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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
1
A brief promotional note promises mutual profit by handling finance matters. It touts usefulness and willingness to assist in any financial task, aiming to attract a client to manage accounts for mutual gain.
The Texas Agricultural Department warns farmers to buy only healthy nursery stock from home sources. An inspector exposed diseased trees sold by out-of-state nurserymen, with strict enforcement to condemn and destroy infected stock. Texas Nurserymen vow supply of first class stock this winter. The Education Department reports 949,006 school children ages 7 to 17 in Texas and a 6.25 per capita apportionment for public schools.
Kansas City entrepreneur C L Young plans a prickly pear feed plant in Cactus Texas with 50 ton daily capacity costing about 5000 dollars. He expects to demonstrate the feed’s value and enable further plants across West Texas.
G A Martin editor of The Herald married Miss Willella Redman in the Orndorff hotel parlor. The couple left for Cloudcroft to honeymoon. Martin chairs the Texas Dry Farming congress and serves on the International Dry Farming congress committee and the El Paso water commission. Redman is an Oklahoma singer formerly with the Airdome.
A mix of social wits, local politics, and legal notes outlines recent panhandle weather, a Bell County election result with a contest, a San Antonio bomb incident, Taft visit preparations in Corpus Christi, and an Attorney General ruling denying a cattle roping contest. The item also jokes about schooling, hospitality, and a flag on a pole.
Two store buildings sized 20 by 40 and 20 by 26 and an office of 12 by 14 are offered for sale at a bar to clear valuable business lots. Buildings are described as strongly built.Contact Dr. Benj. F. Berkeey for details at once.
The Alpine Steam Laundry urges customers not to be deceived into sending money elsewhere and claims it is fully prepared to handle all laundry needs with prompt service and savings, rivaling any laundry in the state.
W M Sanford provides complete abstracts to lands and town lots in Brewster County on short notice. Office with the County Surveyor at the court house in Alpine.
Renters seek an unfurnished five or six room house. Applicants should apply to W. J. Yates at the Avalanche office for details and acceptance.
New steam laundry facility opens in Alpine serving residents and businesses. The plant promises efficient cleaning options and jobs for the community.
We reopen bids on September 20 for construction of a church in Alpine Texas. Plans and specs are at the office of Wm Daugherty. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. A bid bond is required for acceptance. J G Crawford secretary board of trustees.
An advertisement for Tyler Commercial College of Tyler Texas promotes unlimited life scholarship offers in bookkeeping shorthand and telegraphy for $45 or two courses for $85. It claims board and lodging, daily enrollments, rapid diploma issuance, and job placement with a guaranteed tuition refund plus railroad fare. The copy emphasizes Bryne systems and offers $100 for corrections.
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