Fresh Goods Car Arrives with Quality Produce
A carload of canned goods arrives presenting vegetables fruits meats and fish all of best quality. The shop promises better stock than ever carried and declares no old stock will be offered this year.
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
1
A carload of canned goods arrives presenting vegetables fruits meats and fish all of best quality. The shop promises better stock than ever carried and declares no old stock will be offered this year.
The dealer touts larger stock and better goods bought in bigger quantities for cash. A man watches the markets as the business pledges top quality and steady customer service, claiming to offer the very best in shop at all times.
Meadville Missouri Messenger editorial defends local news focus praising reports on Hezekiah Jones Domby Tom Driver and Smith wheat. It argues the paper should cover home events not distant politics and condemns sensational personal scandals while urging fair reporting. It also notes land lease reversals and tobacco concerns with civic tidbits.
Dr William B Pillips director of the University of Texas mineral survey issues a special map of the Terlingua quicksilver district in Brewster county. The map covers an 11 by 4 mile territory and is based on cooperation with the United States geographical survey. E M Douglas directed geography while Arthur Stiles and Fred McLaughlin did triangulation and topography. It shows blocks sections mine furnaces and natural features and includes one section awarded to Jas Arthur in the sales Cau Sled by the land commissioner.
The Orient company received a four month extension due to missing 1400 tons of rails. Fifty kilometers east of Chihuahua must be in operation by April, with twenty five kilometers ready for inspection by December. Snow delayed work west of Minaca for two days. Kansas City to Port Stilwell line decisions to come in 90 days. Surveys cover Kansas to Texas and Mexico.
Round trip tickets will be sold December 13 17 21 22 23 and 26 at one fare plus 2.00 with return limit thirty days from sale. Travel via the Sunset Route passes through Texas and Louisiana oil rice and sugar belts with New Orleans connections. Special dates in 1902 1908 offer reduced rates to Texas and Southern Pacific points in Louisiana with return by January 4. Written literature and rates available from Houston Texas offices.
A curious report from Gonzales Inquirer notes a fad of blowing soap bubbles as a supposed health booster. The item lists many exaggerated benefits from improved circulation to moral uplift, ending with a satirical flourish about abolishing monopolies and other far fetched aims.
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