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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1925
Page
6
An advertisement promotes Mrs. Tucker's Pure Vegetable Shortening for making a salad dressing. It highlights its butter like richness without lard heaviness and claims an air tight pail preserves freshness. Interstate Cotton Oil Refining in Sherman Texas features the product.
Public notice commands the sheriff to publish weekly for ten days in a newspaper with sane circulation in the county before the return day. The notice formalizes due process in a state court proceeding.
Marguerite Webb applies for probate of the will of T G Webb deceased in Brewster County Texas. The County Court at Alpine will hear the petition and issue letters testamentary at the next term beginning November 16 1925.
The administrator C Howles notifies all debtors and claimants of the J T Weaver estate in Brewster County Texas to settle debts or present claims within the legal period at Alpine Texas. The notice cites the August 19 1926 appointment by the county court and mentions the administrator’s address and office.
Ava C. C. Yates, executrix of the estate of Janice Yates, deceased, requests all debtors to settle and those with claims to present them within the legally prescribed time. The notice is published from Alpine in Brewster County, Texas, dated September 16, 1925, with reference to court appointment in 1925.
Local notes report Mr C H Ritter of La Feria visiting Marathon to attend business interests. Mr Moore and family buy Marathon Drug Company and plan to live here soon. Lucille and Willie Mae French travel to Del Rio for medical care. Christoval guest T J Percival stays with the Dragoo family. Roy Rutledge assists Bob Serna with cattle shipments from Dryden. R A Boyd of Mission visits Buttrill ranch. Bantam Worthington from the Chisos Mountains stops by. A 104 pound baby born to FL Buttrill and wife. Thomas Buttrill born Sept 18 to FLT Leary. A C Spalding visits Glen Springs. W D Boreham at home in Glen Springs. Ed Ardoin of El Paso in Marathon with cattle for El Paso market. Jesse Roberts buys a new sport model Dodge. W D Burcham attends Alpine Commissioners Court. Joe Granger family spend weekend in Mart visiting. Serna and Roberts ship two carloads of cattle from Dryden. Methodist ladies host box supper at schoolhouse on Thursday. Carlos Beaudreaux greets friends. Bob Serna returns from Sanderson with cattle shipments. Thomas Henderson, long study in California, now with mother Camilla Henderson in Alpine and will attend Sul Ross College. R S Carnes and Grandma Carnes visit Ritchey home and Meda Ritchey Sunday.
Notice to interested parties that G. B. Combs seeks a permit to appropriate unappropriated waters from Maravillas Creek in Brewster County Texas for irrigation. Hearing set at Austin office of the Board of Water Engineers on September 28 1925 at 1 6 o clock AM with opportunities for input. Deadline notice dated August 21 1925 signed by the Board secretary and officials.
Publication notice states Cora A. Martin applied for guardianship of minor Allene Martin with temporary guardianship already in place. Court schedule set for November 1925 in Alpine with contest allowed. sale of lands described under levy to follow in November 1925. Sheriff’s notice published in Alpine Avalanche for three weeks.
The State of Texas Brewster County sheriff sale notice states that W N Gourley sheriff of Brewster County by order of the 48th District Court of Tarrant County issued July 1 1925 for 591.91 dollars plus costs, in the case Jno R Spivey vs G H Flowers and W D Carpenter No 69755, levied Aug 15 1925 on real estate in Brewster County Section 15 Block 211 St Louis and Southwestern Railway Company lands surfaced as the subject of the sale.
The sheriff of Brewster County Texas will sell on October 6 1925 at the Alpine courthouse the property of A J White including a 1924 Model T Ford coupe serial number 9111241 to satisfy a lien of 426.97 plus interest and costs in the case Weat Texas Motor Company versus A J White No 243 on the civil docket ordered by the County Court September 12 1925.
The church posts mass times for English and Spanish services led by Rev. 8. M. Giran including Holy Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. and sermons on the Gospel or Christian life. Evening prayers, Bible readings, and Sunday School are scheduled with non Catholics invited to attend.
The Church of Christ announces a Sunday morning Bible study and Communion service at the Court House starting at 7 00 o clock. Everyone is invited to attend.
Executors of C A Brown deceased in Brewster County Texas call all indebted persons to settle and all claimants to present claims within the legal period at Alpine Texas as of September 16 1925. The notice is issued by Mra Enla C Brown and Chae A Brown as executors.
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