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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
3
A garbled set of local notices mentions Daisy Bakery in Alpine and Brownswood area, along with holiday visits by Mrs. Flora S. Harkera of Chicago and John Emison. Other items reference hay plans, furs exchange, and a Shetland pony with cart for sale.
The Alpine Marathon region blends travel and gatherings with residents visiting kin and attending church, schools resuming after holidays, and local businesses noting furloughs and shipments. Individuals such as Lee Richardson Anja Wits and Mary Gillett appear alongside soldiers from Camp Travis Fort Stockton and Fort Bliss.
Registrants of Hrew Wha a Fanwary nh are listed by order and date ranges. The city notes returns are made in December and January with inclusive deadlines from December through January 10 inclusive.
A brief community update lists visitors and attendees including Mr and Mrs Jim Rooney and others from Fort Davis, plus a sheriff and deputy returning from St Louis with a prisoner Thomas W Gare alias Thomas C Winston. It also notes birth of Dorothy Austin’s New Year birthday party and local ranch family events amid sparse crime mention and holiday social items.
Charles Douglas of Marfa dies at 67 after long service with the GIL and S.A. Company. He lived at the home of Whitely and recently left Ile River for a brief vacation. He was respected in his role as a pamp er.
Higgs, a law educated speaker, will present personal reel stories at the Winter Lyceum tonight in Al evening. The event is third in a series titled Rigs Here Tomorrow with reserved seats available at the Can hay Kitchen.
Hrewster Camp No 491 Woodmen of the World will hold a memorial service at their regular meeting Tuesday evening. Officers will be installed, with remarks by local pastors and church leaders. The gathering invites the public to attend and observe the ceremony. The meeting night was changed to the second Tuesday of each month.
Due to heavy demand during Christmas, the superintendent ordered all contributions from school children to the library returned to them.
Public school faculty resume duties as break ends. Ray W. Camp, Mary Washington, Leone Hennett and others are noted in brief items visiting relatives in Texarkana, Dallas, and San Antonio.
Miss Hamilton travels to Fort Worth with Herta Fort Worth on Sunday as Mrs. John W. Gentry teaches in Miss Hamilton's place.
The packed High School Auditorium hosted a mock wedding event titled Womanless Wedding. The bride’s family sat on the Heit side as the ceremony progressed with performances by Mrs Henson directing and local participants including Wille Burke and Mrs Herk Mentetso. Attendees enjoyed cake and a copy of a business card as part of the event.
Publicity staff at Camp Travis notes ongoing efforts to combat disease and provide rations and water to each soldier. Discharges and letters from soldiers reach readers, with Christmas celebrations and supply details mentioned amid routine camp life.
A fragmented notice indicates a business communications issue about expected funds and a collector in Pecos and Rio Grande areas. Whiteman is named in association with the notice. The text references timeframes and payment handling but lacks complete details.
A study club donated a magnificent set of Harvard classics to the School Library. The gift included twenty lots of children’s literature and a three shell section Teede, marking a notable community gesture.
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