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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
3
A fragmented poem about a wild rose and a wind courting it ends in a field with the flower dying while angels note a sanctified life. The piece shifts to a satirical local observer column lamenting newspapers miss local news and offer advice to rural correspondents.
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites testimonials from Toledo merchants and promises mail orders, with Wall's Catarrh Cure sold by druggists. It ends by mentioning Italian citrus grove sizes.
A collage of tips and promotional lines appears, advertising Ivory Soap for baths, Dr Pepper at soda fountains, Defiance starch promotions, Simmons liver purifier, and various services. It mixes memos, quips, and product pitches with political lines about an Irish land bill and the will of the people.
The plan for South Staffordshire in England proposes pumping to release 40,000,000 tons of coal currently under water. Hunt's Lightning Oil is advertised as an emergency remedy for burns and sprains. A government report notes Russia's land ownership by class: nobles 181,000,000 acres merchants 36,000,000 acres peasants 35,000,000 acres.
An 19th century advertisement touts Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children curing Summer Complaint Feverishness Headache Stomach Troubles Teething Disorders and worms. Sold at all druggists two cents. sample mailed free from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Massachusetts faces no further murder trial appeals beyond a jury verdict.
Reports note twelve million pounds of leather required yearly for boots and shoes for Britain's inhabitants. Other lines reference McCane's Detective Agency in Houston and physicists measuring a millionth degree, plus UK home life losses and a remark on philosophy and sentiment.
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