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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
3
Daisy Bread is requested at several stores and Daisy Bakery brands featured. Dr. W. S. Bechtel visits from Alpine and Fort Stockton guests frequent the city. Calavelle Bay Camp waes and cash exchanges appear in local ads, along with eggs, hay, grain, and feed from W. E. Caldwell. Mary A. West and Daley Bread promote machine made purity. Nine Points rentals offered western town area.
Alpine community notes reflect busy town activity with shop ads, bread and telegraphy updates, and notices of officials, tax collectors, and local events. Mentions the Daisy Bakery, Novelty Store bargains, Daisy Bread, railroad logistics, and wartime draft or registration items. Includes obituaries for Burford and other residents, and reports on sports matches between Alpine and Fort Stockton High Schools.
Readers encounter a dense string of mostly proper names and initials from a fragmented historical ledger. The passage lists numerous individuals with varied spellings and ambiguous roles, ending with a garbled reference to U S government offices. The exact context and relationships among the names remain unreadable.
Fragmented OCR notes detail exemptions and class claims for Liberty Loan bonds. Names such as Walter Skinner Charles Schley Dencil Bennett Verige Runyan and Henry H Weverts appear with dependent relations and labor support notes. Mentions of the U S Treasurer and Federal Reserve references accompany numeric figures like 1481 and 407,56 in terse ledger style.
War thrift stamps campaign named Stampe is organized with George W. Baines as chair, Mrs Ballvn as ladies committee chair, and other executives including He Wy Ferguson and Vernon McIntyre. The plan offers stamps redeemable in 1928 up to 50 dollars, sold at public sales or post offices, with exchange rules and monthly pricing details.
The Women’s Clubs of Alpin organize a city federation inviting every woman to join. Aims include uplifting humane and civic interests locally and nationally. First meeting scheduled for Friday at 4 PM in the Red Cross room. all women urged to attend.
De Massem will lecture and edit Texas School Journal will be public school auditor Jan. 9 at 8 o'clock. The public school faculty are paying De Masse lecture. Every citizen especially all school patrons will hear him and it will be a splendid treat.
Private Pat Lindsay of Company 1318th Military Police Camp Travis received a ten day furlough to visit his brother who was reported dead at Carlsbad New Mexico. Fellow soldiers learned of the saber’s death and were saddened by the news.
Clarence Hord states business profits improve but expenses rise and demands all accounts be paid monthly. If payment is made by the 10th, further credit can be extended. This notice addresses friends and customers regarding updated credit terms.
In a government notice, U S Pet Comins HA Gar field orders that all unnecessary and di nts such as sta [tits be reduced. Alpine residents are urged to enter into the spirit of the ruling and cut lighting to a minimum on Thursday and Sunday nights.
Notice to patrons warning of monthly charges due after January 1st. The provider states no exceptions for unpaid accounts and threatens action for delinquent telephones. Signed by FD Whiteman, Mar.
Hove y Happenings reports a week of business, notes visits by WT Johnson and Mise to Ko Reed Madrox and Inglish, and cattle shipments by Joe Parker. Snowfall of about six inches on Sunday night, with six inches on the level. Relatives gathered in Alpine. Frite and Oscar Great at the feast. Dowell of Lockhart Texas visited, J Miller and Ritlie Drake returning after weeks away.
A garbled report notes varied weekend activity including visits to Alpine and Terlingua, trips to Oregon and New Mexico, a funeral in New Mexico for a sister, and a light to moderate snowfall with about five inches. Names such as Motte Famond Speer Louis Newton Adan Wells McIntyre Pat Lin and Mrs Hyran Lee appear among scattered references.
Registration in Brewster County will commence February and continue to February 9 inclusive. Alien enemies must provide proof of peaceful disposition and intent to depart, under United States authority.
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