Alpine Weekly Gazette Highlights Local Happenings
Alpine dispatch notes Ferguson delivering ranch supplies, Fuller family welcomed a daughter, Gillett of Marfa on legal business, Dick Riggs and J. A. Jackson moving cattle, Miss Janie Dugger and Leroy Middleton visiting the Foulks family, Greenwoood headed to the Lochausen ranch for months, and new barber shop partnership of Frank Woodward and Len Looney. Also mentions antelope sightings, a Tejano teacher leaving for Laredo, and a school land purchase near the Rio Grande.
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Janie Dugger
Leroy Middleton
Marfa
Rev
W. E. Foulks
Alpine tops Marathon ball game by one point
Marathon July 31 report recalls a July 27 game where Alpine defeated the local team by one point. Other notes mention a Mechanics Hall dance honoring Mrs Kendrick bound for Ozona, a new tennis ground, and various local happenings including illness and cattle company work amid fine rain and dengue fever in Myrtte Granower’s family.
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Mechanica Hall
The
Miases Kendrick
Ozona
Marathon
L. L
U. Shepard
Varfa
Ashton Bud Knoble
Allison
Campania
White
Granewer
Myrtte
Haunted Maxon Springs Canyon Tales From a Bygone West
The narrator recalls a string of tragedies around Maxon Springs and the nearby canyon from 1887 onward. Mexican killings, inquests, Rangers escorts, and a series of fatal accidents mark the region’s dark history. The piece blends memory with speculation about a once lively spring town now buried and abandoned.
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Maxon Springs
Mays Hall
Murphyville
Alpine
Alpine Hotel
W. J. McIntyre
James Barkelo
J. T. Gillespie
Texas Rangers
Sirewaster County
Karkelo
S. A. Purinton
Pecos County
Harkelo
Pecos
Bud Rameey
Fussieman
el Paso
Thomas Flandeiro
Nat Lubbert
Maxon
Haymond
Alpine Bar Beaten On Diamond By Davis Team
Alpine suffers defeat as Fort Davis dominates the diamond while Alpine frets over next fall. Heavy rain interrupted play near Sunny Glen, and a property report mix up involves Capt Watton and Mrs Walton at Templeton's ranch.
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Fort Davis
Davis
Brewster County election candidate notices compiled
Authorized statements announce T M Newton for Tax Assessor Brewster County seeks votes in November. D A Wanton declares candidacy for Sheriff with pledge to serve well. L B Canuthers seeks reelection as Treasurer. B C Thomas runs for re election as County Judge. M A Born seeks District and County Clerk posts. J W Pues solicits Brewster County voters for re election as Tax Assessor. B F Bil l inge LRT seeks reelection as Hide and Animal Inspector. W M Hannan announces reelection as County Surveyor. C H Hector named candidate for County Surveyor. C W Moore announced for Sheriff. J S Morin of Kinney seeks District Attorney post in Forty first Judicial District.
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T. M. Newton
Brewster County
Buxwater County
Endevor
D. A. T. Wanton
L B. Canuthers
B. C. Thomas
M. A. Born
Barwitrhk County
J.W Pues
B. F. Billinge- Lrt
Hide and Animal Inspector
Brewste County
C. H. Hector
C. W. Moore
J. 8. Morin
Kinney County
Forty-first Judicial District
Citation by Publication in Jeff Davis County Texas
Public notice commands Sheriff to summon F R Morrison via weekly publication for four weeks. O. Finley sues to quiet title on 640 acres in Jeff Davis County stating cloud on ownership from April 1 1902 with final hearing at Fort Davis on September 1 1902. damages claimed $500. Clerk Joe Stewart..
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State OF
Texas
Jeff Davis County
F. R. Morrison
Judicial District
Fort Davis
Texas and New Orleans Railway Company
Witnkes
Joe
Stewart
A. P
Jas SvrEwart
Jeff Davis
Lokernet and Koternet file for irrigation land use
Lokernet and Koternet declare intent to use Borracho apring water for irrigation and stock raising. They plan a ditch, named tig mites, to irrigate between 10 and 85 acres.
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Lokernet & Koternet
Borracho
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Carnes
Ain
al . Temna
Guetare
S Ferguson
Horn
Gillis
Thomas
Fort Davia
J. A. Gillett
Dick Riggs
San Antonio
Jackson
Hew Greenwood
Lochausen Ranch
McCallum
W. D. Kincaid
Gage's Pasture
Eugenio Navarro
Terbogna
Leredo
J. M. Talley
Chisos Mountains
Rio Grande
Spine
Eugene Warr
HH. L. Lackey
Alamito Ranch
Mr. Lackey
Alamito
Edna Struett
Tom Dugat
Tucson
Arizona
Mr. Pruett
Frank Woodward
Len Looney
Marathon Matters
Sunny Glen
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S. Blevins
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