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Alpine Avalanche

Location

Alpine, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1924

Page

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Alpine Luncheon Club Highlights Alpine Chamber Activities

The Alpine Chamber Luncheon Club met at the Holland Hotel with 32 attendees. Speakers included Judge Sutton Marfa Rev Bowles on Alpine streets Mexican section and prospects for a new fire station.

Alpine Chamber of Commerce Holland Hotel 5. D. Jackson Lawrence Weil Sutton Marfa Alpine West Texas Jim Davis C. Bowles Litle Mexico Old Mexico Chamber of Commerce Arthur M. Potts A. & M. College Mead B. F. Berkeley Berkeley Brownwood West Texas W. B. Hamilton

Underwood Campaigner Accepts Evans Threat in Texas

W E Lea, Texas campaign manager for Senator Oscar W Underwood, challenges the Ku Klux Klan threat by Evans and urges Texans to decide if political campaigns against the Klan will be allowed. The piece notes Underwoods stance against secret organizations in government and calls for a Texas vote on May 3.

Dallas Tex Hiram W. Evans Ku Klux Klan W. E. Lea Texas Oscar W. Underwood Alabama Lea Gage Men of America Klan Protestant Episcopal Church Evans Underwood Klaverns of Texas Klan of Texas Senator Underwood Know Nothing Party

M. E. Church Building Plans Going Forward

The Methodist Church building committee met Sunday afternoon and decided on plans for both the new church and parsonage. Plans were sent to the Church Extension Board in Louisville for approval, after which building will begin. The Finance Committee reported gratifying results and will ensure the project proceeds without delay.

Methodist Church Church Extension Board Louisville Ida Kokernot

Alpine Mercantile Ad Promotes Spud Value

An Alpine Mercantile Co offer touts good spuds priced at 3 cents per pound with discounts for bulk purchases by the hundred.

Alpine Mercantile Co

Mercury boiler revitalizes Brewster County Quicksilver

Brewster County touts Emmett’s Mercury boiler as a major industrial advance. Engineers say it boosts plant efficiency by about fifty percent and could slash fuel costs. Prices cited at one dollar per pound, with potential rise to ten dollars as mines reopen and production surges.

Brewster County Emmett

Terry Nixon unite in marriage at Methodist parsonage

Mr W H Terry and Mrs Nellie Nixon wed Saturday March 1 at 3 pm with Rev John K Beery officiating. The couple honeymoon from Alpine via El Paso and Dallas returning home after March 20 with many friends offering best wishes.

W. H. Terry Nellie Nixon Methodist Parsonage John K. Beery C. D. Wood M. S. Burke Mrs. Terry

Ranchers Kill Panther on James Old Ranch

Joe Parker and Sam Harmon hunted a six foot ten inch panther called a Mexican lion in the James old ranch area. The beast had been killing calves on the Jackson Harmon ranch. Parker and Harmon cornered it before daylight. The first shot failed to stop it. dogs attacked. A second shot through the head ended the chase.

Joe Parker Sam Harmon James Old Ranch Jackson & Harmon Mr. Parker Mr. Harmon

Southern Pacific Disasters Delay Westbound Passenger Trains

The Southern Pacific suffered two wrecks near Noonan west of San Antonio and Sierra Blanca injuring several passengers. A freight wreck killed an engineer, a fireman, and a brakeman, delaying the west bound passenger train and the east bound No. 110, with extensive rolling stock damage.

Southern Pacific Engieer Noonan San Antonio Sierra Blanca

City Tax Assessor Seeks 1924 Property Renditions

Notice from W. A. Daugherty City Tax Assessor requesting renditions for 1924 property taxes. Receivers can provide prior renditions or property descriptions from the assessor at the City Office.

W. A. Daugherty

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State National Bank Alpine, Texas Benj. F. Berkeley, Pres Geo. C. Miller H. W. Ferguson G. B. Crawford, Asst Koenig Sandifer’s Grocery A. B. Sandifer Beatrice E. Neighbors G. W. Martin J. T.darsey South Front Sul Ross College Otis Turner Underwood Headquarters M. E Tobin Sign & Poster CO Mercury Terry—Nixon The First National Bank Apine, Texas C. A. Brown H. L. Kokernot W. B. Hancock Geo W. Baines Jr Hord Aset Alpine Light & Ice Company J. D. Hex Alpine Hardware Company W.A. Oatman Wm. A. Buchanan Dimity Childrens Mitchell-Gillett Co Headquarters
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