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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1904
Page
4
Fresh vegetables arrive daily as Alpine residents note local trades. Numerous brief updates mention visits, arrivals, and plans from Presidio county to Valentine with small business ads, mining notes, and community events.
A large Alpine courthouse gathering elected C A Brown president and J J Sanford secretary to organize local business interests. A five member committee was named to study forming a district advertiser group as leaders urged coordinated, funded promotion and growth for the town and county.
The Avalanche prints multiple notices announcing candidates for Brewster County offices including County Treasurer Sheriff Tax Assessor District Clerk Surveyor and County Judge. Various figures such as K B Slight A M Turney W M Harman L B Caruthers J W Bennitt O H Hector L F E F Cartwright and Francis Rooney seek nominating party or general election support.
The article notes ongoing delays at the Sanitarium venture with a miscommunication over details. It includes a bank president’s praise of Dr. Benjamin F of Alpine Texas as financially reliable and references a judicial appointment by Governor Lauhan, naming Judge Ridson of Hamilton to fill a vacancy in the Austin Court of Civil Appeals.
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