Local merchants tout products and visits in Alpine notes
Advertiser notices list Measday & Co barbecue Hord & Company cotton seed meal and wood, J F Miles beef and bacon, Diamond C brand, Heliotrope flour at Sumner's, Schillings coffee at Miles, and A McCallum items. Visitors include N M Clifford from Tessie and J R Landrum from Boquillas. Woodmen Circle meets Turney Hall. Smither injured by nail.
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Hord & Company
S. J
J. F. Miles
Sumner’s
Turney Hall
Miles
Alpine notices and regional updates on events and people
Readable items cover upcoming elections and court terms, weather, travel notes, business ads, and social visits across Alpine, Marfa, Fort Davis, and surrounding areas. Mentions include Constitution amendments, Dry Farming events, local commerce, and resident movements with several named individuals and firms.
Dates for Dry Farming Convention Postponed to October
The Dry Farming meeting for west Texas farmers, planned in Alpine, is moved from September 1–3 to October 1–2. The change, agreed in El Paso by T. J. Anderson of the G H railroad and Texas Dry Farming official G A Martin, aims to suit farmers and seasonal moisture concerns. Local Alpine officials say they were not consulted. objections cite advertising and planning expenses already incurred.
Sunday Young People's Society Program at Methodist Church
The Young People's Society meets Sunday July 25 at 4 p m in the Methodist Church led by Miss Addie Ferguson with topic Studies in Missionary Biography. Scripture II Corinthians 11 16 33. Prayer by Sophia Manns Miss Georgia Stroud William Carey Miss Emma Hamilton. Recitation The Call to Arms Miss Bogeman Miss Una Jackson. David Livingstone Mrs Delia Runyan Annias Judson to be supplied. Benediction song.
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Methodist Church
Addie Ferguson
Sophia Manns
Georgia Stroud
William Carey
Emma Hamilton
Call To Arms
Bogeman
Una Jackson
David Livingston
Delia Runyan
Annias Judson
Alpine Cemetery Association elects new officers
The Alpine Cemetery Association met at Mrs. Walter Garnett's home to elect officers for the coming year. Mrs. Worth became president, Mrs. T. M. Newton was named vice president, and Mrs. Walter Garnett was elected secretary and treasurer. Members are urged to join and support upkeep of the churchyard, with meetings the first Monday each month at 4 p.m. at the Baptist Church.
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Cemetery Association
Walter Garnett
O. E. Abbott
Alpine
Worth
T. M. Newton
Baptist Church
Naughty-Eights hosts social with new member joiners
Miss Frank Parkerson entertained the Naughty-Eights last Friday night with a pleasant evening and refreshments. A new member joined and more are expected at the next meeting. A basketball team was organized and will be ready for a challenge. The next meeting will be hosted by Miss Essie Mills.
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Frank Parkerson
Essie Mills
Frank
Death of Mrs. Schwing at Mineral Wells
News arrived this week of Mrs. Schwing's death after a long illness in Mineral Wells. The couple were well known with many friends in the area. A mass meeting planned for last Monday at the courthouse was canceled due to rain. a new meeting will be called when reliable convention information is received.
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Schwing
Mineral Wells
Court House
Time to Buy Lands in West Texas Now
A Lubbock Avalanche column urges readers to buy land in West Texas while prices are low and before they rise. It argues home ownership builds independence and warns that future costs will narrow chances for the poor to own a home, encouraging Luckey to move west.
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West
Texas
Mecca
Luckey
Lubbock Avalanche
Mrs Middlebrook Hosts Lively Young Guests
Mrs Dr Middlebrook’s popularity with children shone Tuesday night as a cheerful group descended on her home. The hostess matched the kids’ spirit and joined in the fun as lemonade flowed and all enjoyed a fine time.
Call at City Market for White Leghorn Eggs
A brief classified notice offers White Leghorn eggs at City Market. The item notes January hatched cockerels are available and priced at $1.00 each.
Marfa Residents Attend Baptist Meeting and Ranch Notes
Among the Marfa baseball people yesterday were Jack Knight A L Woodward John Maurer Will and Austin Putman and Billie Lempert. The Baptist protracted meeting closed last Sunday night. It was a great success and thirteen members were added to the Baptist church and several to other churches. Rev Greenwood says he has had no rain of consequence on his ranch in Green Valley and all the southeastern part of the county remains dry. The Hendersons are still skinning cattle. Now that it has rained and the hay crop is assured take time by the forelock and have Paul Vogt make any needed repairs on your mowers and rakes. Don’t wait till the last minute. J W Patrick Tim and Miss Samantha Patrick of Ozona and J D Fields and family of San Angelo were in town Tuesday enroute to the Candelaria Hot Springs for an outing. Judge and Mrs W Van Sickle and Hatley leave this morning for the Alaska Yukon Exposition and a general tour of the far northwest. Returning south the Judge will leave Mrs Van at San Diego while he and Hatley go to join Col Roosevelt and Kermit in Africa. They will return in the early winter by way of Zanzibar Timbuctoo and the Fiji Islands.
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Alpine
West Texas
el Paso
T. J. Anderson
G. Hi. Railroad
G. A. Martin
Texas
Dry Farming Congress
Anderson
West
Col. Anderson
G. H.F Paso Herald
Herald
Alpine Business Men’s Club
Business Men's Club
Martin
Attwater
Greenwood
Green Valley
Hendersons
Paul Vogt
J. W. Patrick
Tim
Samantha Patrick
Ozona
J. D. Fields
San Angelo
Candelaria Hot Springs
State to issue 10000 blanket hunters licenses for Texas
State Game Warden R. W. Lorance ordered 10 000 blank hunters licenses at 1 75 each. The licenses cover the entire state for hunting in any county, with opening seasons set for November 1 and varying end dates. Early purchases do not grant extra privileges beyond the legal season limits.
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R. W. Lorance
Texas
Lorance
Alpine News Briefs Highlight Dry Farming Ad Edition
Miss Margery Phelps returns from Carrizozo visit to sister Mrs Lacy. Mrs W C Murray and baby depart to Atlanta. Alpine Brewster county read publicity for Dry Farming Illustrated edition of The Avalanche. Alpine beats Marta 7 to 1 on local diamond as crowd watches. Captain Walton notes pre civil war dry farming success in Southwest Texas. Miles of Big Springs Automobile Co with Mason hill climber in town. Editor given country ride in their car and hopes for return visit.
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Alpine
Brewster County
Marta
Miles
The
Big Springs Automobile Co
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Tessie
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Kerrville
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Masters Hermann
Guy Levingston
Groesbeek
Hord & Co
Gussie Bean
Sanderson
A. McCallum
O. H. Hector
Rio Bravo
Woman’s Home Mission Society
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Wm. F. Smither
District Court
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C. C. Lightfoot
Ojo Calientes
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Palace Pharmacy
Tutwiler
Odessa
Sumner
Tom Moore
Fort Stockton
Rev. Greenwood
Globe, Arizona
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R. C. McKinney
Marfa
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F. M. Hurley
Pecos
Jersey
W. B. Hancock
C. M.cochran
Luling
Mrs. T. M. Newton
Miss Ida
R. S. Dod
Ulano
W. C. Murray
E. G. Hoover
H. B. Tarver
J. W. Stephenson
Ruidosa
N. M
Ben Ellis
Menardville
H. T. Luthey
Baby
J. H. Sumner
Myrtle
Ethel Midkiff
Lillie Massey
Tom Burnam
Geo. C. Miller
R. F. Jennings
J. J. Oliver
J. J. Allen
Mrs. J. L. Crawford
Oakville
Sumner’s Grocery
Bud Fuller
Capt. James’ Ranch
Bud
A. H. Ragin
Mamie
W. H. Ragin
J. C. Francis
Housekeeping
Mr. Francis
Christian Church
Brett
Mr. Stillwell
Mrs. Saunders
Miss Nell
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Miss Bonnie
Pacific Slope
Frank Russell
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Berclair
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W. B. Mitchell
Marathon
Laura Messinger
del Rio
A. B. Sandifer
Bryan
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Thain
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Mr. Flatow
Ruby Fourquereau
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Jack) West
Harmon Addition
J. T. Weaver & Son
Minnie
Lucille Murphree
Okolona
C. C. Dyson
Crowley
George
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Waco
Allen Walton
Ruperto Figaro
Ernst
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Concho Country
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H. C. Wylie
J. D. Wylie
Miss Wylie
Ed Fancher
Ballinger
R. B. Slight
J. H. Derrick
Civic Club
Young People’s Society
Alpine Cemetery Association
Naughty-Eights
Mrs. Middlebrook
Jack Knight
A. L. Woodward
John Maurer
Will and Austin Putman
Billie Lempert
Margery Phelps
Mrs. Lacy
Carrizozo, N. M
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Capt. Walton
W. G. Young
C. W. Livingston
Marfa, Texas
J. L. Davis
Collins’ Stable
Orient
Hancock Addition
A. M. Turney
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