Local Items Note Transfers and Visits Across Town
The Southern Pacific has assigned the cashier position to new posting, with MP Burns moving after twelve years in the post. Local residents and visitors face family updates, trips to San Antonio and Eagle Pass, and health notes as Wayne Hale recovers from surgery. Alpine and surrounding area social ties include Wells visits, kinfolk from Colorado and Kansas City, and a May 23 notice for cash sales at Alpine Mercantile.
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Southern Pacific
Ation
Burns
Man Recalls Lost Pocketbook and $82 Swoop
William Jordan recounts losing $83 from a pocketbook last September and confronts a stranger who challenges his memory. The exchange reveals frustration as Jordan insists the amount was $82 and that he did lose a sizable sum, while the unidentified man questions the claim.
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New York
William Jordan
Jordan
Bodkins
Dan
Purdermore
Joram
Sven
Tim
Enn
Creep fed calves show rapid gain in Texas and Iowa tests
Experimental crepe feeding conducted by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and US Bureau of Animal Hsbdry with Texas A&M extension shows creep fed calves gained 210 pounds over 160 days in a 000-acre pasture, outperforming calves with no supplements. Cows with creep fed calves gained 79 pounds. main herd gains were 69 pounds per calf. Feed cost averaged 2.12 cents per pound, value placed at 1.2 cents per pound.
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Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Bureau of Animal Husbandary
Texas A. & M. College Extension Service
Teed
Tina
M. W. Holland
Meriwether Family Extends Visit to Columbia Missouri
Mrs Gay Meriwether and children left Wednesday for an extended visit with her mother in Columbia Mo They were accompanied as far as El Paso by Mr Meriwether who returned yesterday A hospital thanks note from Mrs M L Turney expresses gratitude for gifts and cooperative support Die me to provide needed service Funeral service followed Masonic rites with active and honorary pallbearers listed for Marathon burial
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Mr. M. Burke
San Antonio
Meriwether
L. B. Boudreaux
Baby I Campo
Reinherend
Marta
Ars. Gay Meriwether
Columbia
el Paso
Enab
M. L. Turney
Funeral Held for Honorable Rancher in Alpine Area
Old friends from across the territory attended the Monday funeral at 4 PM in Alpine at the home of cousin Jim P. Wilson. The Rev J S Batey officiated, honoring a man described as upright and a good citizen by those who knew him through decades of residence and ranching in the region.
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m\_wea
Rage
Alpine
Jim P. Wilson
Batey
Chas. Chambers Dealer Frightaire and Delco Service
Chas Chambers Dealer carries Frightaire and Delco service lines on Alpine all trips.
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Chas
Chambers Dealer
Frightaire
Delco
Origin of Term Bestlegger Bootlegger Story
The origin of the term bootlegger is traced to Indian Territory before Oklahoma statehood. Vendors sold whiskey illegally to Indians, carrying liquor in wide boots, giving rise to the nickname bootlegger. The explanation comes from an exchange.
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Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Pew Autos in Metropenis Highlight NYC Car Gap
The piece argues New York City is the most backward area in American auto ownership. It notes the U S average is about one car for five people, while New York City averages one car per ten people.
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Pew Autos
New York City
United States
New York
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J. W. Shepperd, Jr
J. W. Shepperd
D. Snepperd
Colorado
FM. Steere
J. 8. Allen
St Lamar
Jimmy Gauntlet of
Raan
Jeff Hutchinson
Bernal Slight
John Blevins
Frio
Uval
Wayne Hale
W. C. Hale
Harry Hirson
Kansas City
Brothers
Carl and
Dave
Thain
Mra Earl F Marshall
Misa Vera Maude Tobias
Wink Jeft
J .A. Tobias
W. EB. Reid
Port Bwckton
My Reid
P.M. Chambers
The
Haley
Dirk BA. Wight
Let da Faxon
Kilgore
JW. Rion
HM. L. Kokernot, Jr
Qin
Walter Escherich
Berry Mills
Calif
W. van Sickle
Oeverich
Louie Winder
Dom Adams
Jendren
Tom Yarbro
Mu Athon
Lowstana
CR. Adams
Alpine Mercantile
Dirigible
Akron
West Texas
Ward
Winkler Counties
Monahans
Here
Oklahoma Oil
Yar Chasen
Alpine Mercantile Co
Christ
Wilson
Marathon
Anja Wilen
Abe Boyd
Mission
Walker Harrison
John Young
Olver Bungsly
Tele
Zoye Decle
A. C. Spasaing
W. D. Burcham
Arthur Mitchell
W. 3. Hancock
Delco Products
Alpine Jewelry Co
Vacefal
Ype
Storey-Whiteside
DeLuxe Cleaners
Pillsbury’s
Indy
Alpine Merc. Co
Goodyear Pathfinder
Ses
Magnolia
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