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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
8
ADel Rio column lists residents and visitors including Pruett Wink Taylor Halbert Gourley Wes and others. It notes ranch returns, cattle movements, horse and jack shipments, a Pecos wedding, a Catholic church fundraiser, ice factory plans, well drilling results, and social rounds in Alpine Marathon Terlingua Del Rio and surrounding areas.
Alpine citizens met at the court house last Saturday to organize a July Fourth celebration. J D D Jackson was elected chairman and RK McKinnes secretary. A committee was formed to plan the program and a finance group was set to secure subscriptions. A follow up meeting was scheduled with hopes for a grand event and broad invitations.
A Floresville filed special notes Tom Williams a former Wilson county resident is a war correspondent for a London paper earning 40 dollars weekly plus expenses He was at Kimberley as last heard from Also in town ads seek summer board for two young ladies and reference exchanges.
16 Durham bull yearlings offered by a local farmer. They have been on feed at the ranch for some time and are in good condition and stock. This sale presents an opportunity to buy quality bulls at low cost.
William McCutcheon aged 87 died last night at his son Jesse A McCutcheon’s home in Ilutto Texas. He leaves a wife and many children and grandchildren in Texas. A Mexican War veteran he was among Texas pioneers. Mason Order will inter his remains at Shilo Cemetery at 8 o clock this evening.
Alpine residents gather for Sunday school picnic at Ranger Canyon last Saturday. Young boys and men play baseball with the men winning. Stores close from morning until 4 p.m. and the town looks deserted most of the day.
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