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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
2
Local weekly Alpine notices list directors and staff of the Alpine Publishing Co. along with a subscription price of 200 per year or 1.25 for six months. Regional updates mention street work, new residences planned, labor activity, and wages for cotton pickers as the community eyes election season and church youth activities.
The Sul Ross Normal College reports 98 normal school students plus about 24 in Training School for a total of 122. Several residents travel from outside Alpine, and a list names many donors and staff connected to the college. Notes cover faculty, guests, dorm moves, road work delays for cement, physical examinations for students, and plans for a Glee Club and Girls Athletics Association.
Owing to space, the casual church column omits Sunday school and preaching at all churches except the Presbyterian. The Frgcurt League meets at 6 15. PL at 6 30. Christian Endeavor at 4. Sunday night all churches unite at the Methodist church for a welcome service for Rev. Santh. Episcopal services Monday evening at 7 at the Presbyterian church.
The 1920 21 Lyceum Course opened Friday at High School with Hon A. Evans delivering a lecture on the subject. His lively humor and thoughtful insights kept the large audience engaged and satisfied, promising an entertaining winter season. A Sunday outing near Kok spring featured a youth event with racing and sports, highlighted by Pop Axbell’s dishpan dance act and support from Mrs Wester and Mr Arbell among others.
JW Downum of Fort Stockton travels through Alpine toward El Paso while several dignitaries including Gov Hobby and business leaders tour the area. Attendees plan a Baptist hospital project in El Paso and consider Alpine as a potential headquarters for missionary work.
A damaged OCR shows an ownership management statement for Alpine Avalanche. It lists stockholders with 1 percent or more, names, addresses, and notes on bonds and mortgages. The document includes signatures and a dated subscription to October 1.
County Clerk W H Lease reports a list of lands subject to forfeiture for nonpayment of interest due November 1, 1918. Delinquent owners should pay promptly. Forfeitures will be declared between now and 10 am January 2. The list is available at the clerk’s office.
Henry Moore, traveling to church on Sunday morning, spotted a young bear on the hillside. Sunday evening hunters released dogs on the trail and after a lively chase the bear was killed. Some of Joe Harmon’s friends had bear steak.
My pastures are posted and no hunting or trespassing is permitted. Emison and W. B. Hancock claim the land known as the Da ne W. Managers warn that anyone taking wood water or grass in the 62 pastures will be prosecuted for trespassing. Fletcher, Manager.
Public notice of a sheriff sale issued under a judgment in Brewster County Texas. The sale, for cash, will be conducted at the courthouse door on a specified date, listing described real property and parcels with owner D Moyach and other names referenced, under order of the court and publication requirements.
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