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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1950
Page
4
An assortment of mixed classified notices lists for sale items and services in Alpine Texas. Advertisements include furniture and appliances, small rental rooms, efficiency apartments, a dining room in Fort Davis, and prepayment finance offers. Also present are signs, lumber company offers, tools, cleaning rags, and help wanted notices seeking a houseworker for two boys on a ranch.
Local residents and visitors are listed with trips to Dallas, Las Vegas and Abilene. church planning notes, a truck sale notice, and a Boys Camp meeting plan are reported along with royal and educational notices. Names include Otis Kimball Paul Vogt Stella McDonald Shirley Scales Ruth Morris Frank Newsom and others.
Box scores recount a baseball split where Brock G and Kana lead Truckers and Cowboys with multi homer games amid a barrage of hits. Shown are line scores, pitching lines, RBIs, and fielding details reflecting a busy midweek matchup and a traveling Cowboys squad preparing for a Wichita sequence.
Watering restrictions are eased with a semi weekly permit. Residents on south and east sides may water Thursdays, north and west sides on Mondays. The news notes ongoing storage strains and outdoor use limits while announcing new births and local residents Ellison Crissman and Clint Fulcher families.
An Alpine Drug Store advertisement touts T-4-L as a clean odorless treatment that penetrates quickly to kill germs and provide fast relief from insect bites and poison ivy. The copy emphasizes full-strength application and claims rapid, powerful effects with a money-back promise if not satisfied.
The First National Bank of Alpine Texas is closing its affairs and all creditors must present claims for payment to the undersigned in Alpine Texas. John W. Gillett Liquidating Agent dated June 25 1950 B 30 9¢.
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