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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
1
A bank official signs a sworn statement listing capital stock surplus and profits figures, noting the bank’s policy on lending to its own employees and officers. The document cites specific monetary amounts and deposits, reflecting conditions of the NATL BANK Texas and related financial data.
Fine rains fell in Ward county last week. Twenty Dallas saloonmen have been indicted for putting up screens in their saloons. Violators of pure food laws are being prosecuted in many Texas cities. W. J. Bryan urged party harmony in Galveston. Ft. Worth women push for a city curfew. A Rusk penitentiary official faces murder charges. Alleges legal actions dominate Texas headlines with standard commercial notes.
W J Atkins toiled as Night Watchman in Banner Springs Tennessee despite damp drafts and storms. A severe lung cold forced rest until Dr King's New Discovery cured him after one bottle. It treats severe colds coughs and throat infections. Trial bottle free guaranteed by R B Slight & Co.
A terse aphorism notes how political maneuvering produces unlikely alliances and reveals the odd dynamics behind power struggles and alliances in public life. It hints at hidden bargains and the person beneath scrutiny.
The Alpine Steam Laundry advertises full readiness to handle any laundry work and promises prompt service and money savings, urging local customers not to be deceived or send money away from Alpine.
The San Antonio Express cites a Bureau of Labor bulletin showing dust exposure raises tuberculosis deaths across trades. It notes stonecutters and factory workers face higher rates, while European cities that sprinkle streets reduce dust inhalation.
Mrs. C. Dugat announces the Alpine hotel now operates as a rooming and lodging house. Rooms are clean with sunlight and good beds, some suitable for offices. rates are reasonable and inspections welcome.
Lawrence Haley posts the Haley ranch property warning trespassers against hunting or wood hauling with legal penalties stated. The notice declares all pastures are closed to the public and commands compliance.
The land commissioner asks the attorney general about corporations buying Texas school lands before settlers’ three years’ residence is paid out. If blocked, transfers may be halted and lawsuits possible. cattle corporations seek grazing land as essential to running their herds.
Property notices indicate the Altura ranch pastures are posted and include the Bird pasture. The document names Jason W. James among involved parties.
A party of Boston New York Chicago and St Louis capitalists visited San Antonio en route to El Paso and Mexico to assess financing a line completing the gap from San Angelo to the Mexican border. A successful inspection could yield a transcontinental trunk line linking Northwest wheat regions with Mexico via El Oro near Alpine. The Kansas City Mexico Orient Railway already runs from Kansas City to San Angelo and in Mexico spans 367 miles near Chihuahua Ninaca Topolobampo, using 125 miles of the Chihuahua and Pacific railroad.
Hord and Co offers choice groceries with fresh and fine products at reasonable prices and courteous service.
Alpine Telephone Company announces a full system overhaul with new wires and equipment. The change requires renumbering public lines and a new directory will be issued soon, asking customers for patience during the transition and improved service.
The notice highlights rapid growth in deposits from November 1907 to 1909, rising from 36,000 to 54,000 to 131,000 dollars. It emphasizes continued expansion despite favorable conditions and invites attention to these comparative figures.
Austin notices the 75 cent per pupil apportionment from the available school fund amid lease money and taxes. The State Board of Education set the yearly per capita at $6.25, marking the second distribution under that rate to counties and independent districts.
Ingleside North Carolina man B F Ryscue reports twenty dollars plus medical trials failed to help. After using Dr King's New Life Pills he was wholly cured of indigestion and related ailments including constipation sick headache and liver trouble. Price five cents at R B Slight Co.
Congressman Garner of Texas plans to introduce a bill in the coming session to repeal the 1868 law requiring the government to maintain two black cavalry regiments and two black infantry regiments. He argues the negro in army service has largely failed and will press the measure vigorously.
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