Boosters Raise 25 000 For San Antonio Advertising Effort
A San Antonio fundraising dinner reports completion of a 25 000 dollar advertising campaign aimed at promoting the city as a residential, farming and industrial hub. About 200 boosters, mostly under 50, praised team work and predicted rapid growth, including new hotels and cattlemen investments mirroring Fort Worth. Albert Phenis notes optimistic momentum for a new city trajectory.
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San Antonio
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Albert Phenis
Dry Farming Illustrated edition promotes Alpine and Brewster County ads
The Avalanche announces its Dry Farming Illustrated edition as the best advertising proposition for Alpine and Brewster County residents and asks readers if they have secured advertising space.
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Alpine
Brewster County
Denatured Alcohol Inspectors Discharged Over Demand
Seventeen inspectors and four revenue agents on denatured alcohol work for the Internal Revenue Bureau have been dismissed as their services are no longer needed. The move follows disappointing prospects for alcohol as a motive power for small engines and automobiles due to incompatible engine designs and high manufacturing costs.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Farmers Union Forms Rat Extermination Campaign
Leaders of the Farmers Union with 2,000,000 members push a national drive against rats causing crop damage. Estimated losses total 1,000,000 in the US and substantial sums in France Germany and Great Britain as clubs and a circular outline modern vermin extermination methods are prepared for farmers nationwide.
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Farmers’ Union
United States
France
Germany
Great Britain
Night Rider Remedy Promises Restful Sleep Cure
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a safe nightly remedy that cleanses the system and cures ailments such as colds headaches constipation and malaria. Sold for 25 cents at R. B. Slight & Co.
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Dr. King
R. B. Slight & Co
Avalanche Man Gets Next
Alpine visitors join the celebration with Ed Dodson of The Avalanche among the crowd. Dodson is described as a jolly fellow who makes friends easily and is quick to join in any fun at the event.
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Ed Dodson
The
Avalanche
Sees Mother Grow Young
Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine praises Electric Bitters saying her mother aged over 70 grew younger after 20 years of dyspepsia. She states the remedy restored appetite sleep and health when doctors had given up and other remedies failed. Only 50c at R. B. Slight & Co.
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W. L. Gilpatrick
Danforth
R. B. Slight & Co
Railroad survey aims to link Brady to San Antonio
A final survey is underway to connect Brady with San Antonio via a line extending southward to Fredericksburg. The Frisco is expected to provide substantial backing for the project, signaling strong support for the new railroad venture.
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Brady
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Frisco
Life 100000 Years Ago Find in Swiss Cave Bones
Scientists report bones of ancient men in a Swiss cave dating around 100000 years. A. W. Brown of Alexander Maine credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing his lung trouble and stubborn cough. It treats sore lungs colds obstinate coughs and prevents pneumonia with a trial bottle offered free.
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Switzerland
A. W. Brown
Alexander, Me
Dr King
R. B. Slight & Co
Insanity Charges and Suicide Attempt Law Across States
The El Paso Times notes Texas treats a person deemed insane as guilty and jailed as if sane. It also reports Tennessee's new statute makes attempted self harm a felony with severe punishment, effectively deterring suicide attempts.
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Texas
Tennessee
el Paso
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for piles cure
Rugless Kentucky resident L. S. Napier describes ten years of pain riding horses until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve relieved piles. The ad asserts the salve treats piles burns scalds cuts boils fever sores eczema salt rheum corns and carries a 25 cent guarantee by R. B. Slight & Co.
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L. S. Napier
Rugless
Bucklen
R. B. Slight & Co
County and Court Schedules and Officials Listed
The notice lists dates for district county commissioners and court sessions on specific Mondays and Sundays, church service times at four churches, and officers including E F Higgins as County Judge J C Brooke County Attorney Flora L Daugherty as Clerk and J W Phelps as Tax Assessor plus other county and order group meeting times and locations at Turney Hall.
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E. F. Higgins
J. C. Brooke
M. Crenshaw
R. Pree
J. D. Jackson
D. C. Bourland
J. W. Phelps
Joe Moss
Modern Order OF Praetorians
Marfa Light Scrap Paper Billing Mystery
A local note explains a misbilling error for a paper scrap issue. The consignment was mistakenly billed to Alpine instead of Metropolis, prompting publication of a scrap edition last week referenced as Marfa Light.
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Alpine. Marfa Light
Notice to Sportsmen Over Pastures at Koker
Notice forbids hunting and trespass in the Koker pastures under penalty of law. J. A. Bices serves as foreman.
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Kokernot
J. A. Bices
G W Terry Blacksmith and Wheelwright Opens Booth
G W Terry offers buggy painting and full blacksmithing services at the Old Kargar Stand on Main Street south of the railroad. An experienced painter is employed for all jobs including horshoeing and wheelwright work.
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Vanseed
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Draughon
John F. Draughon
U. S
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Kan
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Waco
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Houston
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Montgomery, Ala
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Jackson Loan and Trust Co
Ft. Worth
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VIA
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California
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Chicago
Mexico
le Oat
T. J. Anderson
Avalanche Man
Official Directory
District Court
Sixty-Third Judicial District
Commissioners’ Court
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
A. F
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Turney Hall
Woodmen Circle
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Middlebrook
Palace Phar
Aupine
G. W. Terry
W. T. Henderson
Scenic Glen Ranch
Carazonas Ranch
T. C. Levingston
R.B. Skight & Company
Houston Post
San Antonio Express
P. O
Dioin
Alamo Commission
Measday & Co
Thos Goggan & Bro
Music House
Thos. Goggan & Bros
Anyones
Great Southwest
Goggan
Chickering & Sons
KNABE
Emerson, Gogan
Haines Bros
J. T. Gardiner
the City Meat Market
Holland Hotel
Nelson
Western Union
Paul J. Voat
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