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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1923
Page
2
In a column about property rights a Mexican youth Roberto Tarn found a purse with 200 dollars and returned it to an officer who delivered it to the owner. The piece contrasts honest finders with those who keep valuables and warns that not all people act rightly when valuables are found.
Mr ROA McMarey, a well known plumber, has closed a deal for the Polk Hinson building he occupies and will replace it with a fireproof steam heated one story and basement structure. He hopes to let the contract and begin building by September. The building will be phased feet.
City tax payments are due by Friday evening August to avoid penalties. City Tax Collector Melk and official Daugherty remind residents to settle amounts owed. />
Mo jave Theater manager Moseley runs a weekly rug drawing. Ladies who buy tickets receive two numbered halves. a drawn number wins a Navajo rug. Miss Nannie B Davis of Sterling City and Alpine held number 114 with digit sum 131 and did not attend to claim the prize.
The Morning Service at the Presbyterian Church will feature a sermon titled Home Sweet Home as the final in a series of fact sermons. Sunday School starts at 10 a m and the evening service is canceled due to evangelistic meetings at the Methodist Church.
Editor Neal Matthews argues that local newspapers serve the community and deserve fair pricing for printing. The item covers editorial credit, a cautionary note on crediting others, a Rockdale Reporter reference, and a satirical tale from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. It also mentions a rabbit drive, highway contracts, and travel insurance ad.
A collage of humorous lines on travel, science, and society. references to Paicona campers at altitude, the Journal of the American Medical Association on fish as imagination fuel, estate claims, German teaching in California, and sweeping social quips. Includes spoof headlines about income, bootleggers, and women’s fashion.
A collage of headlines and quips on poetry neighbors, a lion meeting advisory, Turkey’s push toward forced marriage, a student choosing mechanical engineering, a Spain conflict fading, oil stock literature, and a quip about evolution and humanity from the Asheville Times.
The Ku Klux Klan denounces Steubenville mob violence while calling for lawful measures to curb threats to its members. The piece notes the Klan’s rebuke of mob action and its demand for statute law police and militia to prevent further clashes. It cites Governor Donahey and reflects on the mob’s surprising reversal in methods.
Weeklong revival events led by Rev. H. M. Smith include 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 10:55 a.m. preaching by Rev. J. D. May and 8 p.m. services with a juniors pageant Why the Junior League. Midweek services at 8 o'clock and all day Hovey on grounds with lunch. Rev. Smith preaches at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. before returning to Alpine for evening services and delivering farewell messages.
Three men pled guilty in Tulsa to rioting in a Ku Klux Klan flogging case and each drew two years in state penitentiary. Prosecutors and defense counsel argued they were misled dupes of higher authorities in the organization. The article cites broader national unrest linked to the Klan and calls for the minimum penalties.
A UT Education Building exhibit features an anthropology collection tracing tool and weapon use through ages. Highlights include a Bosque County sea urchin fossil, a Fairview Park Austin flint ceremonial war axe, a Southern European flint dagger, an imported perforated axe, two East Texas Indian water vessel pots, and a slender beaded long peace pipe with a thin china stem.
George Stell, administrator of the Albert Stell estate, calls all creditors to settle debts and all claimants to present claims within the legally prescribed period. Notice dated August 22, 1923, in Alpine Brewster County Texas.
City Tax Collector W. A. Daugherty warns residents to pay city taxes by Friday evening August 31 to avoid penalties. Sewer rental payments should be arranged before month end.
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