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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
1
Dover Delaware reports a 150000 fire while Milton Delaware is destroyed by flames. Texas hosts a postmasters convention in Waco and Del Rio contemplates reincorporation. Damages and political unrest ripple through Coahuila Diaz era tensions.
Notice restricts hunting and trespass in the Koker pastures under penalty of law. Foreman J. A. Biccs signs the notice. Measday & Co. is to be contacted for an order.
Bronze statues of George Washington and Robert E. Lee were placed in Statuary Hall at the Capitol Washington. Formal unveiling ceremonies will be held at a date to be announced.
After a conference in El Paso between G A Martin and Prof H P Attwater, Attwater visited Alpine to meet Alpine Business Men's Club and the Citizens mass meeting program committee. A lively program featuring state and national figures, educators, and dry land farmers was arranged with morning and evening convention sessions and afternoons set for recreation and local entertainment.
The program lists sessions from September 1 to September 2 with speakers and topics. Notable figures include G A Martin El Paso Committeeman, Hon. F E Higgins Brewster County Judge, Hon. H H Kilpatrick Presidio County, E R Kane Austin Ag Commissioner, J T Anderson Sunset Lines, Prof H M Campbell, G A Martin, Chas H Alvord, J F Reeves, Wigfall Van Sickle, Prof B Youngblood, H P Attwater, and C B Hudspeth. Sessions cover soil cultivation, dry farming in Trans-Pecos, farm management, undeveloped Texas resources, and organization of the West Texas Dry Farming Association.
The writer details Seattle's Sunday prohibition near the exposition grounds and reflects on local life. He comments on weather and hotel steam, praises the fair, laments high prices, and notes the city’s busy streets. He mentions dry land farming, fisheries, and other regional industries, and plans to travel to San Francisco.
A traveler notes talks about business and ethnic slurs in Austin and San Antonio. He mentions a palm reading from a distant islander who claimed the speaker is wealthy, industrious, a missionary, and a keen walker, then reflects on rain, travel, and locating churches on Sunday.
Notice to patrons of the Alpine Independent Telephone Exchange. Past service was limited by uncontrollable conditions. Now and henceforth service will meet expectations and rival city systems. Changes in office and mechanism. lines and instruments in first class shape. If complaints arise, steps will be taken to ensure satisfaction. Anticipate new poles to improve system. Signed J. E. Mitts, Mner.
A brief query centers on whether customers conduct business with Measday and Company. The note asks if trading occurs at the Measday firm, implying interest in their market activity or storefront standing. The line reads as a public inquiry or advertisement fragment from a newspaper page.
Mary Gray four year old daughter of R L Gray wandered from a Salt Crossing camp on Tuesday. Sheriff Barker led a search. a large crowd joined and fears she fell into the Pecos. At 10 30 Wednesday she was found three miles from camp by Macedonia Sosa exhausted but alive. Fort Stockton Pioneer.
Weekly list of names of letters to be shipped and remaining in Alpine post office. Gentlemen include Durrell Chapman Dawe Harris Harper Johnson Kennedy Lewis Lawsley Lundy Mathews Magallanes Antiverez Pueda Reed Rias Raide Rodriguez Rodriguez Swatt Suarez Cadia Salvia Yeta. Ladies include Mrs Boykin Miss Crockett Neighbors OntIb era Ortiz Read.
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