A Voice From the Past Paragraphs
Reprinted from The True Issue published in LaGrange Texas in March 1862. The latest rumor says Federal forces left Vicksburg and moved 40 miles up the Mississippi toward Lake Providence, cutting a canal to Bayou Mason to reach Red River and circle Vicksburg. We lack topography to judge feasibility and await events. Dallas Herald notes rain sleet and snow with flooded mails. Trinity and Brazos rivers swollen to near 1843 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Drake
LaGrange
Texas
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
Lake Providence
Red River
Texas Legislature Thanks Confederate Armies and Supports Troops
The Texas Legislature expresses heartfelt gratitude to Texas officers and soldiers in the Confederate service, praising their valor and pledging to support their families during the war. It orders copies of the resolution to be read in every regiment. The note ends with a San Antonio News item about rain bringing grass growth and stock concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
C.W. Buckley
House of Representatives
John M. Crockett
Senate
C S Mail Line From Alleyton to LaGrange
Advertisement for C S Brewer Co proposes a mail line service from Alleyton to LaGrange with departures Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6 pm from Alleyton and 8 am from LaGrange. Mentions connections to Bas trop and Austin and offers through tickets to Austin for $10. Also includes a patriotic appeal urging discharged soldiers to patronize the service. Declares Hill View Times subscription offer of one year for $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleyton
LaGrange
Bastrop
Austin
H. Brewer & CO
Harper Happenings and Local Visits
Harper social notes list visitors and residents including M. D. Whetstone, Misses Sylvia and Madelyn Duke, Frank Floyd, and George Parker. Several trips are noted to Fredericksburg Austin and San Antonio plus a wild horse accident injuring C Burley Thompson. A union meeting is announced for August 15 with invitations extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Whetstone
Harper
Fred Gammenthaler
Clyde Floyd
Austin
Frank Floyd
Fredericksburg
G. R. Beeman
Bart Whaley
Dan Whaley
Sam McCaleb
Sylvia
Madelyn Duke
Bandera
Frank Bierschwale
Colorado
John Coffey
J. H. Parker
Jim Whetstone
Ernest Kneese
Clayton Bode
Ruby
Hulda Durst
C. J
Ingram News and Local Visits Reported
Mable Hardin made a short visit to San Antonio last week. Mrs A B Hardin visits relatives in Hunt this week. Henry and Will Brenard of Houston visited sister Mrs John S Callaway. Mr and Mrs Wesley Dowdy and daughter visit Dowdy’s mother Mrs Tom Dowdy. Mrs Dick Dowdy hosts Port Arthur guests with a weiner roast and swimming party. Jordan Sublett in Secor Hospital Kerrville for burns from a gasoline tank overflow explosion. Condition not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Hardin
San Antonio
A. B. Hardin
Hunt
Henry
Will Brenard
Houston
John S. Callaway
Wesley Dowdy
Mr. Dowdy
Tom Dowdy
Dick Dowdy
Port Arthur
Jordan Sublett
Secor Hospital
Kerrville
Squirrels craps and chutes in a family tale
A visitor asks about the family members and each replies with a bold, humorous indicator of his activity. Pickaninny Jim says the father is in the woods shooting squirrels while the brother is downtown shooting craps and the mother is on the excursion shooting the chutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickaninny
Jim
People will talk and you will hear whispers all around
The poem counsels quiet endurance as rumors and judgment pursue you. It notes meddling tongues, shifting criticisms, and social expectations. It warns that modesty invites misreadings, while boldness invites harsher labels, urging steady conduct regardless of gossip.
Manure as a Fly Breeder Echoes in Puzzle Hint
The text explains a six letter answer man ure for a fly incubator and details how manure fosters millions of flies. It notes a female fly lays 120 to 150 eggs per brood, six times in 2 to 3 months, producing hundreds of offspring. It warns manure piles attract flies and urges removing stable refuse every four days and treating waste with borax or hellebore.
Fly prevention and manure use urged for public health
A local notice urges taxing manure use at low rates and encourages scattering manure for fertilizer to keep premises clean. It warns that flies carry germs and transmit typhoid, dysentery and tuberculosis, urging residents to reduce breeding for a healthier community. The piece closes with Uncle Ike humor about gardening and worm fishing.
Last Raid of the Comanches Told by Frontier Times
T J Meredith recalls a Kimble County raid near Junction on December 24 in which Isaac Kouitz died at 16 and his younger brother, Sebastian, survived. The Comanches pursued the boys as they herded sheep, escaping with stolen horses as the father joined the chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Times
South San Antonio
T. J. Meredith
Kimble County
Meredith
San Antonio
San Jose
Hountz
Junction
Kimble
Kouitz
Isaac Kountz
Isaac
Sebastian Kouitz
Sebastian
Rangers Pursue Comanches Across Llano Breaks in 19th Century Chase
A detailed chase follows a band of about 20 Comanche raiders who stole horses near Junction. Rangers led by Captain Rogers and Lt Denman pursue across the South Llano and Guadelupe regions, overcoming harsh terrain and ambush attempts to recover stolen horses and prevent further raids. One Speer family son dies in the encounter. Meredith, a Kimble County official, participates and later retires to San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountz
Llano
Junction
Elm “Draw
Gentry Creek
Main Llano
Beef Trail
Sycamore Creek
Johnson’s Fork
Speer Ranch
Bear Creek
Fort McKavett
Junction-McKavett
Captain Roberts
Lieutenant Denman
T. J. Meredith
Captain Rogers
Rogers
Bander County
Mexico
Meredith
Kimble County
San Antonio
San
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Dallas Herald
Trinity
Brazos
San Antonio News
C. S
Hill View Times
Eldridge Despatch and Trucking Co
Travis
Harper Happenings
Ingram News
Alamo Lines
Uncle Ike
M. W. A. Camp
Lowry Hall
W. S. Patton
W. A. Lochte
Qi Lik
Jersey
J. F. Rogers
Richard
P.M. Wright
Lee Mason & Son
Kerrville, Texas
Chrysler
Lee Mason
RCA Radiolas
Charles L. Mason
Uoed Car Exchange
Main Street
R. L. Schmerbeck
Kerrville Housewives
Kerrville Produce Co
Corner Clay and
Jefferson Sts
Sories
Otho A. Morris
Building Fund
Otho
Galery
Earl Garrett Street
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