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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
4
An advertisement from a land tax service in Alpine Texas proclaims readiness to redeem lands render and pay taxes for non residents. It offers to prepare accurate abstracts of title for any lands or town lots in Brewster County and nearby areas for non residents seeking clear title and compliance.
Amid the Ladysmith siege during the Boer War a civilian court martialed for discouraging defenders is praised for imprisoning him. The piece urges boosters not knockers, urging towns to promote happiness, unity, and pride. It blends wartime morale with a cookbook note and local reflections on community spirit.
A Calhoun county NL youth, from a steam boat region, traveled to Elsberry Missouri to catch a Burlington bound train to St Louis. He had never seen a train before and watched the Hannibal local depart. The station agent joked about a missing gangplank as the youth misinterprets the train for a trip to St Laws.
Inspector Dew cites British sobriety compared with America while recounting a tale of two British beer drinkers. One reports illness with imagined snakes frogs and lizards crawling over him as his companion questions the sickness. The anecdote contrasts social conditions and drinking culture between the two nations.
Senator Depew cites tipping excesses after a New Mexican tale from the Savoy in London. He recalls a washroom placard asking to tip the basin and a cab tip cascade, ending with a boy in buttons reporting the passenger. The Detroit Free Press reports the anecdote.
Booker T. Washington, in New York for the league convention last month, lauded the modesty of anonymous givers. He noted Deacon Brown of Loachapoka, near Tuskegee, who read a church mission list including Rev. Calhoun Travers at $103, Stephen Paget at $5, Sister Phebe Rice, donor, and himself at $6.
A diner and a waiter discuss a supposed mistake on a bill as part of a bet with the cashier. The diner notices the error and the waiter reveals a folded note claiming a larger wager about returning the bill. The note implies a hidden bet and they discover no fault in the bill. November Lippincott's.
Dr G Herbert relays a lighthearted Orange board anecdote about a bashful young man driving with his girlfriend. She tries to seduce affection with her arts, grows despondent, and confesses no one loves her while lamenting cold hands. He replies with a quick gospel twist and a joking remedy about sitting on her hands.
A father questions a young man about bed time. The silver voice reports the time as 11:48 and notes the youth rarely goes to bed before one, which the father considers a matter of personal preference. Harpers Bazaar.
A Chicago Record Herald excerpt has a Northern traveler blaming southbound trains for being late, with a southerner replying that trains are delayed to accommodate ladies, illustrating a joke about Southern chivalry and punctuality.
Sheriff J A Walton of Brewster County Texas will sell at public auction to the highest bidder on the first Tuesday in January 1911 at Alpine Court House between 10am and 4pm the described land Section 27 Block 613 H E W T Ry Co Certificate 1029 conveyed to W P Bounds and H T Savage by L C Sharp November 9 1908 to satisfy a final judgment of 504 53 and costs in No 2537 of the District Court Tay lor County Texas.
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