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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1901
Page
1
The Beaumont report says West Texas youth Guy Fenley located underground streams beyond Spindle Top territory and a stock company forms to develop the find. Critics in Gonzales and Pecos County doubt his abilities, recalling wells drilled over his supposed streams that remained dry.
Pecos Valley News reports John T McElroy has joined an El Paso company and together they purchased the entire cattle interests of Messrs James Bros. and Brown near Amarillo for 200000 dollars.
The Geological Survey party led by State Geologist Hill and Judge Williams left Pecos for the Delaware country. Hill notes Pecos altitude at 2580 feet and denies links to Reeves county school land raises. Other items include visits and personnel changes in Marathon with a hint of social gossip.
An editorial mockingly debunks fad diets claiming separate foods for brain or muscles and promotes Green's August Flower as a general digestive aid. It touts the remedy as improving digestion, liver function, and blood, with availability through Sharp Bros and a Green’s Almanac.
Notice from Marathon dated October 29 1901 states the firm of Kingan and Duncan has dissolved by mutual consent. W M French has purchased Kingan’s interest and the new firm French and Duncan will collect all outstanding accounts and assume all indebtedness of the old firm.
A E Stilwell, president of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient road, now in London, cables that arrangements are nearly finished to secure several million dollars in capital to push the transcontinental railway to completion. He expects to close the deal soon, with Alonzo Fernandez, Mexican congressman and third vice president of the road, en route to London to witness the financial closing. The Mexican government supports the project and aims to ensure construction across the republic, with the route promised to traverse rich Mexican territory and begin paying upon completion.
The text recalls William McKinley twenty years after James A Garfield’s memorial noting McKinley’s rise through adversity and his embodiment of American life. It emphasizes his home life, faith, and leadership as a statesman and twice elected president.
The advertisement promises a remedy used by thousands to cure obstinate colic dysentery cholera morbus cholera infantum and summer complaints. It claims to be pleasant tasting and a grand good medicine with warnings for those who buy unsuitable options.
The Quannah Observer argues Texas underfunds Live Stock Sanitary Board, urging line riding to stop tick infestation. It contends tickey cattle must not move into uninfected districts, likening them to quarantinable diseases and urging cattlemen to adopt strict measures.
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