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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
8
Alpine and surrounding towns report visitors and transient residents from Marfa Pecos City and El Paso. Local socials include school closing exercises, religious meetings, and a general mass meeting at the courthouse. Community members discuss real estate and temporary relocations as plans for summer and a July celebration are proposed.
A travel notice outlines a slave line trip between Marathon and Terlingua with departures and arrivals over consecutive days. It mentions a Monday 8 o clock start, a Tuesday arrival, a Thursday departure and a Friday Marathon return. Emphasizes convenience and care for lady passengers and package and trunk handling.
An endorsement argues Chandmas Cure possesses curative qualities. It claims rapid relief from stomach troubles and leaves the system in a healthy condition, promising no disappointment to users.
Professor Houton claims in all his travels over ten years he met more people using Green's August Flower than any other remedy for dyspepsia, liver and stomach trouble, and constipation. He says it helps tourists and office workers with headaches from irregular habits and is safe for frequent use. Sample bottles free at Sharp Bros in Alpine Texas, sold by dealers nationwide.
An advertisement touts a home remedy for alcoholism called the Home Gold Cure priced at one dollar with directions and physician advice. It claims to permanently cure drunkenness without publicity and can be mixed in tea or coffee. The note mentions Dr M. Hines passing through town en route from Arizona.
Local grocer announces complete assortment of staple and fancy groceries in stock. Highlights include White Swan flour varieties and a selection of hay corn oats bran corn-chops and wheat.
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