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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1939
Page
4
A collage of notices, anecdotes, and long OCR passage detailing ad rates, personal notices, a Centenary baseball column, literary bits on Auber and public scams, plus assorted tips on marriage and behavior. The fragment includes names, places, and stray quotes reflecting a small town newspaper page.
The piece notes Fiesta Week in San Antonio April 17 22 focusing on the Alamo dubbed cradle of Texas liberty. It mentions travelers along U S Highway 90 viewing historic sites and lists residents and readers from Alpine and nearby towns. A separate item recounts a New York City bank robbery where a bandit forced a victim to descend 16 floors before fleeing.
A fragmented column mix of quips and jokes from a past issue. It references prosperity themes and a remark about Paris and French pheasants amid assorted humorous lines. The text also includes a Hitler fortune teller joke and a circus gag about a man wearing spats for his first wife.
The Avalanche thanks readers for renewals and welcomes new subscribers. The list includes Mrs. Eric Williams, Alpine Alonzo Hord, Alpine Forrest Weston, Alpine Irene Shely Austin TW Shely Tesnus Mrs. Mary A. Pierson Marathon Jobin Sotelo Alpine Jan. W. Walker Hillsboro NM Mrs. Gertrude Moss Alpine W A Daugherty Alpine Davis Hinson Van Horn.
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