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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1933
Page
4
The Coffee Cup will open for business Monday under Radio Witwer, proprietor. Hours will run from six in the morning until five in the afternoon, with midday closings as announced yesterday. The facility, located at Alpine Logo, is described as fully equipped and aiming to serve the public daily.
Local notes report RJ Ratliff, RA Whiteside and JW Prager leaving for Ban Ancolo to attend a Knights Templar school. Ray McNeil visited from Pecos, Mrs V. B. Miller went to Muskoree Oklahoma for two weeks, Jean Webb headed to Los Angeles after visiting here with her sister, and several others are noted in Dallas, San Antonio, Port Layne, and Kingville trips. Also listed are legal and business visits, a subscription remittance, and a special manicure offer from Avalanche ads.
Bari Putnam aged 71 died Thursday afternoon after a years long illness. He lived with his mother in the Hord cottage on North Fifth street near the bridge. He had tuberculosis for about three years and had been in this area over a year seeking health. He previously spent time in a Kerrville sanatorium, and had been in Marathon eight months earlier. His father Hiram Putnam of Montgomery county, brother Hibert, and wife of Alice, along with his mother, were present at his death. The body was shipped Friday to the family home in Dobbins, Montgomery County, for burial.
A bundled bank report from The First Investment Co affiliate under the Bank ng Act of 1933 lists liabilities and assets while narrating Mrs. George Zimmerman of Newcastle Indiana being bitten by a snake that entered her car window near Lebanon. Dr Williams comments on the bite and a sworn statement by G W Baines, secretary treasurer, confirms the figures as of 1933.
Public notice in Brewster County announces final settlement of an estate with objections due by the November term of the County Court, to be held November 6 1933 in Alpine. Included are official seals, clerk and sheriff attestations, and deputy acknowledgments, with references to local offices and dates. The page also lists gun and ammunition ads and a School of Speech Arts opening by Mrs Z E Shelton.
The readable text hints at a young woman named Seema who is convinced the terrifying adventure with a snake was sexually harmed. Mrs. Zimmerman is reported as soon recovering. An Alpine Lor. Co. catalog line references engraved invitations and enc urse cards.
A Petersburg Virginia man, Mr George Wharton, praises Black Draught for twenty five years of use to ease constipation and fatigue. He says it helps with colds and other ailments needing a laxative, delivering quicker relief than any other medicine. He recommends Thedford's Black Draught Syrup for stomach issues.
Ann notes Betty will be late on air due to cold weather and car trouble. Jim and Ann discuss how temperature affects punctuality, blaming Bill for choosing the wrong oil and fuel. Ann suggests Conoco oil and gasoline protect cars in cold driving conditions and calls Bill to check the delay.
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