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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1921
Page
5
A collage of brief arrivals visits and travels. Miss Humphries returns from Marfa. Miss Lorene Granger and Miss Thalia Gillett travel to El Paso and Cloudcroft. Judge J L Martin Jr returns from San Antonio. Miss Bertie Robertson visits Fort Stockton. several residents tour San Antonio Austin and California. Mr and Mrs Casner spend summer in California. livestock and dairy ads intermixed with rental listings and business notes.
Mrs. Viola Franks visits Garnett Hotel in Alpine while Joe Walker joins the Smooth Auto Repair mechanical department to boost service as demand grows. Florence Battles, hurt near El Paso in a train collision, slowly recovers. her family previously lived in Alpine. M C Bennett found Resurrection Plants on Marathon road and offers samples to Sul Ross Summer Normal students or the entire supply to the college. Des Moines agent I C Daugherty, with oil holdings in Brewster County and north of San Antonio, visits Alpine on a buying tour and praises the climate for comfort in July and August.
Advertising blurb touts affordable properties in the Ozarks of North Arkansas by the North Arkansas Land Co. of Everton Arkansas. Highlights abundant rainfall, springs, timber, fruits and crops plus dairy and stock country in a prime farming belt.
A dated recruitment notice invites men under 50 with a team or auto to sell 137 products directly to farmers on credit. Requires bond and references J. R. Watkins Co. Dept 114 Winona Minnesota. Territory open with a large potential market.
Securities Holding Co seeks oil and gas leases on large tracts in Brewster County in exchange for stock as first year bonus and yearly cash rent. Leases of five or ten years may be offered with strong drilling prospects before the lease runs out. Houston Texas address 609 Stewart Building.
Public notice from LBFE Hinson asserting that he controlled all Neville residence construction up to June 24 when he ended involvement. The notice rejects contrary claims and publicly declares responsibility for the project.
Affordable home offer with $500 down and balance similar to rent. Contact C. L. Windel for details. Also sale of a corner Railroad Ave and Third Street business site with parcial cash and balance to suit, addressed to Mrs. L. W. Durrell in San Antonio Texas. Subscribe for The Avalanche.
Alpine residents attended multiple social events including an Epworth League party hosted by Mrs. W H Terry and Miss Pauline Terry with about forty guests. Other notes mention a Pauline Terry dancing party, UT Austin student Anna D Linn's summer plans, and a Sul Ross College open house for Alpine citizens. Local outings included a 4th of July gathering at a ranch and visits by G W Blackburn family from Escondido California.
Students and faculty of Sul Ross Normal along with young people filled the Baptist church Monday night July 4th for an event under the B. W. M. A. colorful red white and blue decor and patriotic touches set a festive mood. Guests received flower favors and signed guest books while Loganberry punch and refreshments were served.
Alpige Lodge No. 766 A. F. and A. M. installed officers on June 24 with J F Sutton master A Newell senior warden B F Berceer junior warden Geo W Baines treasurer D M Kennett secretary Mev W J Ray chaplains Wop Fielder S Do Matt Smith J O S Seales S S S W Casner I S Lloyd E Griffith tyler
J D Bosley of Barstow Texas visits Alpine this week and reports Arthur Mitts well in Ward county showing a rich potash deposit from 10 to 21 percent pure potash with government experts arriving. Mrs Clyde Phelps and daughter Frances from Tucson Arizona are visiting relatives in Alpine. For fresh butter and buttermilk, phone 126 Measday Daily. tf Packaway Saturday Specials promoted.
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