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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1933
Page
7
Land four miles west of Burnet on good route with four room house, barn, water, wood plenty, balance gress land. Suitable for raising turkeys. Apply to G Pte EV Magi Burnes.
The Bettina settlement near Llano began as a communistic German student experiment led by Solms Braunfels and H Spies, aiming to replace Indian culture with German settlement. It produced founder Ferdinand Herff, moved from Darmstadt to Texas, and quickly failed as settlers drifted to other communities. Herff became a famed physician and civic figure in San Antonio.
An early 0s account describes wild horses roam Del Riochen Dy. A town youth group pursued, captured, and tamed the herd in a rough sport of the era. The band leader, known as Grey-tail, led the chase with a grey mane and elusive stance, drawing interest from locals and becoming a symbol of the chase.
The Rockdale Reporter notes an invention called the Oral Speedometer by Wendal Fath vers. The device uses a phonographic record to issue safety prompts at various speeds. It jokes about speed limits and driving responsibility and even humorously forewarns drivers of repairs and insurance questions. The article also mentions Texas lumber output with 265 sawmills producing 750 million board feet mainly from Southern Pine.
The Texas allotment tops all commonwealths with over 26 million dollars for highway work. The editorial urges durable modern highways funded by fair bids, full labor and material costs, and employment for idle Texans through construction in 1993.
For sale or rent the Chas Selber home in North Liang with seven rooms and fourteen totals. H E Hedeman is the agent.
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