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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1904
Page
4
A damaged clipping lists post office hours and holidays with entries mentioning open times 730 p m and 19 a m. It includes scattered words like TEXAS FRIDAY and Sundays and holidays and suggests a public notice about service hours.
Alpine residents and visitors populate the page with arrivals from San Antonio El Paso and Kansas City. Notes cover cattlemen activity mining prospects Tungsten discovery near the Chisos mountains and a forthcoming Orient line project.Weather concerns include fire near Altuna and transport issues for Fort Ringgold supplies.
The Avalanche editor arranged for Col. Louis J. Wortham to lend the eagle donated by Rev. J. Turney for display in the Texas building at Saint Louis. Interested readers can see the noble bird before it departs.
The Avalanche lists multiple Brewster County candidates for various offices including County Treasurer Sheriff Tax Collector Tax Assessor District and County Clerk Surveyor and County Judge. Names include i B Slight Law Phelys Boyd Manning Cardthers Turney Harman Bennitt Hector and others seeking party nomination or reelection.
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