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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1930
Page
6
A mosaic of snippets appears from a historical page. Items include garbled sports, odd dialogue, and brief notices. Mentions Phenix City Alabama and Fort Davis with scattered phrases about inventors, a Chicago gangster, and miscellaneous ads and classifieds. The text resembles OCR dust with stray quotes and non sequiturs across varied topics.
Sunday school times and worship hours listed for First Christian, Presbyterian, and First Methodist churches. Notices invite parishioners to attend services, announce minor schedule changes, and encourage continued church attendance during the summer with a general appeal to the community.
A sedan overturned near Fort Davis after its front axle failed, tearing through a cement culvert ledge. Four people rode inside, including a baby who received a mild head bruise and a woman who was seriously shaken. The two women, a nurse and the infant, from Refugio County, were traveling with another car from Alpine toward Carlsbad Caverns and plan to remain in Alpine until repairs are completed.
Two young women teachers from Westover Massachusetts spent four days at Haley Ranch this week enjoying the country and countryside lore. They traveled in a mobile home for six weeks and found the dude ranch experience authentic. They praised Alpine’s benefits for tourists and urged better advertising in the eastern United States.
The notice lists Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 11 with evening services and a BY. PV. time, plus a Christian Science service at Granada theatre at 11 and study and communion at 10 with Wednesday 6 16. An invitation extends to attend. Also mentions local advertisements for repairs, hunting rights, chemistry comment, and Alpine businesses.
For sale prospects include 10 acres of rich valley land in cultivation with dwelling and a large water supply suitable for irrigation. Located near Worth off the Fort Davis road, price 225 for inside lots. List numbers 1140 11298 and 1197 reference estate details and auctions.
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