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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1901
Page
4
The post office announces hours from 7 a m to 7 p m daily with Sundays opening at 8 00 a m. and holidays observed excepted. Reads as an all purpose local service schedule in the town.
Local items report visits and return trips of residents and visitors to Alpine Texas from Marathon Marfa Uvalde and Vernon. Mentions of church activity deaths social calls business deals and ongoing improvements including telephone line construction and smelter planning.
The Epworth League in Marfa plans to open a Public Reading Room with support from citizens. The Central District Conference meets in Carlsbad New Mexico April 4 to 7 led by Rev F Goodson. Delegates from this charge include Arthur and W Bs Mitchell.
In town this week Hi E Middleton and Miss Katie Kimball visited for a few days. Mr McIntyre's section foreman's family arrived from the east. Tom Heath left for his camp after a week in town. Mack Harman and family from Alpine visited friends. Haney and Jon traveled from Marvillas to Alpine to see Mrs Haney. Bennett and Walter Means left for Terlingua with Mrs Bennett and sister from Arizona. Walter took his household furniture and blacksmithing outfit.
Report notes Harry Grierson leaving around mid April to join his brother Captain Grierson in Cuba. Noble and Carmichael buy Met Fenluy’s Jeff Davis county ranch of about 13 sections. Mersfelder Aggatman and Sheriff Jamey spend a week at Phantom Lake hunting and fishing. Subscription offer: one year to Avalanche and either Galveston or Dallas semi weekly News for 62 Advance.
A woman evangelist in Mianof warned a husband is untrue to his wife and raised a hymn book to hurl it. All but one man dodged as she swung the book, then struck the only true man, later revealed to be six and dumb.
A Washington Star snippet presents a mother asking her son to tell a story while he complains his father does not know one. The boy quips the father has testified before an investigating committee all day and it has weeded all his material.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes a playful misquote about language. It observes that phrases like best and worst can conflate in meaning and comments on the oddities of slang and word evolution.
Fragmentary text shows a family exchange where a character urges another to return to their father, with a quoted line about a dealer remark suggesting tension or dispute. The readable portion centers on a call for action directed at “George” and a dismissive aside from a Cleveland Plair Dealer reference.
Prof Hinter extols Green's August Flower as a grand remedy for dyspepsia liver and stomach issues and constipation. He claims it helps travelers and office workers with headaches from irregular habits and notes it does not injure the system with frequent use. Sold by Sharp Lires in Alpine, Texas, and widely distributed in civilized countries.
Advertisement extolls Dr White electric combs as the patented world’s only unbreakable hair tool that cures dandruff headaches and hair loss. It claims ease of use with daily combing and urges stamps for purchase. seeks agents and lists I N Rose as contact.
An old advertisement touts Grandma's Endorsement as a rapid remedy for tummy troubles. It claims the product provides instant relief and leaves the user with a healthy condition, urging quick action and assurance of no disappointment.
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