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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1901
Page
8
Alpine residents and visitors are listed with movements, visits, and events. Names include Lou Battrill J M Rooney Mre Ragin Cebe Dugat Steve Ferguson Lawrence Greenwood Hen Pruett Rodgers Dr Reeve Arthur Ragin Mr and Mrs Hoornbeek Mrs Rhodes and Miss Dugat. Local opinion on prohibition noted.
W J Spohr, formerly an agent here and last month in Los Angeles, California, announced on Saturday that he has become the father of a bouncing baby boy. He remains retained as night operator at Marfa.
A jaw replacement pitch promises teeth restored after extraction without a plate. It claims good balance allows reimplantation to look and function like natural teeth, with a trial period and no payoff if unsatisfied. Price set at five dollars per tooth, using 22 carat gold by Dr. G. Ty. Martin at Alpine hotel.
B Templeton sold his entire apple harvest to Robt Hix of Marta at four cents a pound. The estimate yields about 1500 bushels and roughly $3000. He also reports a fine crop of peaches plums and pears promising a neat sum, illustrating irrigation success in Brewster County.
House with 3 rooms kitchen and dining room extra and fenced yard. Additional two room houses with fenced yard. Listings under owner Geo W Tindall in Marathon Texas.
Clyde Wattrill sold his ranch and cattle to Jackson and Harmon last week. About 800 head were sold though the price is not disclosed. Capt J B Gillett delivered 220 head of high grade Hereford yearlings at July 1, at 81 six rounds. KJ Walbridge sold his ranch and stock to Mr. Walker of Luling for 317 pounds per cattle and $20,000 for the ranch, with about $10,000 in deeded land.
An advertisement touts a home remedy called HowrGoip Crre claimed to cure drunkenness and temperance by neutralizing the poison from alcohol. It asserts self cure is possible without notice or loss of time, with directions included, and physician help offered on request. The product sells for one dollar, with prepaid worldwide delivery from Epwin Gries & Co in Philadelphia.
An old advertisement touts August Flower as the largest medicine sale in the civilized world. It claims mothers and grandmothers relied on it for indigestion, biliousness, and nervous complaints. It promises simple relief with a few doses of Green's August Flower also sold at Sharp Brow in Alpine Texas.
A Brown traveling with the AVALANCHE group toured T B Templeton's ranch last Sunday afternoon. They observed the Blackburn brothers who appeared tired at first but later seemed to share the sentiment. Templeton gave a tour noting fruit limits due to oak trees not bearing peaches and apples, and Brown wished to live there forever if possible.
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