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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1927
Page
7
A.H.S. Broadcaster Chapel hosted a Thursday program where the second grade performed a play about health. The Wee Health Brownies urged daily milk consumption while laughing fairies gathered around a bed to deliver health messages. Many parents attended to hear the children speak.
Alpine High School's band and teams are celebrated in a lively verse praising football basketball track and baseball programs. The district meet honors go to Joel Wright in Junior Declamation and Walter Smith in discus with a district record by seven feet.
Real estate transfers and autos registered list numerous deeds with varied sums from $1 to $65,058.45, including properties in Alpine Marathon and Terlingua. Notable entries include Elvira KL Bidwell to J. Dixie Smith and Y P Rackley to W. W. Rackley, plus multiple mineral deeds and vehicle registrations with makes like Buick Chevrolet and Ford.
Land sale notice states contracts to sell a large body of Brewster County land. The document notes thorough surveying of the property to protect both surface and mineral rights. Details appear fragmentary but indicate a formal land transaction process and public sale implications.
Mr. Keith of Register Life Insurance Company of Dayport Iowa appoints W. H. Kokernot Jr as general agent, with headquarters in Alpine and offices in the Lackey Building. Fourteen counties from El Paso to Del Rio and north to the New Mexico line to be represented. company reports $89 year establishment and about one million in force. Policy types include participating old line, life income, educational, partnership and corporation insurance. Keith will spend considerable time in the territory with San Antonio as headquarters.
A fragmentary review notes Carol Dempster’s strong acting in a feature about Prince Rimanes and a string of monsters. The writer urges seeing the film despite garbled text and misprints, praising Dempster while acknowledging the unclear context.
Roving notes praise Clean Milk from Mathews Dairy run by Mr and Mrs W L Mathews. The farm uses double straining and a cooling system to keep milk at about 50 degrees, reducing souring and weed taste. Only white help used, no Mexicans, claims tighter sanitation and sterilizing steps.
Alpine Independent School District voters will select trustees on May 7 for two year terms. Incumbents listed include Gillett president G J Haines and A B Sandifer. No candidate slate announced yet but race expected to attract interest in local education matters.
Report notes that current officeholders are expected to be induced to seek reelection. No further details on entities, dates, or locations are provided in the readable text.
The New York Sun hails Sorrows of Satan as remarkable cinema and lauds the performances of Carol Dempster Lynde Putti Adolphe Menjou and Ricardo Cortes as a book of revelations in this powerful drama.
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