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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
3
Local notices promote fresh Van Camp goods and Cald wells staples. Advertisers offer seed, hay, bran, corn chops, alfalfa, buggy repairs, blacksmithing and laundry service. Mentions include Caldwell, Alpine Lumber, Miles the Grocer, Alpine Steam Laundry, and a birth in 1910.
Public notices include a firm denial of petition dissolution claims and community events. Local ads promote hay, dinners, cinema and skating rink programs, farming supplies, poultry, coffins and burial goods, travel to Eagle Pass, furniture repairs, photographer services, and a new musical instrument sale.
For Rent a three room house with large rooms and good water apply to W J Yates at the Avalanche office. Also Caldwell sells bran at 1 45 per sack. Repairs for mowers and rakes and new hay equipment from Paul J Vogt. Mrs A B Roberts and two daughters return to Alpine from Menardville and may take charge of City Hotel today. Millinery stock arriving around Sept 10. Phelps sold repairing and cleaning establishment to Mr R O Wood of San Antonio who will run up to date work in Brewster County.
A notice in the columns requests patrons to await a fall millinery stock arrival. Mas. R. C. Pieters invites customers to visit sewing rooms in front of the courthouse and promises experience and satisfaction.
The Christian Endeavor Society extends hearty thanks to Mr and Mrs Ed Garnett for their hospitable hosting at Garnett House last Friday and to Mr Henry W Townsend manager of Altprs Power Company for his rights for the occasion.
Unbranded chestnut filly about 18 months old shipped to Oklahoma around August 11 1910 from the Bur ford pasture near Alpine. The horse has a small white forehead spot and may have been shipped from Alpine or found on the road. I will pay for the animal and hold it subject to proof of ownership. R D Reynoto Mountain View Oklahoma.
The Avalanche reports Alpine capital evaluates artesian district status and supports drilling a well if needed. Public backing from property owners and prominent businessmen is sought to secure Alpine’s future, as even small taxpayers are urged to participate in the effort.
Miss Lillie Young and Lote Lowell hosted a unique campfire breakfast at the old pump with reed, cantaloupe, coast, bacon, eggs and coffee as sun rose over the mountain. Guests included Fay White, Myer Young, Me ly, Thalia Gillet, Lulu Griffith, Margaret Linn, Jamie Cummings, and others. later events featured luncheon and games with Miss Margaret Kokernot as hostess and various couples attending.
Miss Lois Weakley and Walton Anja Wilson wed at the Weakley home on August 27 1910 in Alpine in a small ceremony officiated by Rev S Allison. The bride wore tan and carried flowers. guests enjoyed refreshments. The couple, from prominent West Texas families, received many gifts and are stood as a well connected pair. Mr Hargus travels to San Angelo to buy a well drilling machine for 3000 feet, and will drill his own wells on valuable land holdings.
City council discussed enforcement of a sanitation ordinance and declared Fine Neonat the official depository for the ensuing year. Bids were opened with First National Bank and First State Bank both offering competitive balances. details unclear. Mrs. E C Rice of Mass visited local residents. other social notes mentioned.
In Brewster County Texas a petition signed by about sixty whites, thirty Mexicans, and four or five negroes, totaling ninety seven taxpayers, asks the county judge F F Higgins to order an election in Alpine to determine if the town should remain incorporated. Judge Higgins has postponed action pending a legal ruling and will hear arguments for or against ordering the election.
Sunday program details list leaders and speakers at Christan Church. Miss Mabel O Mallor directs Our Savior theme from John 3 5 21 and Isa 2 1 12. Nellie Van Pelt Enon Smith Burton and Jackson introduce sermons on Jesus as Savior and the Lamb. All young people invited.
Judge Brooke and other judges spent last Saturday in Marathon. J W Ferguson sold his residence and ten acres in western Alpine to J W Weaver who will use it as a home. Ferguson will move to Rev J C Francis’s house on the east side. Ferguson plans remodeling to make his new home one of the prettiest in Alpine. The consideration for the home place was 85000.
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