For Sale Listings Offer Many City Lots and Dwellings
A long list of property ads touts 5 room dwellings and multiple corner lots on paved highways near Sul Ross College and the college district. Prices range from 750 to 3500 with cash or easy terms, plus a 16 640 acre goat cattle and horse ranch at 1.10 per acre with long-term payment options in Brewster County.
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Ios
College Avenue
Suli Ross College
Campu
Sul Ross College
Brewster County
Fort Davis News Bursting With Music Week Highlights
Local Fort Davis items urge readers to share news with The Avalanche representative and note a Music Week observance by Min Terrill’s piano class. The article praises Mrs Fields’s mountain trip, the Davis Mountains beauty, and the 50,000 federated club women of Texas as seen through her visit, ending with warm community remarks.
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The
Avalanche
Prosrans
Min Terrill
Thom
Winnie Ay Fisher
Lee Sproul
Lenore Jones
Jean Stewart
Ruth Clark
Mary Lee Smith
Dorothy
J. W. Clarke
FM. Stiller
Davis
Mrs. Fields
Federated Club Women of Texas
Regional railway petition aims to improve main line service
At a courthouse meeting last Friday night officials discussed establishing a new route through Alpine Marfa Exnorden Fort Davis and nearby towns. The plan would connect Pecos to Fort Worth and Dallas, with northern lands supporting the idea to petition the postmaster general for routed improvements benefiting a wide region.
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Pecos
Fort Worth
Dallas
Alpine
Marfa
Exnorden
Fort Davis
Bear Echoes On Edge of Town With Mexican Sheriff Tactics
Fragmentary report describes a tense scene near town with a Mexican sheriff involvement and local officials scrambling as fear and confusion rise. It references a train, a straw stack, and unusual town activity tied to a state land season and police presence.
On the Road to California with Jim and Richard Irving
The John or Jim and Richard Irving plan a westward trip to California in Jim’s car bound for uncertain destinations. They anticipate visiting the Grand Canyon, caverns, forests, and possibly Catalina Island, with no fixed schedule or end. They expect an eventful voyage with unknown stops and an interest in Hollywood.
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Richard Irving
California
Jim
Tve
Grand Canyon
Hollywood
Catalina Island
Davis entertains state as Women’s Clubs president visits
Fort Davis hosts Mrs. J. A. Fields, president of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs from Haskell. She stays with local families and dines at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon as 50 residents welcome her. Fields praises Davis Mountain country and its people during visits and picnics by cottonwoods.
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Fort Davis
J. A. Fields
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Haskell
Fields
CH. Bird
Millers
Bimpla
Marta
L. €. Brite
Oil well shows good gas at Miller Hadlock site near Valentine
Gas emergence reported from the Miller Hadlock well about 35 miles from Valentine with drilling continuing. The well reportedly reached 2600 feet, debris blown into the hole during cleaning. Nearby Means near Valentine shows oil at 3000 feet. additional work contracted due to oil. Other local notes mention residents visiting, a hospital appendectomy, and social visits.
Health recoveries and local hospital notes
Richard Irving has returned from somewhat improved health. Sims came home from the Masonic hospital in El Paso on Saturday and is quite recuperated from his appendicitis operation. Mrs Gregorio Stivas was reported the first of the week as doing nicely after an Alpine operation. Her husband took her there last Friday. Mr and Mrs Bill Kingston were in town Monday and Tuesday, with Mr Kingston attending the commissioners meeting.
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Ith
Sallie Gray
Hicks Gray
Oklahoma
Valentine
Richard Irving
Sims
Masonic
Gregorio Stivas
Alpine
Bill Kingston
Mr. Kingston
Western Union Moves into New Office Building
Western Union has moved into recently built offices by A. F. Robinson adjoining Robinson & Comming. Delays occurred in the move but by now equipment is in place and workers have been on site for days, updating wiring and fixtures. Electa Waste, the local manager, lauds the new location and equipment.
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Western Union
A. F. Robinson
Robinson & Comming
D. Marlow
W. Philips
Wan
Bill Walters
Alpine Boy
Alpine
Cis
Electa Waste
Building Loan Assn Finances Much Building Here
The Propie's Building and Loan Association of El Paso has financed buildings to about $20,000 in this territory since entering recent months. Alpine agent FE Weyerts said several memberships sold in Alpine, with funds deposited locally. The Mutual Building and Loan Association of El Paso reports Alpine area financing and a new arrangement with Well Lumber Co to represent in Alpine and vicinity.
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Propie
HA. Markham
Well Lumber Company
Alpine
Youth Leads Officers A Merry Chase In Auto
Crenshaw, a youth employed at Mrs Nettletons dairy in West Alpine, fled Deputy Sheriff Ross Miller and Border Patrolman Jess Hill for about fifteen miles on Monday in a car believed not to belong to him. Hills pursuit failed until after a long chase, Crenshaw was arrested and charged with attempting to steal an automobile.
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Crenshaw
Mr. Hill
Gilent Tratmman
Masons to Entertain Legion in France Tale
Masonic lodges in France prepare to entertain American Legionnaires as American Chapter No. 868 holds officer installation at the Maronie temple Paris. The Scottish Rite lodge, formed by American Masons in Europe, includes founders linked to the refounding of the American Blue Lodge of Paris, with the chapter to work Scottish Rite degrees from the fourth onward under a warrant granted by the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Masonry in France.
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France
New York Evening Post
Peremoaten
Frere
Maronie Temple
Rue Patents
Pafe
Ameri
Europe
Ameri Blue Lodge
Parla
Supreme Council of Scottish Hite Basonry Tal | Prance
Thomas Quartet Pro Gram Promoted by P T A at Worth College
The Thomas male quartet of Fort Worth performed Monday evening at the College auditorium under the auspices of the Parent Teachers Association. The event was fairly well attended and the P T A realized $16.00 as their share of the proceeds, according to association officers.
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Thomas
Fr. Worth
College Auditorium
Parents Teacher Association
Hord Barber Shop Changes Hands in McCamey
Witt Stack buys Hord Barber Shop from Hord and Mord. Stack has been with Mord Barber Shop since its opening and will continue to provide the same service. Mr Mord has returned to Alpine.
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Hord
Mccamey
Witt Stack
Mord Barber Shop
Mr. Hord
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Otis Turner
Real Estate and Insurance
Davis Mountains
Bear
STATE
Women's Clubs
J. A. Holt
Heau McCutcheon
Wena Terrill
Hays
Espy Auiior
T. Neill
J. H. Clark
Grace Myers
Estell Harris
Mrs. Hicks
Texas
Art Thomas
Roe Miller
Miller
BK. Holland
Avalanche Office
Ers
Hugh Nichols
R. F.D
Princeton
Big Bend Grocery Fresh Fruits and
Mie Dee Menage
Ci Aeguis
Alpine Motor Company
Alpine Steam Laundry
Alpine Transfer
J. A. Whitfield
Proprietor
Alpine Mercantile Co
Crisco Makes
First National Bank
Alpine, Texas
H. L. Kokernot
Geo. W. Baines, JR
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