Alpine Residents Share News and Visits Across Town
Mr Elmer Taylor of Alpine visited our city Thursday. Lt Lee Simpson has been in Midland for months and spent last weekend with relatives here. Sgt Ted Perry and daughter Emalee left for San Antonio after a visit with J L Her and family. Mrs L F Buttrill returned after three weeks at Hot Springs. L L Hens and son Leonard are in town from San Antonio to tend ranch interests. Mrs G W Gill of Texan enjoyed a few days with her parents C H Moorettel. Judge and Mrs D Wood traveled through Friday to Alpine, spending a week at Hot Springs. Chas Martin and family returned home. Martin improving in health. Missionary society met with Mrs George Hargus. J E Fuller reported Amarillo trip. silver tea planned for Friday April 4. Guests Lindley, Taylor, Dascomb, Arnold, Futter attended, with Plano selections by Mrs Hargus. Silver Tea set for Friday April 4 3:20 to 5:30 pm. New telephone building under rapid progress. W D Wood and family of Kerrville are new to Marathon. Wood to head salt-mixing plant locally. Dewey McGinley and family returned from Sweetwater. sister to attend school. James Henderson and daughter left Torniilo after visiting Roy Stillwell.
Memorial for J T Robson to be placed on capitol grounds
At a meeting in San Angelo on March 25 a memorial honoring Commissioner J T Robson was approved with a $10 000 cost. Mrs Della Kimball left for Deming N M after visiting with Memorial Association members Mrs A R Davis and W F Scarborough of Oldland. New officers were elected in the association and a committee led by Coke T Stevenson of Junction was appointed to secure the memorial location on the capitol grounds. Mrs Francis Rooney and Mrs Albert Chambers visited Mrs C Cleveland in Albine Tuesday.
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San Angelo
Robert
Roy B. Alawell
Sonora
Vickers
Midland
Coke T. Stevenson
Junction
Huge Moss Agate Deposit Found in Big Bend Area
A large moss agate deposit is reported along the line of the Santa Fe railroad between Alpine and Presidio. Owners John Young, FE Gillett, W P Murphy, and R A Werth claim 80 acres with patent. The semi precious stone is used in jewelry and a sample is sent to Germany for appraisal. A separate note warns policyholders their coverage is void if countersignature or premiums are missing. A Kansas City man is said to have rental of a gas device that killed sparrows and harmed the user in a garage incident.
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Big Ben
Santa Fe
Alpine
Presidio
John Young
FE. Gillett
W. P. Murphy
Marfa
R.A
Dick) Werth
Big Bend
Hine
Brewster County
Germany
Young
Advertisement Relating to Lost Policies in Alpine Texas
Notice states that Tornado Policies Nov 9559 to 75 inclusive of the Common Ith Underwriters of the Public Insurance Company of Dal Ine Texans are allotted to Otis Turner, their agent at Alpine Texas, requiring for their validity the...
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Ais Company
Dallas
Texas
Public Insurance Company of
Dal- Ine
Teas
Otis Turner
Alpine
Local Firm Uses Brewster Marble For Table Tops
Pennington Drug Company displays white black marble from Brewster County's Marble Mountain quarry. The new tops show a high polish giving a glassy face appearance. Marble Mountain company quarrying and finishing the material, touted as the United States' sole black marble source, with a range of colors found in the mountain.
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Brewster
Jordan Marbl Tes
Cnty
Pennington | Drug Company
United States
Mountain of Marble
Marble Mountain Company
Holland's Carries Story of the Big Bend
A feature recounts the Big Bend country with illustrated scenes including the Grand Canyon of the Rio Grande, presenting a travel tale of vast landscapes and scenic wonders.
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Holland’s
Story of the
Big Bend Country
Grand Canyon
The
Rio Grande
Gold Is Where You Find Married: Dobie's New Western Tale
In Holland's magazine this month a spirited Mt Alpine youth described as a willful rancher appears in a feature leading to the story. J Frank Dobie, author of A Vaquero of the Brush Country, writes Gold Is Where You Find Married, a history of the western cowmen drawn from facts supplied by John Young of this city.
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Haley Ranch
Mt Alpine
Holland
J. Frank Dobie
Brush Country
John Young
Professor Estimates One in Two Hundred Twenty Bath Tub Users
A professor estimates that only one person in every 220 uses a bath tub. The rest reportedly opt for alternatives or have different bathing habits.
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Marathon
Earl Clark
Avalanche
Elmer Taylor
Our City
Lee Simpson
Mrs. W. A. Hopkins
Johnny Scott
I “Ellow
Sgt
Ted Perry
Emalee
San Antonio
Ater
J.L
L. F. Buttrill
Hot Springs
G. W. Gill
Texan
C. H. Moorettel
Judge
D. Wood
Chas
Martin
Hong
Ritchey
Mra. F
P. J. French
Atise Martha Gore
Sam Antonio
W. D. Wood
Kerrville
Mr. Wood
Dewey McGinley
Sweetwater
James Henderson
Torniilo
Roy Stillwell
Mra
Joe Granger
Bessie
Beasle
Francis Rooney
Albert Chambers
al Dine
C. Cleveland
the Ladies of the Methodist
Sisal and
Baku
Republic Insurance Com
Tex
Shrig
Kansas City
John Young Land Company
Spud
Pillsbury’s Best
Aless
del Monte
Empsom
A. W. Stanley
W.R. Stanley
EMS
Sandifer’s Grocery
Granada
Vitaphone
Movietone
Talking Pictures
Matinee
Winkie Lightner
Broadway
Winnie Lightner
Medicine Man” For
the Blues
Ted Lewis
Ann Pennington
Alice Day
Man
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Will Rogers
Paris
Zane Grey
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