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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1924
Page
4
The Alpine Avalanche is a weekly newspaper published by The Alpine Publishing Company. It notes second class postal matter status at Alpine, Texas under the 1874 Act, indicating its official mailing designation and origin.
A 1924 notice apologizes for omitting the Mojave Theatre minstrels and a Marfa Alpine ball game from the week’s roundup. Alfred A. Newell directed the home talent show featuring To Key Spence as interlocutor with fourteen men and two young ladies. The piece notes high demand and admission limits, plus a correction about a misprint relating to terpsichorean.
Mrs A M Turney and Mee C D Wood hosted a sunrise breakfast Thursday for Miss Uth Winder of California as guest of honor of Miss Nina Helle Caldwell and Miss Tertha Mae Hancock. The party traveled from Mrs WW Caldwell home to Lovers Rock for an open air meal with guests including Miss Rath Winder and several local residents.
May 5 notes from Austin describe the Parent-Teacher Association aims of better parents and better homes, and details a week of lectures for college students. The program covers organizations, roles, activities, and how to organize and source materials for parent teacher work.
The report notes rain from laht to good rains on Tuesday and Wednesday, with town showers and distant wet conditions south of town. Stockmen moved two carloads of cows and calves to the New Market Co in Los Angeles, bought by Me C Wo Ardoin, who departed with the cattle. the range remains fair with many fat calves and cows, though crews are not actively working the stock.
Nible School starts at 9 45 a m with classes for everyone The sermon at Ilaim is titled The Value of the Talent Due to arrangement there will be no services at the Christian or Presbyterian churches Sunday night L Weil pastor
A local household goods sale listing items for a prospective buyer. Includes quantities and a date in March with unclear spelling and contact details.
A home grown Alpine hen reportedly wore a diamond in her gizzard for two years. Mrs. Joe Sonnier slaughtered the final hen and افت found the jewel amid the mass of grit and scraps, along with other small treasures gathered by hens over time. The recovered diamond was presented to the owner ready to settle the hen’s “board and keep” with its gleaming value.
President H W Morelock announces new faculty for the 1924 25 session at Sul Ross State Teachers College Miss Rebecca Switzer will head Spanish and French during Miss Stather Miott's absence Miss Esther Hedeen will substitute in violin and piano for Miss Guinther My McKay becomes head of Education and Training School for 1924 25 and Summer 1925 Miss Mary Carlisle is critic teacher of seventh grade and Education instructor Enrollment for the 1924 Summer Session is the largest in the college history with representation from 88 Texas counties and the fall term opens September 24 with prospects for higher attendance.
The Palace Pharmacy Golf Tournament results list the top finishers: first Dr. L. C. Pope, 78, second Frite Weyerts, 78, and third Jimmie Keefer, 79.
The notice lists church activities with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Evening Service at 6 p.m. Holy Communion is planned for Monday morning at an unspecified hour.
Public notice in Brewster County Texas summons H. O. Spangler and numerous defendants by publication. The suit, filed July 1 1924 in the Brewster County District Court, seeks payment on a promissory note and enforces a vendor’s lien on multiple land sections in Brewster County. The next term is set for August 18, 1924 at Alpine Courthouse.
Plaintiff holds a due note transferred from Guion Gregg and seeks foreclosure of a vendors lien on Survey No 42 Block B-1 Brewster County Texas. The suit asks sale of the described land to satisfy principal interest and attorney fees and requests the court to compel lawfully the purchaser to take possession within thirty days after sale. Defendants are ordered cited to answer and produce deeds or title papers, else secondary evidence may be used.
Public notice directs summons for H. O. Spangler and numerous others in a four week sequence in Alpine Texas. The case 1085 names W. Trenor as plaintiff against Spangler and listed defendant entities including Union Colonization Company Merchants and Farmers Bank Brewster Lands Syndicate and multiple heirs and unknown stockholders and trustees. Publication runs weekly prior to the return day in July 1924 with the August 18 date specified.
A court record lists numerous unknown heirs and trustees as defendants in a breach suit over a promissory note dated October 18 1920. H O Spangler allegedly owes Guion Gregg 10250.50 with eight percent interest and attorney fees secured by land sections in Brewster County Texas. The land is described through multiple blocks and sections under G H and S Fay Co and related grantees with a vendor lien. The plaintiff claims the note is past due and Spangler has refused payment.
Plaintiff claims vendors lien precedence over other claims and seeks foreclosure with sale and possession for the lands described. Court order issued by Brewster County District Clerk, July 14, 1924, with notices of ancillary details and secondary evidence if needed. Also includes local dairy ad listings and prices.
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