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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1928
Page
8
Local brief assortment notes sales cattle and feeds prices and personal items. Mentions Wilton rugs at Hurley’s Alpine Marfa Ranger El Paso and San Angelo references with farm supply prices and local social events. A birth announcement and a real estate listing appear among miscellaneous notices.
The February health drive reports improved student nutrition with more underweight children reaching normal weight, plus ongoing classroom health talks and teacher training. The Home Hygienecals group meets twice weekly at the high school, and El Paso and Alpine teams clash as Sub-College dominates scores en route to possible state meet.
El Paso won the district game amid a dispute as Davis refused to enter unless key conditions were met and threatened to protest to Austin over the championship decision. The outcome left lingering questions about eligibility and the title tally.
The community memorializes J. M. Stroud and family, noting his 1891 joining of the Methodist Church and death in 1901. Honorary pallbearers and a large turnout mark the Alpine Cemetery service. mentions the Stroud siblings, K Buchner of Houston, and friends across Fort Davis. Also reports Civil War veteran A. J. Williams seriously ill with daughters at his side and a local real estate sale advertisement.
Local items list Dr. J. Ro Middlebrook visiting Del Rio and a notice of cowboy gear in stock plus auto top saddle repair by G. H. Yates & Son. Also update on Ap in Los Angeles improved, with travel to Alpine. Lease offers: 11 250 acres patented land six miles southwest of Mid Kansas well and 11 880 acres east of it. Will Garnett’s return from El Paso after illness.
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