Quicksilver Notes and Arrivals From Brewster County
Marathon and Alpine residents are active with travel notes and new assignments. Dr M Hines and Rev L B Millican visited Alpine while J W Bennett surveyed near Terlingua and Col John Richardson spent the day in Marfa. Dell Dewees shipped cinnabar samples from Terlingua and reports rich mineral finds in Brewster county as Kokernot brothers move cattle to Kansas City.
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Dell Dewees
Terlingua
San Antonio
Dewees
Brewster County
Paying Taxes Prompt in Brewster County Land Owners
Non residents owning land in Brewster county are paying taxes promptly after learning land condition. Many hold valuable mineral or grazing land and realize they owe taxes, unwilling to let property sell at sheriff's sale.
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Brewster County
Boyd seeks Brewster county post for county and district clerk
M A Boyd announces in the Avalanche as a candidate for county and district clerk of Brewster county. He is described as an honorable citizen known across the county. Boyd has served as section foreman at Marathon and has lived in Lenox with a home in Alpine.
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M. A. Boyd
Brewster County
Boyd
Settion Feremanet
Marathon
Lenox
Alpine
Panther killed near Alpine at Judge Brockenbrow’s ranch
Peter Bruns killed a large panther at Judge Brockenbrow's ranch three miles from Alpine on Thursday night. The panther, drawn by a pet sheep, charged the house and was brought down after Bruns fired a shotgun and dogs forced the animal into a rock shelter. Joan McKay of Pecos Ranch has conditionally sold his entire cattle brand, 500 head, at $164 per head. Ozona Kicker.
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Peter Bruns
Judge Brockenbrow
Alpine
Peter
Joan McKay
Pecos
Ozona Kicker
D. B. Goff
New Mexico
Dave
Route debates shape Kansas City Mexico and Orient line
Surveyors map the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railroad with grading in progress and a decision on the San Angelo to Presidio Texas segment unresolved. Observers expect the line to cross the Southern Pacific near Alpine Marfa Paisano Marathon or follow the old Presidio del Norte route, aiming to access Brewster County coalfields and famed quicksilver districts.
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Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
San Angelo
Presidio
Texas
Southern Pacific
Alpine
Marfa
S. Po
Paisano
Marathon
Border county election woes cited by Ozona editor
The Ozona Kicker laments recurring election troubles and factional strife in border counties, urging voter-empowered accountability. The note also covers local news from Alpine and Marfa traders, hunts, and a pair of local business announcements including J. G. Erickson & Co. expanding jewelry services with A. J. Latta Jr. as watchmaker.
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J. G. Erickson & Co
Marfa Jewelers
A. J. Latta, Jr
Chicago
Denver
Louisville
D. B. Hoornbeek
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Lpine Weekly
Avalanche
McKixney
Alpine Texas
Capt
Awk
Shepard
Roger McCue
Mr. and
Mra. J.C. Bird
Sanday Hight
EL Paso
Joo. W. Bennett
J. R. Madenfort
Vietting
M. Hines
LV. White
Cebe Dugat
John W. Richardson
L. BR. Millican
Arthur Ragin
Mack Tlarman
Presidio County
Jim WT. Wilson
McCutcheon
OL. Price
Jef Davis County
Col J. Wo Richardson
Col
Richardson
Marston
Methodist Church
Rowwell
W O D. Kincaid
J ©. Bird
George PF. Crosson
Lee Cartwright
LW. Dorrell
Lajitas
Kokernot
Kansas
Kansas City Market
Mack Harman
T. DD. Secrest
Colewan
Secrest
Count F. von Bloetcher
Imperial Heights
William
Quicksilver
Louis Lindheim
del Rio
A. Boyd
Tos
Cale
Wriepe
Sfb
Morse
Vass
Houston, Tex
L. J. Parks
Gop
V. A. Houston
Tex
Ferguson
Sharp Brothers
Hosier Bros. of
Independence
Huck Stanley
John Crosson
Biase
Nay Bowles
H. L. Lackey
E. E. Townsend
Fort Stockton
Gieseckes
West
Casimere
Schotten
W. D. Kincaid CO
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