administration and the Agriculture Department stress no plans to take canned goods, urging households to can for self sufficiency instead. Extension Service Press Letter.
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Washington, D. C
God Administration
Department of Agriculture
England
Food Administration
Extension Service
One Good Thing About the Game Law Limiting Liars
A quirky remark notes that the game law curbs deceit by limiting a liar to 15 birds, framing the rule as a safeguard against falsehood in hunting or bird-keeping contexts.
East Texas county race sparks debate on money handling
A county treasurer race in East Texas featured a lively exchange as the first speaker claimed the federal treasury destroys two billion dollars of worn currency daily in a contraption. His opponent corrected him to two million, prompting the speaker to shrug and ask what the difference is as the crowd applauded, suggesting trivial doubt about the distinction.
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East
Texas
Federal Treasury
Washington
Postmaster Resigns in Menard
Hugo Sehuchardt has handed in his resignation as postmaster of Menard.
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Hugo Sehuchardt
Menard
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T. Louis
San Antonio
Kickapoo Springs
Brown
John H. Moore
Rabb
Little River
Georgetown
Fayette County
Mele
San Saba
Paramount Pictures
No, J Lews
Farmers Produce CO
Reliance Roller Mills
Ernst Wilke
Lars
Kolmeier & Klier Co
Kolmeier& Klier Co
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