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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1917
Page
4
The notice announces a sheriff's sale in Brawster County Texas under state authority. Details of the property, date, time, and participating parties are partially legible in the document.
Public notice of a real estate levy and mortgage foreclosure in Brewster County Texas. W. H. Lease and J. A. Walton execute orders of sale against properties in Marathon Alpine and surrounding additions. Sale set for May 1917 at Brewster County Courthouse to satisfy judgments in Luther Yarbro vs A L Hord and W M Murphy cases.
The flyer fragment references aviation in France during the front lines and mentions figures like Marturg ald Jockermeo. It notes training, warning lines, and repairs or injustments. It argues a candidate must meet the public during campaigns, with Senator Sorghum and fines as a point about climbing down from a pedestal to study.
In Austin, W. J. Bryan delivered an address to members of the Texas Legislature on the topic of prohibition. The speech outlined arguments for stricter enforcement and potential legislative actions to curb alcohol use and related social issues. Bryan’s remarks drew attention from lawmakers across party lines amid ongoing debates over temperance measures.
Texas lawmakers pass a $66,000 quarantine restoration, $100,000 for a county insane asylum, and a plan to convert a penitentiary building into a state a ay. They also approve measures to relieve Chambers county from taxes for ten years, update railroad and land tax policies, and set adjournment timing amid heated debates and procedural votes.
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