Local and Personal Notes from Alpine and Vicinity
Prof Page reports uncomfortably warm weather at Victoria and fond memories of Alpine. Victoria praised as beautiful, locals courteous. Road conditions on Stockton Alpine highway blamed for business impact. several families move to Alpine for schooling. Orient progress updates note five subcontracts, expected completion by January 1 1913, with rails and ties arriving, hundreds of workers en route. Dry Farming Congress in Uvalde succeeds. Alpine’s Berkeley re-elected president. Sabinal chosen for next meeting.
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Victoria
Bisgee
Combedaby
Ft. Stockton
Alpine
Girvin
Trammell of
Sweetwater
San Angelo
Mr. Hovey
Stockton
Orient Railroad
Brent Kratz
Bales
Virginia
Horné
Walton
Uvalde
Berkeley
Edward W. Knox
San Antonio
Roy J. Daven
Sabinal
School Board Reject Bids and Changes Ownership
The school board met at the Commercial Club office last Saturday morning with Mr. J L Crawford presiding in place of J D Jackson. Bids for coal furnished to the public schools were opened but the award to Bean and Carroll was postponed indefinitely. The Alpine Bank was approved as depository, and Addie Ferguson was allowed use of an unused high school room for a kindergarten department, continuing a prior local custom.
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Commercial Club
J. L. Crawford
J. D. Jackson
Arch Carroll
Bean & Carroll
Bean
Alpine
Carroll State Bank
Ise Addie Ferguson
New Millinery Store Opens in Alpine Area
The Natatorium is open to the public with a promised formal opening later. Mrs. R. E. C. Dougherty plans an up to date millinery stock with expert trimmers. Several residents travel for markets and local notices mention real estate, visitors, and a sheriff rounding up a crowd of craps players awaiting hearings.
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R. E. C. Dougherty
Stillwell Buys Kenney Residence In Western Town
W P Stillwell has purchased the Kenney residence in the western part of town and her family are now making their home there.
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W. P. Stillwell
Kenney
Marfa Deal Sells Ranch and Cattle to Van Horn Buyer
Notes from Marfa report H B Holmes and R R Smith closing a deal with S S Cummings of Van Horn for a 50 section ranch and about 800 steers. Delivery around October 1, 1912, with the sale totaling about 95 dollars. Sunday camp meeting at Skillman Grove unsettled by a polecat that entered the grounds injuring Mrs Mathews and others. The animal was killed and sent for examination. Mrs Mathews headed to Austin for treatment. Also noted is the forthcoming marriage of Thomas L. Perrine, cattle inspector, to Miss Laula Bunston on August 28, in Presidio County. Moving picture show proprietors Kal-lum- b Weaver praise The Holy Land film and plan another showing for Sunday school children.
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H. B. Holmes
R. R. "Smith
Marfa
S.S. Cummings
van Horn
Skillman Grove
Claud Mathews
Sloan’Mathew
Austin
Claude Mathews
Austin, Where Mrs. Mathews
Thomas L. Perrine
United States Service
Laula Bunston
L. D. Bunton
Presidio County
Perrine
Eagle Pass
el Paso
Border Service
Messrs
Kcallumb& Weaver
Moving Picture Show
Holy Land
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W. C. Moore and
Alpine Wonder
B. Caruthers
SiTaxvano
Cuvns
Ps Oe
Davis
Stockton-Alpine Road
K.B. Kendrick
Kendrick
F. A. Borroum
del, Rio
W.H. Ragin
Elizabeth Fennell
W. A. Weakley
South
Texas
Orient
J. W. Titley
RS. Baxter
Titley
School Board
Natatorium
Will Baines
W. Sweeney
Els Paso
F. E. Gillett
Lena Rataler
Metta Harms
W. F. Mc Gaughy
Alpine Merc. CO
Serges
Just
R. B. Slight & Co
Border Fon Rubber
Toxan
Trahune
Gen
Mer
Ambassador and Statesman
Guy Crawford & Co
Tom Perrine
Caldwells
Heane
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