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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1928
Page
4
The Alpine Players presented The First Year, a sharp comedy about early married life, to a large crowd. Leonard Pris directed with natural performances that carried strong humor and realism, earning enthusiastic applause and convincing the audience of the troupe’s growing statewide reputation.
An inspector from the State Health Department will visit in the near future to inspect water and sewer systems. The move aims to tighten health certificates and reduce fever causing conditions, with more rigid rules to follow.
The Alpin Hoy Scout troop reorganized after many boys left town. Senior Patrol Leader Roy May led the reorganization with a talk on Scouting. Four patrols planned with eight scouts each, with some changes and leadership roles assigned to Walker Hale Wes t May John Cox Wright Burwell Houdreaux Lowell Pulley Allan Owen Joe Wright Jack Erhart Donald Hale Howles Harold Sonnier Treadwell Henry Walter Charles Burne Marvin Turney D.C. Thrift and others. The troop aims to elect two extra scouts per patrol if needed and to hold patrol meetings.
A rough coated black headed Fox Terrier with side tail is advertised as a new model in a California paper. Split phrases hint at satirical clippings and snippets from various columns including a Sioux City Tribune mock headline about FALL DENIES TAKING BRIDE FROM SINCLAIR and whimsical exchanges from Houston delegates.
A Colgate student Stanley Taylor returns home to find his sister ill with scarlet fever and the house quarantined. The piece glosses through stray anecdotes from the New York Evening World about a southern preacher explaining hell and a Missouri tale of two men using a worm on a line, ending with a near fatal surprise.
Notice urges timely payment of city taxes to prevent penalties. It lists the Berkeley Building address for the City Tax Collector W. A. Daugherty and provides a contact line for sewer and water connections via McMurry Plumbing Company. A stray remark by Abe Martin about vacation appears in the fragment.
An abbreviated newspaper item notes a Palace Pharmacy advertisement directing customers to use a ket bottle as directed and promising money back by druggists if not satisfied. The fragment emphasizes consumer assurance and a money back offer within a generic pharma ad.
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