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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
2
Alpine Publishing Company notices include editor details and prices. The column thanks contemporaries for praise on last week’s Avalanche special. San Antonio plans entertainments. death of Mrs. A. A. Curry noted in Alpine with burial in Alpine cemetery. Woodmen of the World Brewster Camp to meet May 20. Public school and university ties mentioned along with cattle price discussions and national free meat debate.
Andrew Essary of Fort Stockton and Etta Yarbrough of Alpine were married Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Hubert M. Smith officiating. The couple departed yesterday for Fort Stockton to make it their home.
The Methodist church hosts a June tent meeting led by Rev. J. A. Ray with cottage prayer gatherings each week as preparation. Work on large Orient coal chutes began Monday and aims for completion by June 1. Mr and Mrs H L Lackey traveled to Goliad to visit relatives. Mart Adams and family passed through Alpine en route home from Uvalde. Caldwell's Dig advertises Cane and Kaffe Seed orders.
State health officer Steiner after a thorough investigation reports the Friedmann tuberculosis serum effective and plans to seek use in Texas. He met with the governor and will present an exhaustive report and recommendation for a full revision of the sanitary code. Also notes visits and local moves by several residents and business owners.
San Angelo saw the heaviest rainfall in over seven years with reports of two to three inches across western portions of the state. The downpour reached Alpine to Altus Oklahoma and extended from Sterling to Temple along the Santa Fe line. Mrs H J Luthy and her children planned to visit relatives in Alabama after a short trip, while Alpine hosted a notable celebration praised for its hospitality.
J Shannon took Nelle to Alpine for osteopathic treatment while Mrs Humphries and children returned from Alpine with Mrs Arthur Humphries. Floyd Nicolls joined Go lightlys to Alpine for sendoff to Fort Stockton. Rumor says Mitchell and Pruett along with Snyder earned twenty thousand on cattle deals, more than New Era earns in three months. Orient committee of the Marfa Chamber of Commerce met with Alpine officials on April 25 to discuss Marfa’s suitability as a river access point. representatives offered no commitments and agreed to a later meeting.
The Marfa New Era reports Alpine Marfa Sanderson Fort Stockton and Fort Davis organized a bush league though Alpine has not yet fielded a team. Baseball remains summer amusement in the region and Mertzonites praised Alpine after visiting last week calling it the next best town in Texas to Mertzon.
Leonard Luther Fuller 17 son of Mrs Cora Fuller of El Paso and nephew of Virgil Fuller of Alpine died after being struck on the head by pump bars from a handcar near Corona N M. He died at 11 pm Monday after the 6 30 pm accident. He had worked for Southwestern less than six months and recently lived in El Paso attending Sunset School and working in the Herald mechanical department. He leaves two sisters Ruby and Blanche Fuller. The funeral was at his mother’s home and burial followed at Concordia cemetery.
Caldwells advertises sixteen purebred Hereford bulls aged one to three years to purchase. C. C. Sanders in Big Lake advertises cows for sale. JH Nations of Paso offers 800 Mormon Colony cows for sale in lots with 12 month terms, 8 percent interest, pasture near El Paso and available for quick viewing.
Sheriff J A Warrow announces a public sale to satisfy a judgment of 920.92 plus costs and 8 percent interest. The property lies in Brewster County Texas near Alpine and includes 640 acres tied to Lloyd Wade, with rights from Texas Central Railroad Company as Original Grantee. Sale set for the first Tuesday in June 1913 at the courthouse door.
The bulletin lists arrival and departure times for multiple rail services at Alpine including KC M and C Ry and G H and S A Ry. It notes No 1 and No 19 freight and passenger at 4:40 pm and 12:50 am, No 2 and No 20 at 9:10 am and 1:30 am, and G H S A No 7 westbound 12:30 pm with No 9 at 11:44 pm and eastbound No 8 at 7:42 pm and No 1 at 5:35 am.
Local items urge readers to dine at Stockmen's Cafe in Alpine, ask neighbors about cleaning and pressing at Alpine Steam Laundry, and contact W H Terry for buying hides. Caldwells offers flowers, seeds, and animal care, with thoroughbred Black Spanish Jacks advertised by W L Edwards of Mertzon, Texas.
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