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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1904
Page
4
Alpine reports a busy week with residents and visitors traveling to El Paso Marathon and Marfa for business and holidays. Local letters note births, post office duties, sermons, masquerades, and a busy schedule of cattle and wagon shipments to New Orleans and Calexico. The town also anticipates social events including a masquerade and a roping contest with related hunts and medical updates.
The Alpine Ice Works advertises a wide range of meats fruits and vegetables and urges customers to place orders. A death notice follows for Sidney Goodwin of Bradley County Arkansas born March 11 1883 who died Saturday night and was buried Sunday in Alpine with Rev. Geo W Baines officiating. He was survived by his mother two brothers and a sister.
Col T J Anderson of Southern Pacific urges Alpine community to aid in locating winter boarders from the Northwest and Northern states. He notes many would spend money locally, with some willing to take rooms or rent houses for self catering. Report interested parties to the office for forwarding to Col Anderson. Baptist Sunday school offers free courthouse entertainment Dec 26, followed by Christmas tree at the Methodist church with a cantata and recitations.
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