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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
2
Fragmentary notice from Alpine Texas discusses reading notices and special rates, with references to publishers, representatives, and correspondents. The text mentions fort events and a subscription price of $2, ending with a quote about a flower growing.
The Avalanche urges Alpine citizens to back a city plan to curb speeding and traffic violations endangering lives. It calls on officials and residents to cooperate, enforce laws, and fund a unified attack on reckless driving to protect human life and order.
A fragmented report discusses Robison and broader exoneration efforts across Texas. The text reflects political maneuvering around incompetency and mismanagement charges, with allies urged to stand by friends to preserve state leadership and reputation.
A long excerpt critiques subscription practices and municipal work, laments gas and water crews digging up streets, and jokes about heaven and harp tunes. The writer censures false cancellation claims, notes women in Congress, and ends with a wedding gift quip. Specific names or dates are not present.
Sargon and Sargon Soft Males Pills are praised for rapid health gains and energy with huge state and national sales. California sales alone hit nine carloads for 200,000 bottles. Kansas and Missouri retailers moved 260,000 bottles in five months. The ad claims global demand will require millions more and lists Alpine Drug Store and Moore Bros. Drug Store as outlets.
Registration of new automobiles at the tax collector office fell sharply in June from May with only a handful registered. The list includes three Fords, one Buick, one Dodge, one Marquette and one Chevrolet. Names tied to Alpine residents appear, such as Mrs. Ann Hurst, Curtis Moore, FB Cook, T. Armstrong and GW Baines, each listed with various car makes.
A historical clipping lists individuals and their associated vehicles or equipment. Names include Harry Fisher of Poole and Oliver Vranga of Alpine with a Ford coupe and an Essex sedan, plus Fred Clark and J D Jackson connected to marathons and car brands Studebaker Chevrolet Buick.
The W. E. Washington ranch thirty miles southwest of Carlsbad and near the Carlsbad Caverns will be developed into a tourist resort. Situated at the foot of the Guadalupe Mountains, the location is described as especially attractive for visitors.
A proposed project aims to build a five hundred room hotel with a swim tourist cab golf courses and other features. The cost is estimated at more than a million dollars and involves Eastern capitalists.
Real estate ad offering a corner lot with a stucco dwelling of three rooms near a school. Price listed as 1400 dollars with cash payment 300 dollars and balance 30 dollars per month like rent. No further terms or contact details provided.
Listing No 1179 describes 6500 acres of patented land in Brewster County with a public road and mail route nearby. Includes a small irrigated farm on a creek with gravity ditch and free water. Terms offer quick sale with a 480 balance due in 35 years and land patentable at any time.
LIST NO 1178 16 Acres adjoining Presidio near the border city. Presidio will soon be the Santa Fe Ry terminus opening a large trade territory. Land suited for suburban homes with one to five acre tracts. This land goes for 200 per acre with one third cash and the rest on easy terms.
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