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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
8
The page reports on a delivery service offer for fox ice cream soda water and fish, stove wood sales, plus a neighborhood incident where Mrs. Gillett’s daughter Lou searched for eggs and found a large rat hidden under the house. The item ends with real estate brief mentions of small houses and fencing in Marathon Texas.
A list of visitors and residents in Alpine this week includes Chas and Mallory from Kansas City Van Mekle from El Paso D Combs from Marathon Mesers Collins and Rabb from Sterling City H W Reynolds from his ranch Colon of El Paso and Bogel of Terlingua Also in town were Hathaway from Indiana Al Chastain and Panhandle relatives Mra Simmons and daughter from Houston E E Townsend and yearling buyers for Lockwood ranch Wm Nixon with Warren Gourley ill with chills Baptists plan a $1200 parsonage Richardson sidelined by illness Huff and son from Luling promoting camp life at Kokernot ranch Mr and Mrs Hiram Griffith and Miss Rhodes from Floresville visiting Alpine Ewell, Yoakum merchant seeking health Dr Reeve offers eye tests Rev Greene of Dallas preaches at Baptist Church Slaton of Decatur monitors leased state school land in Brewster and Pecos counties W000 acres grass land advertised in Brewster Pecos I W Dorrel Alpine surveyor advertising water ho rses Perry Greer from El Paso, once Alpine resident, reported killed at Las Cr Cremary New Mexico
Advert says Grandma's Diarthoes Cure has curative qualities and provides the quickest relief for stomach troubles. It claims to cure at once and leave the system in a healthful condition, promising no disappointment.
Notice details a weekly stage line between Marathon and Terlingua leaving Marathon Mondays at 8 AM and arriving Terlingua Tuesdays, returning Thursdays to Marathon Fridays. Round trip fare is $14 with through trip 8. Emphasis on prompt service and special attention to lady passengers. Packages and trunks carried.
A flashy 19th century advertisement touts the Home Gold Cure as a guaranteed at home remedy to cure drunkenness. It promises no toxins and no publicity, claims rapid transformations, and offers to ship for one dollar from Dene RDwrw 4 Orie & Ca in Philadelphia with confidential correspondence.
A sketch notes Lone John Williams of Milan Texas as a Confederate veteran and respected fighter who began fighting Indiana in 1849 and served until the Civil War, renowned for long hair kept until the Confederacy prevailed.
An ad claims You August Flower is the largest Gale of any medicine in the civilized world and that mothers used it for indigestion biliousness nervous exhaustion and heart issues. It asserts the remedy cleanses the system regulates the liver and calms headaches with a few doses of Green's August Flower. Sold as Green's Prize Adrianac at Sharp Bros Alpine Texas.
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