Texas News Recap of Weather, Politics and Crime
The week brought rain across much of Texas with mountain snow and a Thanksgiving on November 25. Gov campaign talk surrounds Ike Pryor as support grows while canal work targets completion by 1912. Goliad cuts the treasurer salary. hookworm afflicts about 200000 in the state. A Cairo mob hanged two negroes and one white man, with one victim burned. Nat B. Jones was shot by his wife who claimed self defense with a razor. For sale Angora stock and breed nannies from Langtry Texas near Langtry.
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Cairo
Laundry Notice from Alpine Steam Laundry
Laundry notice states Alpine Steam Laundry will clean and press mens suits. Phone 37 for service with satisfaction guaranteed.
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Alpine Steam Laundry
Haley Ranch Property Posted Notice
Lawrence Haley posts his pastures and the Haley property with a warning against hunting or wood hauling under penalty of the law.
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Haley
Lawrence Haley
Alpine Hotel Transforms to Rooming and Lodging House
Mrs. C Dugat announces the Alpine hotel has closed its dining room and now operates as a rooming and lodging house with clean sunny rooms and good beds. Some rooms suitable for offices, rates reasonable, and inspections welcomed.
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Alpine Hotel
C. Dugat
Disgrace to Texas Rangers report on Amarillo incident
Statement by Mrs. Marguerite Hayden alleges four Texas Rangers violently forced entry into her home at 600 Johnson Street Amarillo on September 16 1909 while seeking whiskey. She describes threats rough treatment while her sister and two infants were present and notes odor of whiskey and improper conduct.
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Marguerite Hayden
B. H. Hayden
Johnson Street
Amarillo
Texas
Ft. Worth
Central
Mr. Hayden
Ranger Reedus
N. H. Tudor
Mr. Tudor
State Rangers
Growth in deposits cited in Amarillo bank progress report
The report shows deposits rising from 36000 on November 1, 1907 to 54000 in 1908 and 131000 in 1909, indicating robust growth. A parallel personal affidavit describes a tense confrontation with state rangers at a rural home, where a door was forced and a gun was pointed during a welfare or enforcement encounter, with a notary public testimony dated October 4, 1909.
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Amarillo
Mr. Tudor
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First National Bank OF Alpine
Ike Pryor
Illinois
Commissioners Court
Goliad County
Liberia
Nat B. Jones
San Antonio
Jones
California
W. I. Babb
Langtry
Will
Hord & Co
Alpine
A. M. Turney
Alpine Furniture Corrector
Texas Rangers
Amarillo Panhandle
State of Texas
County of Potter
THE
Alpine State Bank
Lon D. Mars
Notary Public Potter Co
Marguerite Hay
Wigfall van Sickie
Middlebrook
Palace Pharmacy
John A. Hardy, M
McIntyre & Slight
I Yoyo
R. A. Sargent
Benj. F. Berkeley
M. D
R. E. Taylor
Slight’s
Alpine Mercantile Company
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