Caldwell Fur and Wax Business Prompts Local Curiosity
A review of W. E. Caldwell on Railroad Avenue highlights his fur and wax trade, wax shipments totaling about 15 000 pounds with expectations of 25 000 pounds next week, and his role as agent for Cohler lighting systems for rural power needs. The piece notes hunting furs and relics, plus Caldwell’s plan to expand farming electrical power use and market reach in Brewster County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Caldwell
Railroad Avenue
Caldwell
Mexico
Fort Stockton
New Mexico
Mr. Caldwell
Dickens
Robert Lee
John Marshall
Marathon
Cohler Lighting
Frank Perry
Quicksilver Mining and Investments in Terlingua
A historical account by BE A Waldron traces the Terlingua district’s cinnabar discovery by Mexican boys and a white partner, the rise of the Chisos and Mariscal mining firms, and a rapid, tumultuous shift toward a booming quicksilver industry amid hopes of a California-like field and a promised “Mines are Made, not Found” investment ethos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. A. Waldron
Terlingua
Sucessful
Chisos Mining Company
Borro
Mariscal Mountains
Mariscal Mining Company
Coast Range
Rio Grande
California Coast Range
California
Quicksilver
Waldron Company
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad In 19th Century Ad
The notice describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine with an ointment for local use and an internal tonic that acts through the blood to reduce mucous inflammation. It lists FE J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as sellers and promotes a freight and transfer service by J M Gallego with prompt service and phone contact 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Fe, J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. M. Gallego
El Paso Legislator Shows Interest In School Financing Program
A reader letter from Alpine cites support for financing public schools and for Sul Ross Normal College. John Quaid of El Paso praises the education plan and notes intent to discuss it with legislators in Austin during January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boquet
John Euaid
el Paso
Quaid
Sul Ross Normal College
Lee J. Rountree
Brazos County
RL. Marquis
Sul Ross Normal
Mr. Quaid
W. W. Jenkins
Squire Alpine
Texas
Alpine Avalanche
Austin
John Tarlton College
New Baggage Rule to Benefit Texas Travelers
Southern Pacific announces a new baggage tariff effective January 1 1923 requiring declarations of value for baggage checked to points outside Texas. Full insurance is available at ten cents per one hundred dollars, with a minimum declared value of one hundred dollars. If no declaration is made the baggage cannot be checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kk. L. McKibbin
General Baggage & Mail
Southern Pacific Lines
Texas
Stae
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THE
Alpine State Bank
Lpine, Texas
Alpine Lumber Co
Alpine
Otis Turner
Alpine Mercantile Co
G. W. Martin
T. Darsey
A. G
Ellen K. Church
Lackey Bldg
Brewster County
Quicksilver Mining and Investments
First National Bank
Alpine, Texas
C A. Brown
H. L. Kokernot
W KR. Hancock
GEO
W. Baines Tr
H. LL. Hord
Aset. Cashier
the Square
Hord’s
Clarence
Hord
Alpine Light & Ice Company
J. D. Hix
Marathon State Bank
L. L. Hess
Fred Clark
W. K. Bates
I. J. Roberts
Kari Clark
Mitchell-Gillett Co
Headquarters
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