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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1927
Page
4
Don Littleton, manager of Central Light & Power, says the firm will spend several thousand dollars to string heavier wires and add new lights across town. The project includes campus lights along the cobblestone fence and aims to brighten Alpine when the new system powers up.
Mrs Lydia Arthur of San Antonio, long-time Alpine resident, encloses a renewal check for The Avalanche. She expresses pride in Alpine as home, desire to reconnect with old-timers, and hopes to receive a single copy despite current residence away from the mountains.
Irma Lee Batey chaired a Rotary Valentine program on the origin of St. Valentine’s Day. Members exchanged valentine cards and wrote verses for their partners. A large cut valentine was assembled by four tables, sparking laughter as members worked together. The gathering teased plans for the upcoming district center meeting March 14-15.
A district attendance read by President Homer shows Alpine in fifth place for the month while Sanderson leads with 100 percent attendance. The report hints at upcoming travel for Larry Pope to Sanderson to recruit birds, and mentions a new Alpine directory edition and phone company distribution planned for the week.
Work advances on the Dillon Robinson project near the Fifth Street post office as officials plan to open the Interlo site for public use. Residents await completion dates and potential relocations, with city crews coordinating utilities and access.
A scattered OCR page shows local items from Clarkaville Michigan and Bristol Connecticut with notes on absences from school, a patent for a child seat, and various quoted lines from songs and letters. References include Francis Scott Key and playful exchanges about words and aviation themes.
Poultry column lists hatchery offers for Famous Single Comb White Leghorns with two years of records. Large eggs, chicks 18 per hundred at 1.50 dollars, discounts for larger quantities. Includes mail orders to Hooks Paul y Ranch El Paso Texas and Sulphur Springs Hatchery Sulphur Springs Texas. Also notes Rhode Island Red and other cockerels for sale and guarantees fresh eggs.
The fragment suggests an ad related headline about the avalanche, with a note that the advertising dollar goes on the rim due to a ricketed articulation.
A faded collage of brief vignettes shows a rejected suitor who vows death if marriage does not come, a man aging and dying after long years, and playful local interests from chicken raising to cantatas. Local snippets mention Claude Mack in leasing and a boy’s mistaken impression at a hive event.
In a fragmented Ottawa style entry, Seattle Daily Times notes salesbooks offered by Mr. Merchant for duplicating and triplicating tasks. The piece references Inmex and Avalanche with mentions of six-shooter and train bandits in a reflective tone.
A fragmentary timetable lists trains including Fasthoun d Train 104 Argonaut Train 8 Sunset Mail Train 102 Limited Westbound Train 103 Argonaut 8 am Train 7 Sunset Mail 10 58 pm Train 101 Limited 2 05 pm 3 56 pm Motor Train No 1 Leave Northbound Motor ra.
Beginning March 6 we close Sundays at 8 a m sharp and do not take orders after that time. Place orders early. Alpine Meat Market. I am agent for Stark Nursery of Louis an. Now is the time to plant and save on freight. Mrs NS Murphy, phone 76 5R, Alpine Texas.
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