Saturday Night Supper Club Meets at Harris Home
Mrs L D Harris hosted a September 14 supper with seven oclock arrival and a cake as high score prize. Guests included Mr and Mrs A T Swan and other local residents enjoying contract afterward.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1934
Page
3
Mrs L D Harris hosted a September 14 supper with seven oclock arrival and a cake as high score prize. Guests included Mr and Mrs A T Swan and other local residents enjoying contract afterward.
Terlingua district notes show P E Lewis visiting Alpine for daughter Auray’s move to the University of Texas in Austin. Families relocate for school, with Charlie Burnham and others moving to Alpine for schooling as Dorothy graduates high school and Gene Cartledge heads to the University at Austin.
In Hot Springs J C Langford notes scant rain and a low Rio Grande for the season yet reports luck for anglers. Vinge Puller and Emmett strown caught three large fish in one night this week and hosted a citizen fish fry enjoyed by all.
The 16th annual Pecos Valley Baptist association session will be held in Pecos on Thursday and Friday of next week. Rev J A Kidd said a record turnout is expected with 25 churches represented. Notables include Rev J G Moseley of Wink and George Mason of Dallas. Local guests, mine news, and community notes fill the report.
Dr P J Du Toit director of veterinary research and animal industries for Union South Africa and a noted international scientist visited in the Big Bend area this week after attending the Worlds Veterinarians congress in New York. He toured Texas agricultural experiment stations with Dr H Schmidt and Chas L Coleman Al ine boy and Texas A and M student. Coleman has earned numerous honors while at A and M and visited his mother Mrs W L Coleman. Dr Frank P Mathews, head of the local experiment station accompanied the party on a field trip.
Texas railroad commission reestablishes emergency relief freight rates for cattle and livestock feed across all Texas counties. Rates cut hay 50 percent, grain and feeds 66 percent, livestock 85 percent until a 180 day term with stock return at 18 percent of full rate. Water in carloads 80 percent. The measure, taken under emergency powers after railroads failed to reduce rates voluntarily, will affect shipments statewide.
Alpine postoffice sells special duck hunting stamps required for migratory bird hunting. Hunters must display the stamp with licenses, stamps cost each, and the law aligns with federal sunrise to sunset hours. Open duck season runs Friday to Sunday weekly from October 21 to December 30. Dove season runs September 1 to October 31 with a bag limit of 15 per day and 45 per week. The stamp not required for doves, snipe, rails, or coots.
The Santa Fe railroad released a new motor train timetable between Alpine and San Angelo effective last Sunday. The northbound arrival time now is 5 10 p m replacing 6 30 p m, and the departure time shifts from 8 a m to 8 88 a m.
Dr Carroll Vaughn offers chiropractic adjustments to help hay fever at his Turner Building office. He claims natural methods can correct many cases within a week or less and invites visits for a chiropractic analysis with a promise to say if he cannot help. Phone 331.
Mrs J B Stoker of Fort Worth Texas recounts how Syrup of Black-Draught eased constipation in adults and children. She notes it cleanses the system and that children like the syrup. Her account features the drug’s advertised benefits and a druggist selling the product.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.