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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
1
LGA President swears the bank’s capital stock surplus and profits are listed with net figures and deposits. The statement notes the bank makes no loans to its employees or officers handling daily operations, aiming to improve service and customer care.
Reports say deep vein diamonds discovered in Bastrop County stir local interest while more details follow. Other items note a coal mine disaster in Cherry Illinois where 150 dead and 70 rescued after seven days entombment with more expected. A federal court in St Paul orders Standard Oil to dissolve as a government victory. In Uvalde County I L Martin bans alien voting without final papers within seven-year window. The county seeks guidance from the Attorney General awaiting ruling.
Laundry notice states Alpine Steam Laundry will clean and press men's suits with phone contact 37 and a satisfaction guarantee.
Notice is hereby given that my pasture land at the Haley ranch is off limits to hunting or wood hauling. All parties are warned against trespassing under penalty of the law. Lawrence Haley.
A compact notice advertises hauling services with contact by phone number 12 and names J N McDonnell as the point of contact.
Will Run Rooming House. Having closed the dining room of the Alpine hotel, I am now running the hotel as a rooming and lodging house. The rooms are clean, with plenty of sunlight and furnished with good beds—a few rooms suitable for offices. My rates are reasonable and I will be glad to have you inspect them. Mrs. C. Dugat.
Testimony before a legislative committee details extreme hardship on Texas convict farms and brutal lashings on the state railroad. Witnesses recount whippings, deaths from overwork, guard brutality, and medical neglect at camps near Rusk and Neches River with Major Durham cited as a cited supervisor.
The article notes deposits rising from 36000 in 1907 to 4009 in 1908 and 131000 in 1909, reflecting continuing growth. It also recounts a brutal prison camp beating case where a prisoner survived extreme flogging and testified about the abuse by guards and a captain.
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