Alpine Power Company Under New Management Announcement
Mr J Kirksey assumes management of the Alpine Power Company and promises improved light service within ten days. Directors J H Dernicx R B Suchet H W Towssexn announce readiness to haul and invite public patronage. Alpine hotel offers clean sanitary beds and well lit rooms with reasonable rates by Mrs C Duoar.
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J. Kirksey
Alpine Power Company
J. H. Dernicx
R. B Sucet
H. W. Towssexn
Alpine Hotel
Ste
C. Duoar
The Valuable Meningitis Fight in Texas
State Board of Health resolutions urge securing New York serum for statewide distribution. Officials press prosecution of unqualified prescribers, early diagnosis, and public closing measures to limit spread. Immunization via Flexner serum shown safe in Dallas. experts urge local vaccination.
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Dallas
Texas
State Board
F of Health
State Board of Health
Abraham Sophian
New York
New York Board of ‘Health
Jas Phsicans
Flexner
A. Sophian
Rockefeller Institute of New York
Simon Flexner
Irrigation Projects To Bring 350000 Acres Under Irrigation In Texas
W L Rockwell irrigation manager reports 100 major Texas projects will irrigate about 350000 acres this year. Lands average over 250 per acre. Dam near Marfa to irrigate 10000 acres ready in 1912. Fort Stockton and Comanche Springs provide extensive irrigation. Artesian wells are common in Hale Floyd and Lubbock counties. El Paso area shows orchards and alfalfa gains.
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San Antonio
Texas
W. L. Rockwell
Oklahoma
United States Department of Agriculture
Rockwell
West Texas
Marfa
Kansas City
Fort Stockton
Comanche Springs
Hale
Floyd
Lubbock
el Paso
Supreme Court Opinion on Land Title Causes
A column notes the Supreme Court ruling on Athoritative Land Title Cause No. 2, warning that owners may be forced to pay for land even when the title is poor or unsalable, and urges reading the official decision in the paper.
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Supreme Court
Salting Jack Rabbits at Hereford Texas
In Hereford Texas jack rabbits are being killed by the hundreds. Joe Bourell, five miles south, has 156 pounds brined in barrels, saving only the fore, hind quarters and back. He plans to process hundreds more for next summer. Bourell says well-prepared jack rabbit meat is excellent. Several others are doing the same. Dressed jack rabbits sell for up to one dollar in Chicago, considered a luxury there.
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Hereford
Texas
Joe Bourell
Bourell
Chicago
Navarro to be tried for surrender of Ciudad Juarez
In Alexico City an impending trial will accuse Gen Juan Navarro of surrendering Ciudad Juarez. Charges will be filed soon by the public ministry after review. Presidents and officials including Francisco I Madero and Abraham Gonzales have issued statements favorable to Navarro. An Alpine Hardware Co ad touts a one horsepower gasoline engine replacing a 15 foot windmill.
Cantaloupes Boom Promised by St Louis Firm
The American Refrigerator Transit Company of St Louis via its Texas agent T. Gorman of Tyler has discussed a guaranteed 200 acre cantaloupe tract with the Commercial Club. Secretary Whaley reports the acreage secured and railroad cars to ship the crop, promising a thriving market for Reeves County farmers and a peak season for Pecos Valley cantaloupes.
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American Refrigerator Transit Company of
St. Loui
T. 4. Gorman
Tyler
Commercial Club
Whaley
Reeves County
Pecos Valley
Adams Ranch Sale Sparks Western Texas Development
The Adams ranch of 10 400 acres across Reeves and Pecos counties sold for 104 000 dollars. John G. Willis of Snyder Oklahoma bought from Adams and sold to Slaughter and Ingles of Kansas City. They plan irrigation and cultivation expansion benefiting the area. Record telegraphic and phone orders promised for Pecos Reeves counties.
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Adams
Reeves
Pecos
John G. Willis
Snyder
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Stockton
Terry’s Market
Reeves County
Seth
S. H. McCullough
Eggs For Sale In Rhode Island Reds
Egg advertisement offering Rhode Island Red hens for sale. Contact Mrs W W Townsend by applying or calling 0 for details and pricing.
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Rhode Island
W. W. Townsend
The Final Test on Beef Trust Antitrust Case
Ten Chicago packers stand trial in Chicago under the Sherman Anti Trust Law. The Beef Trust, accused of fixing meat prices since 1880, faces a decisive legal showdown after repeated delays. The case tests the vigor of the law and the defendants’ defiance, with potential imprisonment if found guilty.
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Chicago
United States
Beef Trust
Standard Oil
American Trust
Why He Disobeyed Orders By Dewey Story
A sailor relates how a powder boy during the Manila patrol asked to jump after his coat lost overboard. Refused, he retrieved the coat and was arrested for disobedience. Admiral Dewey forgave the boy, tears in his eyes, saying boys who love their mothers enough to risk their lives for a picture cannot be kept in irons.
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Admiral Dewey
Manila
Dewey
Ritchey’s Groceries Promises Wealth for Shoppers
An unusual advertisement extols Ritchey’s Groceries as the path to wealth. It urges readers to buy groceries there and manage other affairs properly to accumulate wealth and even compare success to famous financiers. The ad ends with a stray phone-like string.
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Pard
Ritchey’s
Ritchey
Harriman
Rockefeller
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Burbank
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Mexico
el Paso Times
Alpine Hardware Co
Alpine State Bank
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W. van Sickle
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