06 Jan 1910
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
1
A garbled bank statement from the Alpine institution shows figures like 171,776.66 and 244,625.82 and a sworn oath about loans to employees. The text appears as a rough imprint detailing financial figures and a pledge to improve service for customers.
Scarce beans and two new office blocks in Pecos mark economic optimism. The State adds a guarantee deposit law from 1910. Brown F. Lee seeks Lieut. Governorship. S P Ry may run a day train El Paso to San Antonio. Fewer Christmas fatalities due to cracker bans. Penitentiary committee notes whipped convicts for testifying. Tom Waggoner gives each child a 2 million dollar Christmas gift while retaining vast holdings.
Sol West recalls a brutal 1874 cattle drive from Gonzales prairie to Ellsworth Kansas during a blue norther. With 1200 head and freezing temps, riders abandoned horses at Heil Roaring Creek while cattle endured. West rode ahead at dawn to recover stock and traded for a new mount to press on.
Notice to the public announces an en route car of pianos and several local shipments arriving soon. Do not purchase a piano until a Luthy Co representative calls.
An editorial argues street loafers threaten communities while noting gangs form from natural play and urge creating inviting spaces like gyms to divert boys from crime. It cites hookworm prevention as a model for addressing underlying causes and stresses protecting future citizenship in Alpine and similar towns.
Clyde Buttrill of Alpine travels home from Bastrop and comments on cattle shipments from Brewster County. He mentions Jim Wilson, once a notorious cowman, now reformed after a revival, and notes cattlemen have shifted watchers from calf pastures. Brewster County has much to be thankful for.
Will A Marsh of Siler City North Carolina says he suffered from piles until using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, which cured him. The salve also heals burns boils ulcers fever sores eczema cuts and chapped hands. 25 cents at R B Slight and Co.
An Oklahoma posse killed two bank robbers and captured one more after a swift pursuit. Authorities report a violent bank raid ended with the takedown and the captured suspect taken into custody for questioning.
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