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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1901
Page
1
An editorial touts a universal diet idea and promotes Green A August Flower as a cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It also notes Sharp Bros stock and highlights El Paso visitor Mr Bridgers, a political figure with a past in Alpine and The Brewster Bell.
An advertisement touts Grandma's Tea as a purifying health cure claiming to cleanse the system, cure constipation, stimulate the liver, and improve mood. It notes a money back refund if not satisfactory and lists a price of 25e at dealers.
River guards arrive at Terlingua and will be stationed at Lajitas. Miss Foley of Marator visits canvassing for a school. John Goughran works on the Excelsior mine with renewed blasting. Devine and Jam McKinney with families return to their mines. Mr Nevins opens a meat market. Levees furnace nears completion. Albert visits Judge Bennetts Court with Joe Hannum. Miss May Bennett visits Nevins. Take Hance's Rheumatic Cure advertised at the Drag Store.
Phoenix dispatch reports drought panics on midwestern and northern ranges driving beef scarcity. Arizona New Mexico cattlemen see record profits as prices surge from two cents to higher levels. Demand from eastern buyers and heavy Mexican cattle shipments ease ranges that suffered in the drought.
An old advertisement touts Grandma's Diarrhoea Cure as a endorsed remedy for colic dysentery cholera morbus cholera infantum and summer complaints. It claims rapid, certain relief and pleasant taste, urging buyers not to rely on untested alternatives.
Tar and White Pine cough syrup praised as pleasant to take and effective against coughing, available for sale by Sharp Bros.
El Paso Times reporting from Mexico's Imparcial cites doubts about a Kansan City Mexico and Orient road touching El Paso. Chihuahua & Pacific assets are cited, while local officials including Trevino deny any confirmed work. He asserts 50 kilometers graded to date and 50 more between Port Stilwell and El Fuertes.
In Kane Sas City it is announced that contracts have been entered for steel rails to lay the Kansas City Mexico & Orient railroad in Mexico. Rail supply shifts from the United States due to capacity and cost. Mexican subsidy payments will fund rail delivery and rail price differences to the Orient company. The first 100 kilometer segment yields subsidy payments upon completion, with shipments due around December and laying to begin after the new year.
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