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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
4
The piece describes playful novelty items for bridge whist and chess inspired by fools and devils. It notes laughing fools on backs forming a hollow apron for hairpins or cigarette tubes and confections in boxes. Devils on pin and ash trays sprawl across suits, serving as gentle reminders that players are in a game for fun, not temper.
Walker Hines discusses rapid transportation while telling of an Irishman seeking lodging after a journey. He visits several homes, meets a preacher who sends him to a haunted unoccupied house. Three days later the man returns, puzzled by the ghostly tale.
Kemble and Sothern Barrett converse about a Daily Served item proposing egg barter by the pound and weigh or count issues. They joke that the egg strike would still trouble them whether weighed or enumerated, noting the impracticality and humor in the idea.
In 1908 a sounding balloon at 12 miles above Shi Nyanza yielded the lowest temperature yet recorded, challenging beliefs about frost limits. The note suggests higher ascent could have revealed even cooler conditions, per the Literary Digest.
The Independent notes nearly half of U S manufactured products are sold abroad, totaling about 975 million dollars out of 1.7 billion. The piece highlights UK demand and the strong market for American goods overseas.
All town lots and real estate in Brewster county must be rendered to the Tax Assessor by April 6. Properties not rendered will be assessed in the name of unknown owners. Owners are urged to render promptly to avoid extra costs and delayed notices. JW Patures, Tax Assessor.
A cropped clipping notes Texas cattle fare as a factor in global markets with emphasis on supply and price implications. It mentions producers, buyers, and potential effects on export demand within the broader agricultural economy. No specific dates or figures are provided.
A pioneering Texas rancher transformed from a wild animal to a worldwide meat supplier. The Texas cattle herd rose to over 1.9 million head, boosting ranch acreage and farm value while promoting high quality beef. The industry claims Texas leads the nation in cattle numbers and market reach amid significant agricultural growth.
The wheat supply fails to match population growth, says economists. World harvest stands at 647,404,000 bushels yielding 35 bushels per person, while Texas produced about 18,790,000 bushels approximately five bushels per capita.
The record outlines yearly wheat acreage and harvest figures in Texas with 1908 showing 24 000? 555 000 and 1 262 000 acres harvested. It notes sudden changes in wheat acreage and reports farm value at 160 per acre despite garbled wording and nonsensical phrasing.
Texas oats report shows the crop ranking fourth in value with a total value near 24 326 dollars on an acreage of about 95 060 and an output of one million eight hundred ten units. The farm notes a per acre yield value and overall farm value per acre, though some figures are unclear due to damaged text. Entities include Texas and HBAs per acre as referenced.
In what reads as a fragmentary note, a 1910 value per acre statistic mentions Texas gaining ground amid shifting land valuations. The text is incomplete but signals a regional comparison in agricultural land worth, with references to grading and market context.
A fragmented prophetic message warns of trouble coming from a dark man, predicting a cataclysm tied to a household conflict involving a husband and a coal mill dispute, cited as overheard amid local tensions.
Court order directs sale of Richard Riggs property known as Block 40 Hackett Addition Pine Apple in Brewster County Texas. Sheriff J A Warton to offer at public auction on first Tuesday of May 1911 between 1 pm and 4 pm at the courthouse door for the lands owned by Riggs on Feb 11 1907. Sale held under docket 609 in favor of A M Turney.
By virtue of an execution issued from the District Court of Brewster County Texas in favor of A S Gage against James Arthur the sheriff will on May 2 1911 between 10 am and 4 pm at the courthouse door offer for sale to the highest cash bidder the right title claim and interest of James Arthur in and to a 640 acre tract described as section 6 block 347 of the G C I S F Ry Co survey known as the Arthur place in Brewster County Texas Witness J A Watton Sheriff Brewster Co Texas April 1 1911 464t
By order of the District Court of Brewster County Texas on February 7 1911 D A T Walton vs J B Smith and O J Hammite case 611 levy on Apr 1 1911 to sell at public auction cash to transfer all title claim and interest of J B Smith and O J Hammitt in Block W3 Walton Addition Alpine Texas about 2 acres out of Section 42 Block 9 G H S A Ry Co survey northwest corner at the Court House door first Tuesday of the month between 10 am and 4 pm Witness I A Walton Sheriff Brewster Co Texas 4 6 4 Security flour is the best flour made
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