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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1904
Page
4
The post office closes at 6 p.m. daily. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. every day except Sundays and holidays. Sunday hours start at 6 a.m. Readable fragments indicate operating times for regular and holiday periods.
A collage of local notices from Alpine Brewster County includes updates on weather and rainfall, ranch activity, and business announcements. It mentions Kincaid leaving Sanday for a Uvalde ranch, a forecast that Marathon may go dry, and new Alpine Lumber and screen door products. Also listed are social visits, school attendance, court plans, pump house work, and a Democratic mass meeting called by County Chairman W Van Sickle for June 7 1904 to select delegates for San Antonio and Saint Louis conventions.
A large Alpine audience filled the district court room for the closing exercises. Grace Vowe impressed in tragedy and Benedict Arnold analysis by Robert Foulks. Principal remarks honored retiring teachers Edwards Russell and Turner with gifts, while Edwards declined offers to pursue further studies at Howard Payne or Yale. Sheriff Walton and Sayler returned from Texas and Arizona as cases unfolded, with May grand jury ahead. RK Slight reported Alpine’s bright future with expected summer visitors if accommodations improve. Dryden aims to purchase land on the Rio Grande to start a large farm venture.
The Avalanche prints numerous notices from Brewster County residents announcing candidacies for various offices. Names include KK B Slight Sheriff and Tax Collector, T. Walton Sheriff, J. W. Phelps Tax Assessor, M A Boyd District Clerk, James Manning Surveyor, A M Turney County Judge, W M Harman County Surveyor, B F Billings Ley Animal Inspector, J W Bennitt County Surveyor, O H Hector County Surveyor, F R Cartwright County Surveyor, Francis Rooney Tax Assessor, W S Blevins Sheriff and Tax Collector, L G Harman District and County Clerk, T M Newton District and County Clerk, W H Ragin County Judge, Lon Hallnett candidate for County Judge, plus reunion news of the Home Talent Club and school faculty events.
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