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Following publication of an advertisement of a “Barbacue & Ice” at Beauchamp’s Springs, at which congressional candidates were to speak, the editor of the Houston Morning Star, of July 4, 1839, said: “(It will) not be an unfavorable opportunity for these gentlemen to express their true politics ... provided ... the liquors do not prove too powerful.” - Administration in the State of Texa
Attribution: Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943). Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State (The WPA Guide to Texas), p. 113, in “Social Life,” Hastings House (1940).

Categories: Barbeques, Politics, Texas

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