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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
8
East side closing and evening hours posted for services at Baptist and Methodist churches. Pastor notices invite all to prayer meeting. past weeks noted departure of a pastor. Local residents report cattle ranch moves and area visits by stockmen. Alamo City College advertises modern business training. Funeral conveyance service unavailable, previously free.
Local events record visits and travel of residents including Mr and Mrs WoT Kincaid, Mrs Saathoff, and Dr Reeve. Health updates note Miss Myrtle Wear’s relapse and Mrs. Reeve’s family visiting relatives in Waxahcie. Other items report trips to Terlingua and Austin, a K of Williams delegate from Roswell, and Alpine Ice Works offerings.
L W Durrell announces a barbecue at JU Irving’s ranch on the sixteenth inst next Thursday inviting all to attend and bring a cake. He asks guests to RSVP to help plan portions. The notice also advertises 50,000 acres of grass land for sale in Brewster and Pecos counties and agents for AI Frank watered lands, Alpine, Texas.
Mr and Mrs J Madenfort received word Sunday of the death of Mrs Morrias in El Paso. She had been operated on for cancer and seemed to improve until Saturday night when she grew worse and died. Mrs Madenfort had just returned home from her bedside and, upon learning of the death, she and Mr Madenfort departed for El Paso on Monday.
An advertisement touts Boshee's German Syrup as the remedy for severe threat and lung troubles. It claims the product heals, stimulates tissue to destroy germs, reduces inflammation, aids expectoration, and provides rest. Promoted by Sharp Bros in Alpine Texas with Green's Prize Almanac.
Cloudcroft New Mexico perched at 9000 feet in the Sacramento mountains invites invalids and seekers of rest with pure mountain air pine scent and grand scenery. The Lodge hosts about 200 guests with golf links tennis courts and a commodious dancing pavilion. Reach via Sunset Route the main line from Central and South Texas to the Mexican border. Rates available from local agent or S F B Morse I T M LJ Parks G P & TON.
Advert says Grandma's Diarrhoea Cure is endorsed by others and proven to cure at once. It claims rapid stomach relief and leaving the system in a healthier condition with strong endorsements backing its curative qualities.
Reports say a fight occurred at Ft Davis last Sunday night with one Mexican killed and several Alpine Mexicans held for investigation. Details are sparse and the origin of the fracas remains undetermined.
A Texas reader from Standart writes to Park Laboratory Co New York praising Jersey Screw Worm Killer. He says the product kills the worm and heals the wound and commends the patent stopper for convenience. He closes with high satisfaction and regards it as the best article he has used.
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