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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
2
A wartime poem and editorial piece reflect on public optimism and sacrifice. It contrasts belief that World War I will end soon with realism about long drawn conflicts and calls for continued support. It includes appeal for Liberty Loan and Red Cross efforts and praises women’s wartime labor.
A Brewster County roll lists numerous men who joined the service, including Alma Adams, John Esso Franke Edwards, Dillard Prams, HW Lee Hancock, Joril Fagen, Herskovite Hubbard, Austin Kira Pred, Lachance Farland, Geo M MeSpadden, Hiram Mesada, Frank Miller, Jaymund Mesre, Ivan Mess, J Phelps, Monroe Rooney, Walter Skinner, Claude White, Arthur Apniteton, Nathaniel Wallace, James Corbett Mitchell, Arthur Meas, and many others among the names shown in the unsorted OCR sequence.
Services will be held Sunday with 10 a.m. Sunday School and morning worship on The Red Cross and Present Relief. Evening service at 7:45 p.m. with subject What is that to Thee. A welcome awaits you. Preaching at 8:45 p.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday, Ladies Aid Thursday at 4 p.m. Everyone is invited.
A concise church notice lists worship times at the Christian Church with a Sunday school at 10 a.m. and evening service at 8 45 p.m advancing regular worship engagements.
The Norwegian steamer Auevald, bound from a port for Baltimore, drifted in mid ocean for 11 days. The 140 crew endured exposure, subsisting on rainwater and scarce food until rescued by an Atlantic liner after severe fatigue and dehydration.
Brewster Camp No 491 Woodmen hosts Tirct and Thied Tuesdays Ayevant Jas Burke CC city commission meets at the Masonic Building with Gillett Geo W Baines Jr commissioner Jora L Daugherty Clerk NS Justice City Marshal the city commission convenes monthly on the first Monday at the Masonic Building.
Fragmented OCR notes outline meeting cadence for Precinct 1 and county courts with references to Mondays Wednesdays and specific months, but the text is garbled. It indicates court sessions on various days across January May August November and other weeks, with divergent wording and broken phrases.
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