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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1923
Page
4
An advertorial promotes Globe Blackleg Vaccine from Alpine Drug Store claiming life time immunity. It markets a Kansas Germ Free product on a Texas product standard and urges reading The Avalanche and Water in Alpine Grow.
Palace Pharmacy markets Tine Bee Star Remedy for eczema lich tetter cracked skin and related conditions. Also claimed to relieve sore feet and other old sores with Walter Garnett as proprietor.
Field ball combines basket ball and soccer ball and will be practiced by coeds at the University of Texas. Eleven players form a team and aim to move the ball to goal through passes. About fifty chefs signed up for the sport and Orange Jackets will lead the girls in songs at football games. The third annual conference on Problems of Educational Administration will be held April 4-5 with topics including the Texas School Survey and Tests in Texas Schools. Director S A Curtis of Detroit public schools will be principal speaker.
Ardmore readers probe whether William Gibbs McAdoo belongs to the Catholic Church or leans Catholic. The State Press notes McAdoo is identified as a communicant of the Episcopal Church and argues church affiliation matters less than character and neighborliness.
The Georgia Agricultural College analyzed 1,271 farmers and found earnings rise with schooling from 240 dollars for no schooling to 1254 dollars for agricultural college graduates. Kansas data from 1,237 reports show 422 dollars with no schooling, 1452 dollars for college graduates, and 859 dollars for the short course.
Public notice in Brewster County Texas states Clay Holland filed for letters of temporary administration for the estate of W M Griffin deceased. The October 24 1923 order appoints temporary administrator with a November 19 1923 court term at Alpine where interested parties may contest.
Property owner Mrs. Kate Nevill warns that individuals taking wood water or grass or hunting or fishing on the Nevill Ranch lands will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
The notice outlines a Sunday program with 8:30 Holy Mass and Benediction in English, 10:00 Holy Mass and Sermon in Spanish, 3:00 Catechetical Instruction, 7:80 Rosary and Spanish sermon, 8:30 moving picture show, and weekday masses and rosaries in Spanish. The piece invites language learners to attend and mentions a community hall event.
The American Red Cross plans a broad educational health campaign led by a committee of physicians sanitaries and public health experts. The report highlights growth in public health nursing home hygiene nutrition and first aid with thousands of nurses and volunteers expanding services nationwide. The 1912 public health nursing program covers rural areas and many nurses move to local authorities, while nutrition outreach reaches over 150 000 people with more than 2 250 volunteers assisting in schools and communities. Health meetings nationwide attract about 254 609 attendees.
The Pecos Enterprise urges residents to favor local printers for hurried needs and large runs, noting the cost of outsourcing to mail order firms. It cites a weekly free page for Pecos Public School and contrasts it with higher prices paid to outside firms for commencement invitations and tickets, urging local support to keep dollars in Pecos and boost community prosperity.
The Brewster County Commissioners Court invites sealed bids by 10 o clock A M on Friday November 16 1923 for a Caterpillar tractor with equipment a surface grader and a back sloper attachment for public roads. Bids require 5 percent certified checks and a performance bond, must be on roads for 10 days pre award, and bid envelopes must be marked SEALED BIDS. The court may reject any or all bids.
Rooms offered at a modest residence two blocks from the business district next to a Presbyterian church. Includes hot and cold water for bath. Contact Mrs Maggie Sheen.
The State of Texas commands publication for three weeks in Brewster County newspapers. Guardian L. V. Buttrill seeks leave to resign guardianship of Camilla Henderson James Henderson Dollie Henderson Stanley Henderson Thomas Henderson and Narcissus Henderson. A final settlement accounts will be heard November 19 1923 at Alpine County Court. All interested may appear and contest.
Sealed proposals to build a concrete bridge over Maravillas Creek 40 miles south of Marathon Texas are due November 12 1923 at 2 PM. Bids include Class A and B concrete, structural and rock excavation and reinforcing steel. Information from Alpine engineer A L White. $300 bid guarantee required. bids may be rejected.
A framed public auction of blocks 7 8 and the south half of block 5 in Alpine Brewster County Texas belonging to Mrs M L Hanson J O Hanson and Mrs F W Measday is set for the first Tuesday in December 1923 with sale at the Brewster County courthouse in Alpine between 10 am and 4 pm the sale follows an order of sale issued by the District Court of Pecos County in a 1923 judgment favoring First State Bank of Fort Stockton.
Local shop announces typewriter ribbons and sundries for sale along with cold drinks and real ice cream. The venue brands itself as an uptown place for ladies to rest or shop.
The advertisement touts Calotabs as a de n nauseated calomel tablet that removes unwanted qualities of calomel. It claims relief from biliousness constipation headaches and indigestion with one tablet at bedtime and a night’s rest. Packages cost thirty five cents for large and ten cents for small with a druggist guarantee.
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