Whitewash recipes from Farm and Fireside offered for exterior and interior use
A Belair reader asks Texas Farm and Fireside to reprint a whitewash recipe. The paper lists four highly recommended mixtures for exteriors and interiors, detailing lime, salt, rice paste, whiting, glue, and optional carbolic acid, plus maintenance steps and cautions about gambling decadence in Farm and Ranch.
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J. W
Belair
Texas Farm
Fireside
Iit
Yearlings at $23 Round Head to Albany from Texas Purchase
C M Sauble of Albany bought 100 head of steel yearlings from J T Davis of Sterling City at $23 per round. The cattle, described as high grade, will be shipped to Albany and pastured at once. Last week Cauble sold 1200 head of threes to Browning Bros of Kansas City at $50 per pound. those steers traced to the Cauble ranch in the Midland region.
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San Angelo
Texas
C. M. Sauble
Albany
J. T. Davis
Sterlay City
Cauble
Plainview
Browning Bros
Kansas City
Midland
The Way of a Lawyer’s Bargain With Judge
A terse court scene shows a defendant facing a fine after a guilty plea. The lawyer probes the judge for the actual fine, noting the defendant has only $12 total and a $10 fee, insisting they cannot afford a penalty beyond $2. An accompanying ad offers a “wea wring outfit” for sale at a bargain price.
Packing Plant for El Paso Franchised by City Council
Judge J A Sweeney expected to present a draft franchise and a location map for a large El Paso packing plant with stockyards, packing house, compound, sausage soap and ice factories and a general office. The venture would exceed one million dollars and employ more people than Pearson woodworking mills. The commission may not list all investors. El Paso residents reportedly favor the project as a whole. A Western Kentucky jail scene follows with a jailer urging a corollary lawyer for a jailed man and a shouted insult from another prisoner.
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el Paso
J. A. Sweeney
Pearson Woodworking Mills
Sweeney
el Paso Times
Water Gone and Silent Tongue Tells a Mine Mystery
A Kansas City Star excerpt recounts a Tuscan Aziz woman famed for quieting talk by keeping her mouth open as engineers report the Mammoth-Collins mine water vanished after seismic disturbances. Doctors note a prescription moment, while a seismic cause and a dry, waterless level are described alongside milk souring explained by microbes. Texas Stockman & Farmer.
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Aziz
Mammoth-Collins
Mammoth District
Kansas City
Reward for cattle theft arrest and conviction
A notice offering a 3500.00 reward for the arrest and conviction of any person illegally handling cattle belonging to J.B. Invine. The message emphasizes a payout for breach of property, with no additional context or dates.
Credit Notice From Guy Crawford & Co To Customers
To Customers. Under present conditions we are compelled to sell for strictly cash or 30 days. All accounts that have run over 30 are now due and must be paid. Guy Crawford & Co.
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Guy Crawforp & Co
Ke Ke Ke Denverea Book Discount Notice
Atrine Power Co advertises in town offering quality items with a book purchase securing a discount. Telephone contact provided as 88 for more details and service accessibility across the city.
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Denverea
Atrine Power Co
Bill to ban work on Sundays in District of Columbia
Representative William B. Howard of Georgia proposes a measure to forbid Sunday labor in DC closing every industry except essential services and charity. The plan would shut newspapers drug stores streetcar lines and public utilities deeming the government a major rest day violator.
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William B. Howard
Georgia
District of Columbia
Canadian tariff debate draws sharp opposition rebuke
In an early tariff debate in the Canadian Parliament an opposition member mocked the government by saying the stance would make angels weep and jackasses laugh. The Hon. Tank Uver, then minister of the interior, replied calmly that the gentleman had been laughing, and offered his own measured assessment.
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Tank Uver
Oliver Interior
Notice Sheriff Sale in Brewster County Texas 1912
The State of Brewster County Texas by virtue of an execution from the Justice's Court of precinct No 1 Brewster County will sell for cash on the First Tuesday in August 1912 before the Court House door Alpine Lots 10 and 11 in Block 7 in the Town of Alpine levied on as property of The Alpine Power Company to satisfy a judgment in favor of The International Electric Co amounting to 41.83 dollars with 6 percent interest from May 27 1912 and costs of suit. Given under my hand July 9 1912 TA Wauron Sheriff.
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Court House
Brewster County
Alpine
Texas
Alpine| Power Company
For Sale Old English pea chat strain Indian Runner ducks
Ad for Old English pea chat strain Indian Runner ducks from a poultry farm in Mississippi offering fine layers that lay about one egg daily. Owner Mrs W W Townsend ready to supply eggs for settings with reasonable prices.
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Ippi
W. W. Townsend
Notice to Alpine property owners to clean up yards
Alpine property owners must clean up at once to keep the town sanitary. A penalty may follow for noncompliance. Urges cleaning outhouses, sprinkling disinfectant, gathering refuse, hauling off or burning items, and weekly cleaning of stable yards to curb house flies. Signed A Hanvy, County Health Officer.
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Alpine
Hanvy
Notice to the Public on Cash-Only Fat Cattle Purchases
Notice from W.D. Mraspay & Co urging customers behind on accounts to settle now as cash prices for fat cattle rise. They offer 30 day credit only, or other arrangements at opening. The firm notes new quarters in the Masonic Temple and announces ice cream, candies, cigars, tobacco, and party catering with nightly hours and phone 196.
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W.D. Mraspay & Co
Masonic Temple
Aurine
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First National Bank Capital
United States Depository
A. Brown
Presient
H. L. Kokernot
Ase L. L. Hess
GW. Baines
J. J. Burton
Eran
Stotart
Arthur
Grady
Mandy
Jim
Mik
Texas Stockman & Farmer
J.B. Invine
Sheriff's
Alpine State Bank
U. S
Benjamin F. Berkeley
W. van Sickle
C. Miller
J. H Derick
W. Ferguson
A. Williams & Company
Alpine, Texas
Joe
Wm. Evans
E. B. Chandler
E. Crockett St
San Antonio
Agency For
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Steel Star Windmills
Studebaker Wagons
Sherwin-Williams Paints
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