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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
8
Fragments show lodge meeting nights and officers across multiple lodges including Garnett Rebekah Lodge Sunnie Keetey and Castle H, with references to W Garnett N G and other chamber officers, plus notes on Alpine Chapter and Brewster Camp meetings and dates. Details are incomplete but indicate a community fraternal calendar with officer names and regular social evenings.
A terse court notice outlines actions affecting residents in May and August, with authorities urging caution as legal proceedings unfold. Local entities are named, detailing dates and jurisdictions involved.
Miss Flora J. Daugherty serves as clerk while P. Berkeley, FF Gillett, Geo. W. Baines, and other city commissioners take office. The city justice and marshal are listed among officials in a note referencing the first Monday meeting at the Masonic Building.
New timetable lists CM and O Orient trains arriving at 1 p.m. and 5:57 a.m. with departures at 1:45 a.m. and 9:23 p.m. East Bowne shows Southern Pacific service with No. 102 arriving at 5:57 a.m. and No. 9 arriving at 8:52 a.m. No. 101 arrives at 12:28. Additional note warns against trespassing on O2 pastures. MT Fletcher, Manager. Subscription prompt for Homes paper included.
Sheriff FE Townsend announces a public auction of J A Elliott and O H Graham property in Brewster County Texas. The sale, by order of Sterling County District Court, is set for the first Tuesday of the month at Alpine County courthouse, between 10 AM and 4 PM, for cash, conveying all rights to Sections 12 14 18 22 24 26 in Block G 12 GC& SF Ry Co and Sections 288 2 in Block 64 D&W Ry Co the JT Roberts pasture.
Tax collector voices frustration over uneven payment of occupation taxes. He notes some pay while others such as skating rinks, picture shows, and cigarette dealers fail to file. He stresses it is the collector’s duty to pursue nonpayers and questions why all are not complying.
A garbled archival line references sapper activity and vital clothing impact, suggesting wartime supply strain. The legible bits imply concerns over gear and comfort, with no clear dates or named places.
A fragment describes wraps with neat clothwork and rows of buttons. It notes red buttons and avoidance of large dark pearl buttons as a design choice. The text emphasizes careful fastening and refined styling.
Know all men by this notice John O Wedin and HE son owners of the Big Bend for Company at Marath Texas did on the first day of 1919 dissolve partnership in business said HE Mason gains in said business and pays all debts due the firm. WIT WANTED 1 car of refused saddles our hand and seal this the first day of June 1919 fat, 1 year of small mares John Wedin J Bennett Gonzales Tex HE Mason
Maude Radford Warren, a veteran canteen worker and nurse in France, held the war promotion record for the American expeditionary forces. Described as heroic, she served at the front with the Rainbow Division and the Forty-second Division, earning wide recognition for loyalty and service while near the front lines.
Soldiers at Camp Travis join a literacy effort described as education in action amid the siege of memory and struggle. Many learn to read and write and study papers while others recall their past schooling and advance beyond third grade.
Livingston Undertaking Co operated funeral directors and embalmers in Alpine and Marfa Texas with C W Livingston and W G Youxo listed among the staff providing services and arrangements for the community.
Sergeant Willie Sandlin of Company A, 132nd Infantry, received the Distinguished Service Cross for conspicuous gallantry near Hols De Forges in France on September 28, 1918. He advanced a machine gun nest, killed its crew with a grenade, and enabled the line to advance under heavy fire. Later that day he attacked alone, displaying coolness under fire. His next of kin is Johanie Sandia, of Hayden, Kentucky.
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