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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
3
Daisy Bakery and Daisy Bread advertise Alpine baked goods and meat items. Notices mention J W Moore, W J Yates in El Paso, and restocking feed. Daisy Bread emphasized as sanitary. Various local updates cover patrons, repairs, sales, and travel in Alpine and surrounding towns.
Homer W. Ferguson popular Alpine State Bank cashier married Nellie Collins at the bride’s parents home. Elder J. M. Polegrove performed the ceremony. The couple, graduates of Alpine High, will reside in Alpine after visiting Kings, Galveston, and the Gulf ports. They plan a reception and attend the Christian Endeavor Convention in Houston.
Alpine citizens including Mateo Molina and several local business figures purchase Liberty Bonds totaling thousands. Banks of Alpine report about 17 000 worth sold to date as Brewster County residents rally behind the national effort with various names listed among contributors.
A terse note asserts commitment to top quality with no burns or gloss, urging close inspection of the product. The brief message underscores trust in A B Sandifer as the source.
The Governor appointed Curtis Hancock of Dallas T R McLean of Mr Pleasant and H C Odle of Meridian to the newly created highway commission. The law aligns with the national highway act and will authorize millions of dollars in federal road spending in Texas in coming years.
For sale or exchange two properties in Artesia New Mexico a nine room house with two lots and a four room house with one lot. Price five thousand dollars or will accept land or live stock as full or partial payment. Address Box Fort Davis Texas.
The Garnett family expresses gratitude to Alpine friends for loving kindness and beautiful offerings for their dear Nona. They also thank distant friends and orders for loving remembrance in this sad hour. May God bless each and all. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Garnett and family. Crawford.
Marathon reports W J Newsam too ill to print this week. Skeeter has been sick about two weeks but kept at work until recently. Message closes with a dedication to duty: We dedicate our lives and fortunes to our task, signed by President Wilson.
The Alpine Summer Normal opened its eighth annual session with a welcome from President J D Jackson of the Board and President Benj F Berkeley. Dean Ray Camp of Midland College addressed the group. Judge A M Turney spoke briefly. Devotional services were led by Revs Williamson and Polsgrove. About thirty five students have enrolled so far, with numerous names listed from Alpine, Uvalde, Marathon, Pecos, Sanderson, Brackettville, Dryden, Marfa and other nearby towns.
Blacksmith Coal W F Caldwell reports a delivery of Big Vein Piedmont Smith ing Coat Dream yes. Dreams are humanity’s heritage shaping joy and happiness. The Dreamer’s visions have moved nations, overcome obstacles, and opened paths to ease and luxury for loved ones. Selected words emphasize future good hidden in the Land of Dreams.
Alpine Chapter No 132 of the Order of Eastern Star has installed officers for the coming year. Miss Mayer Young serves as Worthy Matron with Mr George Benson as Worthy Patron and Mrs Julia Gentry as Associate Matron. Other officers include Mrs Violet Newell Secretary, Mrs America Bird Treasurer, Mrs Ora Hord Ada, Miss Ruth, Mrs Laura Middlebrook as Trustees, Mrs Dora Henson Martha, Mrs Mary Slight Fleetras, Mrs Anna Kleinman Warden, Mr Clarence Hord Sentinel, and Mrs Stella Marshal with Mrs C Rainey.
A list mentions good as new records valued at 2000 dollars, a total cost of 6500 dollars, and an outfit offered for 2500 dollars. Charles Ainge is named as the person involved.
Alfred Browning of Hartford Conn unveils a collapsible rapid fire gun water cooled and weighing forty pounds. In trials it outperformed the Savage Arms Co Lewis gun after ten thousand rounds and the Colt machine gun. Testers call Browning’s design the lightest rapid firer yet, suitable for aeroplane use.
Governor Capper of Kansas issues a challenge to the defenders of the saloon. He demands twenty-five cities in any wet commonwealth in the United States show higher home ownership, greater prosperity, faster real estate value increases, and better education, clothing, and feeding than Kansas's twenty-five largest cities.
A whimsical verse from the city recounts a youth who misreads a figure as a baby cat and stoops to help. The stanza plays on puns and pity as it twists perception into a comic catastrophe.
June registration in Brewster County reached 433 with precinct totals listed as Alpine courthouse 9, Mexican school house 120, Terlingua 8, Marathon 16, and McKinney Springs R auit, detailing the voting district tallies.
A compressed block of salt was hurled at a man named Caldwell, with witnesses noting the unusual event near a dairy or milk supplier. The incident prompted local inquiry into the motive and potential involvement of others.
Tarps and wagon sheets offered at reduced prices in a closing out sale by GH Yates Saddle Shop. Items sold as inventory clearance with notes of prior buying arrangements and discount framing.
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