Mass Meeting Tonight For Alpine Dry Farming Convention
Alpine Business Men's Club calls a mass meeting tonight in the district court room to plan entertainment for delegates and visitors to Alpine on September 1 and 2 and to handle related business for the Texas Dry Farming Convention. All citizens and especially Alpine Civic Improvement Club officers are urged to attend. Benj F Berxecey president and Will C Easterling secretary sign.
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Alpine Business Men’s Club
District Court Room
Alpine
Alpine Civic Improvement Club
Benj. F. Berxecey
Prest
Will C. Easterling
Secty
Alpine civic and business notes fill local page
Alpine residents hear about court house mass meeting and Measday & Co. shopping. visits from Marfa and Sanderson, new products at Hord & Co. and Sumner's, and community scenes. Local officials, births, travel, home repairs, and social events populate the district notices and ads.
To Push Marble Quarry Work
At a Jordan Marble Company meeting in San Antonio the board decided to issue bonds totaling 50000 to fund development work. Secretary treasurer John Young returned from Mexico City and says the country will provide a strong market for marble for years to come.
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Jordan Marble Co
San Antonio
John Young
Mexico City
Hard Luck Story Of Talley Family Westward Move
Mr W S Talley and family wagoned from Phoenix Arizona to a town arriving last Thursday evening Mrs Talley fell ill at Alpine hotel A horse died on arrival and a mule died later stock losses amount to 500 with other troubles The Talleys suspect poison in corn bought along their route They are Arkansas natives from Independence County and wish to go east after a few months in Arizona
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Independence County
Arkansas
Arizona
W. S. Talley
John C. Talley
W. H. Hardy
Miss Talley
Terrific Cloudburst Destroys Texas Davis Mountains Farm
A powerful waterspout roared over the Davis mountains last Saturday evening seen from Alpine. It wrecked Pruitt’s irrigation plant and alfalfa field causing about 5000 dollars in losses and five feet of water. a Clyde Buttrill ranch house was washed away and Musquez draw area flooded. Telephone poles and wires collapsed for five miles and several farms suffered extensive damage with total losses estimated around 15000 dollars. Pruitt's mountain ranch home was the most severely damaged.
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Davis Mountains
P. H. Pruett
Clyde Buttrill
Jess Pruitt
Seth Ward
P. H. Pruitt
J. W. Ferguson
Musquez
Usquez Creek
A Thousand Mile Ride Party Arrives by White Steamship
A Houston party arrived Tuesday in a White steamer after an eight day journey. The travelers include T. L. Hackney C. S. Hackney Valda Hackney and Agnese Carter. They traveled via Austin San Antonio Sonora Ozona Fort Stockton to Marfa and planned to continue to Fort Davis.
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Houston
T. L. and
C. S. Hackney
Valda Hackney
Agnese Carter
Austin
San Antonio
Sonora
Ozona
Fort Stockton
Marfa
Fort Davis
Local notes from Alpine and surrounding towns
J H Sumner promotes Heliotrope flour and Sumner’s Grocery. C W Livingston visits from Marfa to plan moving his business. Miss Birdie Woodward returns from visit with Mrs J C Bird. J C Bird travels to Johnson City after word his father is dying. Reg Measday and bride return from seaside and settle at home. Frank Starks buys half of Frank Woodward’s barber shop and adds a pool room. Mrs Bev Greenwood returns from Globe Arizona to see Law rence family. Miss Brent Kratz travels from Tucumcari to visit then to Virginia for a music conservatory position. Alpine Scrubs beat Alpine firsts 3 to 1 in Friday game. Durrell notes record post office school land applications. R D Shields and family move from Corpus Christi to Alpine.
Alpine Invites Five Hundred Summer Cottages in Resort Push
Nat Parks of the G H and S A Railway visited Alpine praising its climate and potential as a great southern summer resort. He projected renting hundreds of cottages and even tent colonies to meet demand, noting Alpine as ideal for seasonal visitors and describing a perfect climate he claims to have experienced. He also referenced unrelated gossip about San Antonio incidents with a dismissive note.
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Nat Parks
G. H. & S. A. Railway
D. A. T. Walton
Parks
Alpine
Mr. Parks
J. D. Jackson
Capt. Walton
San Antonio
Prof. Attwater
Granger
Crescent Club Climbs Mountain With Guests
The Crescent Club and invited guests climbed a mountain as guests of Miss Margaret Koker. They enjoyed a lunch at the summit and a pleasant reception at her home.
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Crescent Club
Margaret Kokernot
Thain the photographer ready for work and baby
The note invites readers to call on Thain the photographer and take the baby. Clarence Hord and his little son returned from Denver, leaving Mrs. Hord in a sanatorium improving. A local laundry urges home service at Alpine Steam Laundry run by Roy Spence and others visiting Alpine families. Drs Middlebrook and Taylor performed a delicate spinal operation on W. B. Chapman after a railroad accident. the prognosis is hopeful for recovery.
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Thain
Southside Railroad
Clarence Hord
Little Son
Denver
Mrs. Hord
Alpine Steam Laundry
Middlebrook
Taylor
W. B. Chapman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alpine Lumber Co
Court House
F. Miles
Nevill McDonnell
E. L. Ludlow
Sanderson
Hord & Company
T. W. Pratt
J. F. Miles
Mrs. Causey
Sumner’s
Lois Quick
H. Clay Phillips
J. P. Rice
Measday & Co
John Martin
Velasco
Judge Williams
Hord & Co
Roy Bell
Blair, Oklahoma
Wm. F. Smither
A. McCallum
H. J. Spanell
J. R. Holland
Overton
el Paso
City
Miss Moran
Miss Grace Nolty
Collins, Glasgow & Co
Alpine Land Company
J. L. Davis
Oliver Billingsley
Lee Walker
J. C. Bird
Mexico
Measday & Co’s
Arett
Palace Pharmacy
Guy S. Combs
Marathon
H. B. Cowles
Mason
Lillie Runyon
Master Wirdree
Guyon
Brewster
Counties
Dewees Lumber Company
Jersey
W. B. Hancock
R. G. Orr
California
Advantage
Colllins, Glascow & Co
O. McClary
Anna Dee Linn
Lottie Lowell
Jettie Pruett
Dallas News
J. L. Good
Ansil McKinney
Ansil
Beeville
J. W. Campbell
Civic Improvement Club
Derrick
T. A. Coleman
W. S. Brevins
J. T. Stephens
Mansfield
Stephens
Tarrant Co
Paul Vogt
Jennie James
Roswell, N. M
Jason W. James
Garnett House
W. W. Turney
Rebee Hurley
Clifton Johnson
F. M. Sessions
Santiago Peak
Ford Jackson
Lee Huff
Toyah
Lee
Huff
J. H. Sumner
C. W. Livingston
Birdie Woodward
Johnson City
Oakville
Sumner’s Grocery
Reg Measday
Frank Starks
Beaumont
Frank Woodward
Bev Greenwood
Globe
Lawrence
Brent Kratz
Tucumcarri
N. M
del Rio
Virginia
Alpine Scrubs
Kokernot
Harrison
Scrub Battery
Johnson
Blackburn
R. D. Shields
Corpus Christi
Mr. Shields
the Crescent Club
Roy Spence
Amarillo
Mattie Bridges
Sulphur Springs
Leslie Clark
Bessie Newton
James Cotter
Livingston Undertaking
Texas
W. G. Young
Marfa, Texas
Collins’ Stable
J. G Crawford
Edison
Alpine Furniture Co
J. H. Rector
Dean Mfg
Pine
Crienp
Hancock Addition
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