23 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1903
Page
1
The El Paso Herald discusses future cattle markets in Texas with forecasts of reduced slaughter and potential price gains next spring. It cites retirements, depleting calf crops and high vaccineing trends, plus a report on yellow fever transmission and the mosquito vector.
Emmett Williams, struck by lightning last summer, stayed for weeks of surgery then went to his parents in Bee County. He visited the Avalanche office this morning sound in body and mind and left this afternoon to resume work at the Piedregosa ranch.
An attache from a European embassy notes the new Chinese minister in Washington excites interest in diplomatic circles. He recalls the minister once served as a secretary of the legation and recounts a tale of a Chinese party renting adjacent houses on H Street, only to discover they must cross the street to visit friends.
A Canadian paper recounts a sham volunteer corps clash where one side retreats toward a railway. A sergeant major jokes the force may miss the train unless the opposing officer is asked to retreat toward the station. The captain laments the colonel driving them too far.
The Washington Star notes Colonel Pete Hemburn quips that a man in a canvas life has two moments when friends offer flowers death or election to the U.S. Senate as John Sharp Williams asks the question.
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