The Country Paper Its Quiet Strength and Reach
A rural weekly emphasizes the value of the country newspaper over metropolitan dailies. It highlights intimate community coverage, slower but steadier news flow, and the editor-reader bond that sustains local trust amid city sensationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World News
Teres
Swatow
China
Varetteville
Cosby
Hae
al Wrone
Trierley
Chang
Aiderent
Hineel
Soto
City
Newport
Tenn
Removal of State University debated in Dallas Democrat
The Dallas Democrat argues against moving the State University from Austin, contending relocation would waste money and harm Texas heritage. It posits Austin offers ideal facilities and loyalty, urging a popular vote to keep the university in place and proposing Alpine only if relocation is necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Democrat
Austin
Texas
Ahomas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jgaline
Austa
Avetin
University
All Texas
Alpine
Daily Lubbock paper announced to launch November first
Editor Jas Lo Dow reports The Avalanche Publishing Company will issue a daily morning paper starting November 1. The move is praised as a bold enterprise by local business leaders in Lubbock, described as the Hub of the plains, with anticipation of strong community support and a successful launch.
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Jas Lo Dow
The
Lubbock Avalanche
Avalanche Publishing Company
Plains
Lubbock
Avalanche
Home town merchants vs distant bargain houses
A reflective piece argues that residents who shop in distant bargain stores undermine local merchants, depress property values, and erode town life. It contends small purchases by a few can threaten home businesses and local institutions like newspapers and tax offices.
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Mitchell-Gillett
Winkler
Robinson & Co
Tut
Commissioners’ Court
Republican Propaganda and the Merchants Clash
The piece argues that Republicans mislead farmers about the Fordney McCumber tariff while blaming retailers for rising clothing costs. It notes Wool Trust price hikes, Woolen Company influence, and the difficulty of pleasing both producers and consumers as winter approaches.
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The
American
Protective Tariff League
Fordney-McCamber
American Protective Tariff League
Wool Trust
American Woolen Company
Woolen Trust
Allas Democrat
First Oil Well Opened a Near Epoch in Industry
The article recalls Col. Edwin Drake's 1859 discovery near Titusville Pennsylvania, the first oil well 69 feet deep, sparking a growth in an industry now with about 275,000 producing wells. It notes U S and Mexico crude output 1.6 billion barrels from 1920 to 1922, 60 days could refine 1906 output, and gasoline becoming the main crude product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldwin le Drake
7Itusville
American Petrooluem Institute
Col. Drake
United States
Mexico
Trespass Notice at Nevill Ranch Lands
Mrs. Kate Nevill warns that anyone taking wood water grass or hunting or fishing on the Nevill Ranch lands will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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Nevill Ranch
Kate Nevill
Paper costs rise for paper trade warns Omaha firm
A letter from Carpenter Paper Company of Omaha Nebraska says base paper material costs have increased in the last thirty days. Bleached sulfite pulp up half a cent per pound, soda pulp up one cent. coal wood lime clay sulfur and bleaching chemicals also costlier. The printing trade had hoped for a price lull but expects upward paper costs, with price hikes possibly within sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter Paper Company
Omaha
Neb
Spooky spoons and a souvenir of war in Maine
A Times-Picayune correspondent recounts a Bangor tale in which two New Orleans youths meet an old toll keeper who shows them spoons engraved with St Charles. The keeper claims spoons were stolen during Butler era raids in New Orleans and vows to keep them as war plunder.
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Len Butler
New Orleans
Somdlier
General Butler
Maine
St. Charles
Times-Pleayune
St Charles
Dallas News
Sheriff Sale Notices San Antonio Shoe Company versus Gonzales
The sheriff of Brewster County Texas announces a public auction of land in Alpine and Murphsville areas held on the first Tuesday of November 1922. The sale enforces a judgment from August 22 1922 against Juan Gonzales to satisfy a debt owed to the San Antonio Shoe Company.
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Tenas
Brewster
Sanntonio Shoe Company
Piainairl
Ean Gonzales
Brewster County
Texas
San Antonio
M. Levy
Hrewster
State of Texas
Juan Gonzales
Gillieard
Alpine
Colima
Murphsville
A. PD
Court House
EK. Townsend
Naming a Stock Farm and a Pun
A wealthy elder plans a model stock farm for cattle and hogs to show profitable feeder production. He asks his family for a name at the ranch dinner. the daughter suggests Focus as a pun on focus and a sun ray focal point, prompting debate.
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Agricultural College
Carly
Moving Call M. Gallego Transfer Service Ad
When you think of moving call M. Gallego Transfer. Heavy or fight truck. Phone 87 41 41.
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M. Gallego
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IHF Country Paper
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Removal State University Bank
Superior Hemstitching Attachment Co
Starr St
Corpus Christi
Buick Service
Buick
Casner Motor CO
Alpine, Texas
Rio Grande
Ham Hamberlain
Dougs
Coldi
Jos
John Young Land
John A. Weyerts
Kohler Automatic
W. E. Caldwell
Mildred Pipkin
Columbia, Tenn
Cardus
Cardui
W. H. Ragin
Alpine, Brewster Co., Tex
Sociedad Liberal Porfirio Dias
Juntas
Todos
Los Sabados
Pte
Marcos
Torinario Samuel Limon
G. K. Lange
Attorneys At Law
W. van Sickle
Transpecos Abstract CO
J. M. Gallego
Brian Montague
Lackey
Livingston
Co. W. Livingston
W. G. Young
Marfa, Texas
Alpine Telephone Exchange
Wm. A. Buchanan
Rogers
E. B. Chandler & CO
East Crockett St
San Antonio, Texas
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