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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
4
Local notices report Alpine and Marathon residents selling fruit and vegetables, hosting sales and social events, and discussing mining prospects. Visits from Donors, ranch purchases, and transit between Alpine, Marathon, and nearby towns are noted along with pending land and marriage licenses and a forthcoming court-related matter.
A large campmeeting held from the 7th to the 8th gathered Alpine residents from Weld County to Pecos and Amarillo area towns with visitors from Dallas and Waco. Speakers included Rev. George W. Truett and Rev. J. M. Carroll. The event fostered warm fraternal hospitality and left attendees determined to return next year.
A postal ecard from Levy Ledford mentions beds at Pucumear and notes by M. Sheri Walteo upon returning to the Sheriffs Association meet. He praises San Antonio hospitality and states the next association meeting will be in Fort Worth. It records MOOD Gane as guardian of Jobo PT. Gane and mentions school land awards in Brewster and Veoos with one exception to Kiroball.
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