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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1911
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local newspaper snippet with names and positions unclear. It mentions an editor and a power or motor reference tied to a location or event, but specifics are unreadable. The readable bits suggest a small-town publication note or masthead artifact rather than a full story. The exact entities and actions are not discernible from the provided text.
A rousing meeting at the courthouse brought Ft Davis and Marfa business leaders together to seek a Southern Pacific branch from Marfa through Ft Davis to Pecos. Leaders W W Bogle L W Roberts J El Cartwright C Roetzche James Norman T C Mitchell and H H Kilpatrick formed a committee to confer with Houston officials.
A prospect from Alpine promises large annual returns by expanding guayule rubber and candelilla wax production. The plan outlines a new wax factory, projected annual output of wax worth over a million dollars, and a $25,000 authorized Rio Grande Wax Company capitalization. Alpine Commercial Club donated the site and invites local investors, noting existing participation and the venture as a rare chance.
An Alpine Texas notice promotes a water proof theater tent with 1800 seats and a $10 per share stock offering by the Rio Grande Wax Company. It claims $1000 could yield $10,000 yearly, promises next January startup and early dividends, and invites reservations amid mentions of Candellia plants and local services by J T Weaver and the Alpine Hotel.
The Golden West presents Mr C A Curtis in The Girl from the Golden West at Alpine. The Avalanche reports an unusual rush in its job printing department and notes Caldwell's restocked with full car hen and chick feed. Number 37 is the laundry.
By order of sale issued from the District Court of Brewster County Texas a judgment in favor of W L Means against W G Wallace dated September 13 1911 forecloses a vendor lien on five acres within Survey No 43 Block 9 GH S A Ry Co Beginning at the NW corner of a deeded parcel and described by metes bounds the land will be sold at public auction on the first Tuesday in December 1911 at the courthouse door Alpine Texas between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm to satisfy $401.54 plus interest and costs J A Wartox Sheriff Brewster County Texas.
A readable snippet lists several individuals likely connected to a community obituary or genealogical notice. Names include Benjamin Briges Hiebert Seubbe Horace Graves and Benjamin Berkeley Homer among others. Other entries reference Ferguson Lowie Ritchey Preston Hawthorne ScoViola Trent Ophelia Abbott Ruby Stubbs Edith Dryden, suggesting a compiled roster of residents or kin featured in a church or civic record.
The great American drama The Girl From The Golden West with an all star metropolitan cast travels in a Pullman car and performs in a waterproof pavilion theater. The four act western drama features romance and comedy with strong climaxes and will play Alpine on Tuesday November 7 for one night only.
Jason W. James forbids hunting fishing camping or trespassing on his property under penalty of law. He states his intent to pursue windmill repairs or improvements and warns against any intrusion or disturbance of the site.
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