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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
1
The editor states the newspaper is a business venture aimed at earning money to support the editor and family. He promises to publish news and serve patrons, while upholding personal convictions and gradually improving the paper with available resources. He wishes readers a Happy New Year.
Hon John H Reagan released an open letter announcing his retirement from public life at the end of his current term as president of the railroad commission.
On retiring the Avalanche is sold to J M Carnes who takes charge on the first of the month. The note thanks Brewster County citizens for patronage and asks continued support for the new management. Carnes’ career spans Tennessee Texas and Alpine. He is described as a propeller of the quill and will fulfill back subscriptions.
Sweetwater Reporter reports strong progress in Orient Railroad plans. Investments reach 2 million dollars in International Construction Company stock with added 300 thousand subscribed, plus a rail contract for 600 miles of sixty pound rails. Construction teams prepare dirt work and right of way work advances in Texas and Mexico as the line seems on track from Kansas City toward the Pacific.
The piece notes Mark Hanna losing ground in the Ohio senatorial contest while Foraker secures a Cincinnati victory. It mentions a Texas House inquiry into state government and reports on deer slaughter in Texas. It also covers Arizona Indians hunting jack rabbits and Geronimo and 296 Apaches at Fort Sill to be released from imprisonment.
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