Alpine Avalanche Heralds Local News and Classifieds
Alpine paper notes society items and notices, with pricing for marriages and reading notices. Readers are urged to report statements about individuals and to report corrections as the paper outlines its policies. The issue also includes a feature on Chinese medicine describing deer, bear, tiger parts, and a sensational claim about pills from dangerous ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Bennett
China
Hangchow
Nerman
Derrick and the hangman tale and Breathitt feud echoes
A fragmented historical piece recalls Hangman Derrick in 1601 Cadiz pardon and execution in London, intertwining billboards uproar, Breathitt County feuds, and a 100 percent volunteer Kentucky record. It links societal efforts to aid crippled children with the broader era’s hangmen and humanitarian work.
Trans Pecos notes celebrate Fort Stockton band
A Fort Stockton High School band feature earns praise in Trans Pecos papers with a striking upside down photo in El Paso Times and Big Bend Sentinel. Publisher George Baker critiques small town editor work while highlighting local civic figures like Henry Fletcher and Rotary leadership. Alpine mourns his Presidio County relocation as Henry supports West Texas history work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
Trans-Petcos
Trans-Pecos
el Paso Times
Big Bend Sentinel
Marta
George Baker
Art Stockton Way
George
Henry Fletcher
Presidio County
Henry
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Taternate
West Texas Historical and Scientific Society
Alpine
Marfa
First successful typesetting machine introduced in 1886
Fifty years ago on July 3 1886 the first successful typesetting machine the invention of Ottmar Mertenthaler was installed by the New York Tribune. Editor Whitelaw Reid named it the lino type and soon most daily papers adopted it. The article urges broad support for this labor of love from those able to lend a hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottmar Mertenthaler
New York Tribune
Whitelaw Reid
Linotype
Fragmented humor and odd notices from an unnamed page
A jumble of cartoon captions and snippets: barbers notices thinning hair, a motorist with a joke about a baby car, a teacher quiz about a lion, a drunk misfire comment, a wedding anniversary prank, a weather tale from Alaska, a street clerk exchange over a soft collar, a Ozarks tale of a missing grandpa, and a minister’s defense amid a misreported controversy.
Texas Constitutional Amendment on Alcohol Sales and State Dispensaries
A proposed Texas constitutional amendment seeks to abolish Section 20 of Article XVI and establish a state controlled system for distilled liquors with exclusive wholesale purchase and retail sale through state dispensaries. It authorizes local option votes to permit or prohibit sale of intoxicating liquors and outlines funding, proclamation, and implementation details for the measure to appear on the November 3, 1996 election ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
State OF Texas
Texas Joint Resolution Proposes State Workmen's Insurance
A joint resolution proposes amending the Texas Constitution to authorize the Legislature to provide Workmen's Compensation Insurance for state employees and to pay premiums. It directs publication, election timing for November 1996, and ballot wording for and against the amendment. The governor is directed to issue related orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bec
Dolor
State of Texas
Reed
Legislature Hall
State of
Texas
Cardul Cited By Paragould Reader For Relief
Mrs Corm Sane ers of Paragould Arkansas describes crippling nervousness and cramps. She states after using Cardul she felt better and the shaking ceased. She also gave Cardus to her daughter who recovered similarly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Corm Saneers
Paragould
Ark
Cardus
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Oxy
Puonanea
Kewner
Garis Mountain
Big Bend
M. Bennett Faltor
RBC
D. Wood Society
Larry Scoref
Fort Davis
Lyda Crawford
Marathon
Martneres
Derrick
England
Jared Tyburn
London
Essex
Cadiz
Breathitt County
Kenucky
Breathitt
T Te
Biroathitt
United States
Kentucky
Atlanta
America
Outa
Xy County
Am Davis
C. City
Bernhardt
West
Jo Examiner
Metropolis
Califo
Davis
Kei Hin
Childerricks
International Society
Robert
Earl
Hasex
Elisabeth
Spain
Thomas Fon
Washington
Ava ‘Anche Effies
Parma
Brighton
Tran
Willie
Alexander
Mrs. Snooks
Mr. Snooks
Alaska
Tve
Grandpappy Morgan
Ozarks
Tolliver
Grandpap
Petronize
Be -Eoeed
S.J. R. No
R. B. Stanford
Cardui
Conoco Gas and US
van Binion
Prop
Phoosh
Burke’s Food Store
L. Hoppon
Stephens
Nea
Holland Hotel
Ranchogas Co. Incorporated
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