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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1910
Page
3
Brewster Camp 401 W C W invites all members and Whitin Woodmen to monthly meetings. L N Halonte, Clerk. Lauren Ganbert, C C K of P. Lovige 423 meets every Yet and Sed Thursday nights each month. Jas A Burke W Marri Kanee.
Alpine community items report a Presbyterian church bazaar on December 2 at Luthy music hall with donations sought. Local businesses advertise alfalfa at 80 cents, cheap feed and fuel from Alpine Feed & Fuel, and Caldwell selling charcoal, chops, and braw. Residents travel to San Antonio and El Paso, and several locals, including J. W. Ashley and Son, Matt Adams, and Fort Stockton firms, appear in town for commerce and prospecting.
For Sale or Trade. Folding bed is good order. Wait at this office. Watch Lost. While going from my home to some Sunday afternoon, I lost a silver hunting-case watch. Will pay reward for return of same. W. HoFuxe. See our new line of chocolate andy. Crawford Barron.
The notice invites congregants to morning services under the subject Tue Hometown and an evening theme Tue Raviaxr Live on Jor ao Hexefulness. Sunday School starts at 10 oclock a m. Wallace R. Evans is the pastor.
Cattle stoppers have been active this week with good prices for recent shipments. The summary notes Collins & Clifton shipping 3 cars of cows and 1 car of yearlings to Fort Worth, W. H. Kokernot sending six cars to Fort Worth, and S. R. Guthrie seeking 62 yearlings and 300 c searlings from A. S. Gage. Also mentions Pumpkin Yams Crawford & Barron.
Alpine residents thank neighbors for support after the death of Lucy Williams. Brannon home burns with quick evacuation delaying court dockets. Local notices include Caldwell’s feed store ads, a postal card from A B Weakley in Comanche, and plans for a new seven room house by G W Page. Fresh creamery butter advertised.
J D Jackson president of the Alpine Commercial Club calls a Mining Congress in Alpine on Saturday December 10 1910 to present a resolution to the Legislature to amend mining laws. West Texas towns and counties are urged to send delegates. M T Turney supports the measure and will push a bill next session. Also noted is an effort to establish a daily Alpine Fort Stockton auto mail service with low bids and petitions sent to Washington.
In a humorous note, W H Funk recalls a deer ram episode, detailing the costs of the hunt. He itemizes expenses from riding 121 miles to consulting a doctor, 12 miles on rough ground, shoe wear, slicker loss, horse injury, rope for tying the deer, and wages, presenting the hunt as an expensive proposition.
Sympathy extends to Mr and Mrs W L Means on the death of their infant son. A new Alpine Brewster county book with pictures is ready for Commercial Club sale at Avalanche Office. Teacher Training class recognitions urged for Sunday School exhibit in Fort Worth March 9 13 1911. For details contact Mrs C Walden Fort Worth Texas. Spanish notice warns litter and animal disposal harms community near Joe Moss area Alpine.
An item lists religious program details for Young People's Christian Endeavor at a Methodist Church on Sunday November 27, led by Homer Ferguson with references to Bible verses and speakers Geo McCallum Miss George Stroud Mrs J D Jackson and Rev Sorensen. Also includes a note about fresh shipped eggs from Crawford and Barron and a real estate pitch from A M Turney of National Loan and Realty Company of Austin Texas.
Fort Stockton eyes railroad growth as the Orient line nears completion to Eden and the Santa Fe line approaches the gateway. The paper notes shoveling dirt on the road bed toward a coming Texas town and mentions competitive alfalfa pricing by Caldwell.
For sale registered Scotch collie pups three males and one female. Apply to Mes Arthur Alpine Texas. Full returns of the election held here last week will be in next issue of The Avalanche. Order shade and fruit trees, shrubbery and flowers from Home Nursery through a Home Man. Trees true to name and adapted to this soil and climate. Delivered with privilege of examination before paying. A McCallum Alpine Texas.
Beginning Sunday the G H and A railway will start a daylight service between San Antonio and the city, offering daytime travel options for passengers. The move aims to improve regional connections and provide faster, more convenient schedules for travelers in the area.
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