Alpine Avalanche notices and rates page
Resolutions cards of thanks and reading notices priced by line with special rates for longer items. Bennett Bauer and manager McD Woon Fort Dove Saittai Barry Scorer. Tot Davis correspondent Helen Friend Marathon correspondent Maria Valenzuela Terlingun correspondent. Subscription price One year 200 dollars six months outside county 1.25. Entered at Alpine Texas Pont Office under March 3 1879.
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Bennett Bauter
Mscd
Woon
Fort Dove Saittai
Barry
Tot Davis
Helen Friend
Marathon
Maria Valenzuela
Terlingun
Pont
Alpine
Texas
Smal Town's Future and Roads to Change
Fragmented essay shows concerns for a town's future amid growth and decline. It weaves a critique of development, transportation, and cultural change with musings on personal responsibility, safety, and community values.
Young man offered quick money through questionable scheme
A young man was drawn to a lucrative opportunity that appeared legal but was ethically dubious. He discussed the plan with his mother, weighing potential gains against moral concerns and personal risk. The episode highlights temptations and family guidance in the face of risky financial schemes.
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Jim Jones
Jim
Tmme
Wong
Amie
Church of the Brotherhood of Man
Robert Ingersoll
Watts
Fleeting club gags mix humor and mishaps in old vaudeville tone
A string of humorous vignettes from a bygone club night features a music professor debating Kreisler, a barbershop quip about a red tie, an assault case termed by a woman, an Alpine father awaiting his kids, Pat the undertaker’s free play card boast, a Bethel Maine innkeeper slowing traffic, and a series of farcical farm anecdotes about hens, wooden legs, and a distracted professor who falls in twice.
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Pat
Speed Demon
Sens
Dakota
Mat to Brevities Unclear Words In Jumble of Vignettes
A garbled set of light anecdotes and jokes features a domineering mistress and maid, misfired dialog, a tripped Sambo and a roaring spectator, Adam and Eve naming an animal, a barber chair mishap, and a wary Irish golfer visiting a Scotch club.
Warrant payments and a Sydney expert chick sexing marvel
The note lists warrants called for payment including RAB and Prec numbers with general and class designations. It also features Miss Marvis Heath of Sydney Australia described as a rare female expert who deters the sex of baby chicks, handling eight per minute and earning good pay for her skill, alongside a stray health remedy mention.
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Marvis Heath
Sydney
Australia
Black-Draught praised by Martinsville dealer in ad text
J Lester Roberson hardware dealer in Martinsville Virginia endorses Black-Draught as an economical pure vegetarian laxative. He says it relieves constipation and dull aftereffects and recommends it as a splendid medicine.
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J. Lester Roberson
Martinsville, Va
Iave
Foreclosure levy on Alpine property in Hancock Addition
On Tuesday in February 1997 at the Brewster County Court House door in Alpine the sheriff levied execution on Lot 6 and the east half of Lot 7, Block 2, Hancock Addition to satisfy a judgment in favor of Home Owners Loan Corporation. Sheriff Elmer Taylor dated 1-8-3e with Deputy Pink Phelps.
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Court House
Brewster County
Catherine
Cooley
Cardus Promised to Help Women With Pain
Mrs. Cole Young of Leesville La reports irregular pain and nervousness from women’s troubles. After using Cardul she says it regulated her cycle and eased pain while quieting nerves, improving health. The letter touts Cardul as safe relief for female discomfort.
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Cardus
Cole Young
Leesville
Cardul
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Wevete
Sian
Lye Ag Hatidl
Sara Hae
Jim Joneses
Isa Schiaparel
America
New York City
Greenwich Village
France
Devel Reas
Mme Schiaparelli
Louie Moe
Everett, ‘Wash
Wil
Ron Ito
Meath
Emery Bors
Kreisler
Sam Blackwood
Bethel
Maine
Sambo
Rastus
Adam
Eve
Tom
Raze
Nira Aes
Koon of
Alpine Lbr. CO
A.B. Sandifer
Home People
Orient Dairy
Dom Adams
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