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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
2
Jeares Fuller sale price listed at Alpine Texas post office as mail master of Saran class on Thursday August 3 196. The OCR reads as a fragment with unclear year and name variants but places a postal title and price in Alpine.
Army board clears Col Slocum of blame in Villa raid at Columbus but most Americans still deem him negligent for failing to guard the town after repeated warnings of Mexican bandit threats. The special inspector had predicted the board’s verdict.
Fragmented postal and political clippings report Roosevelt G.O.P. questions and a Texas county convention. It notes Republican splits, a Texas vaccine distribution shift to Dr. Allen in Fort Worth, and lists candidates, expenditures, and filing duties with a legal reminder about failed filings under Ant. 232 Criminal Statutes.
A university recently graduated 2,200 young people, claiming the milestone could sustain national momentum for some time. The action underscores the institution's role in shaping the country’s future through a large class entering the workforce and public life.
Farm for rent 115 acres thirteen miles from Alood. Feed crops can be raised. Apply or wire WH Funk 27M Alpine Texas. Phone 74. Lacy & Davidson buy and sell second hand furniture. Large line of seed…
The article discusses radium as a rare element found only in certain minerals, noting its powder form and potential medical use as a wound dressing. It mentions difficulties obtaining it, its yellow powder appearance, and limited satisfactory applications, amid wartime scarcity and public warnings.
Fragmented OCR cites a caller posing as Pothus or Pothum who pressures Colonel Aull to meet an “ANI rat” at Forest Park. The dialogue hints at race based provocation and political tension as Aull questions the caller’s identity and intent while maintaining cautious dialogue.
Fragmentary text discusses Java as a garden of tropics and an intellectual graveyard, noting 18 people above Asiatic condition and mentions Dr Alfred G. Mayer. It references vanishing arts, a loss of paid status, and vague ideas about streams and mills with products abroad, though many phrases are garbled.
Fragmented OCR text shows city authorities and a worker with a spade, a hesitant pause, and scattered phrases about behavior, a display of species, and a town fool labeled spotter. The fragment hints at a curious local scene but lacks clear events or identities.
When clothes are sent to the shop they leave in condition for my sanitary steam press to do the work. Phone me your wants and I will do the rest. A. B. Sandifer. ca ha Peppenite Alpine Meb ile Co. gy 7-15-1f.-Phone 15.
The text discusses how hair color and texture supposedly signal personality traits in British women. It claims brunettes show vitality and energy, with straight dark hair linked to ambition, courage, and promotion, while red hair suggests impulsiveness and warmth, describing various temperaments and social behaviors.
An odd fragment describes how various devices like horns, pulleys, fish, and butterflies relate to machinery. It mentions a mechanic testing a horn, a donkey kinetic idea, and gears in lathes and presses, hinting at hidden efficiencies in common equipment.
A dressmaker declares on a Bridges Place notice that she is available for patronage. The message, signed by Mrs. King, cites a location one block southeast of Dr. Berkeley residence and is dated July 27, 1946. The Avalanche subscription rate is listed as $1.50 per year.
Job seekers are invited to contact Alpine Employment Agency for any kind of help. Call 168 or write Box 582 to inquire about available work and services.
Mary A. West advertises two lots for sale north of Mrs Linn's residence and urges subscription to the Avalanche.
Dr John R Morton a San Antonio Texas eye nose and throat specialist will be associated with Dr Middlebrook for the present prepared to do any and all kinds of operations Anyone needing his services call at Dr Middlebrooks office Also genuine McAlester coal advertised at Caldwell s
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