Local Alpine paper highlights college critiques and education debates
The Alpine Avalanche prints excerpts from Charles Hughes at Brown University condemning excessive college activities and student disengagement. A Newark correspondent recalls a biblical anecdote about “few apples.” The piece also questions marriage license timing and features early studies on educational films improving geography and science grades. A note recalls Gift Day traditions in Latin America and Big Bend area reflections on holiday generosity.
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Charles HE Hughes
Brown University
Hughes
Ranchman Finds Stones Dated 1805
Ranchman Menzies reports discovering a stone dated 1805 near his home bearing the names Jim Cantrell and George Maddox. He also found a short chain fragment from a soldier and a fragment of a sword near the site once tied to stagecoach robberies. An American Hereford bull won at the Wichita Pad Piock show in Wichita, Kansas.
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Christian Seienes Monitor
Newark
Peter
AL Mensies
Mr Menzies
Jim Cantrell
George Maddox
Mr. Menzies
Wichita
Pat Piock Sew
Texas Rangers Widows to Receive Federal Pensions
After archival discovery, about 120 former Texas Rangers and their widows may receive over 20000 in federal pensions. Major A B Coffee led the effort, tracing ranger activities across West Texas from the 1870s to the 1880s, including engagements with Comanches and raids near Pecos and along the Rio Grande.
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Austin
Texas Rangers
Texas
Lo Grande
Panshandle
Rio
A.B. Coffee
Adjutant General's Department
West Texas
Coffee
Rio Grande
Coryell County
Cottee i
Texco RicRaniers’Association
Mira Roy Smith
Bic Spring
West
Western
Folows Company
Aja. Neal
O. B. Bondwater
T. O. Oglesby
Geo. W. Baylor
L. K. Caldwell
G W. Campbell
June Peak
Ira Long
Bryan Marsh
S.A. McMurray
G. W. Arrington
John Hotter
W. Schmidt
D. W. Roberts
L. P. Bicker
EN. O. Reynolds
Neville
J.T. Gillespie
Pat Dolan
Joel Sheety
John B. Jones
Army
Mitchell
Crosby
Menard
Presidio
Motley
Jones
Dimmitt ' County
Port Elliott
Panhandle
Guadalupe Mountain
Reras
Blancoanyon
Quiloque
Texas Plains
Meens
Calvary
Bette
Denver and South Plains
Ane Grey
Tenas Rangers
State appoints B Neal to vice post in Texas
A state department release in Washington announces B Neal as vice appointee in Texas. The Panhandle region plans a road building program with a $2,000,000 allocation for the current year.
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Lis Dte
B. Neal
Arinexas
Cual
Bluehelds
Nicarange
State ‘Department
Washington
Neal
Sery
Panhandle of
Texas
Mineral Chamber of Commerce Offer Draws Earliest Responders
A radio broadcast by the Mineral Wella Chamber of Commerce promises a cover to the first responder from each state in the Union. The message notes New Mexico has efficient proven potash areas with sufficient output to meet domestic US needs for many years amid rising demand.
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Mineral ‘Wella Chamber of Commerce
Dy County
New Mexico
United States
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San Diego
California
Criss
Christ Child
Latin America
Santa Claus
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Owa
Porto Rico
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Malla
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el Paso County
Texas and Pacific
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Vietoria
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Repubic
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Pershing
Columbus
N. M
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Dolar
Amarillo
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Orient Dairy
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