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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1926
Page
9
County clerk records show a dull week with only a few deeds filed for record. Sheriff Pink Phelps notes scarce car registrations as residents delay purchases to year end while license applications for 1927 come in slowly. several deeds listed include transfers to R A Burns and Masingame, reflecting minimal activity this period.
Rev Claude Wingo district evangelist of the Christian church will be in Alpine Sunday to preach at the Christian church Sunday morning after Sunday school. Rev H R McClure, pastor, invites all to hear him. Also an item advertises saleshooks for duplicating and triplicating purposes in the Avalanche.
Southwest Texas readers learn how the word maverick arose from Samuel Maverick’s cattle fiasco in the 1840s 1850s. George M. Maverick's letters recount branding, ownership by unbranded calves, and later sales to Beauregard Beuregard legacy. The tale concludes with a note on American cold snap weather but centers on the cattle origin myth and local humor.
Alpine residents and Davi Mountains district rush to warm clothing and coal as the cold snap grips the region. Officials warned of continued frigid conditions and urged heating and shelter precautions.
Austin Texas based Ramsey's Austin Nutsery catalogs fruit trees for bears peaches berries and hardy flowering shrubs. Landscape plans offered with a free catalog. Established 1875. MIS
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