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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
1
The fragment outlines JIS aging their business to a bank, offering mutual benefit and profit. It mentions EEL and ATL and Bank of Alpine with a reference to $1.25 amounts, suggesting a financial proposal or loan terms. The text is incomplete but signals a financing discussion.
Visitors are urged to keep hands off the type and machinery and to stay quiet while workers are at their stations. Those nearby should not disturb the typesetter or read the copy being prepared. The scribe promises a complimentary notice if respectful behavior is observed.
A. J. West disclaims liability for debts incurred by others except when personally signed by him or via a written order. The notice states he will not be responsible for such debts contracted by any person.
A nostalgic ad copy promotes a full day with steak for breakfast roast or stew for dinner and liver brains or barbecue for supper. The seller invites customers to share troubles with Measday Bros. for a personalized service.
Effective June 9 schedule shows East Bound Train No 10 leaving at 4 30 a m and West Bound Train No 9 leaving at 12 12 a m.
Measpay Bros advises customers to place dinner orders in the morning for Sundays to ensure timely service. The note emphasizes planning ahead to avoid delays and improve meal pickup.
John T. Burns, secretary of the National Dry Farming Convention, says the movement offers vast economic development. He stresses limited irrigated land compared to western unoccupied lands and urges farmers to study methods, share results, and adopt reliable practices to avoid reliance on abnormal rainfall and achieve productive dry land yields.
A letter from a local railroad man claims a survey will run on both sides of the Rio Grande below Alpine as Orient Railway supporters push plans to build into Juarez with Mexican government incentives. El Paso Herald notes industry movement on the Orient bridge at the Concho River and land agents probing routes southwest from San Angelo.
Mrs. C. L. Brooks wife of Rev. Brooks was hurt Tuesday afternoon when a whirlwind toppled a closet during wash day. A plank with nails struck her head but a physician treated the injuries and she will be inconvenienced for several days.
A. S. Gage returns from a Brewster county ranch saying he did not ask about rain since it is not the season. He rode among cattle and noted they were in their usual good health according to the San Antonio Express.
W A Orton pathologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry in San Antonio for plant disease study predicts a bright future for Southwest Texas. He believes dry farming can redeem desert areas and irrigation will aid Texas and other Western states. He plans to return to Washington Tuesday with specimen plants.
Herman Moore, who bought an interest in the Alpine phone from J E Mills, traveled to Alpine this week to supervise the line reconstruction project, as reported by the Devils River News.
The Herald criticizes a proposed city line that would push commercial activity west of a north south division, arguing east Texas and the nation know less about Paso and that the policy is unwise and costly.
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