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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1938
Page
3
A festive note recalls Christmas preps and the hunting season, naming Lora Dragoo Gracie Diggs Miss Vada Roberts and Mr and Mrs L C Ritchey as active shudderers. The piece hints at holiday duties shopping cards and dinners while a fat man in red nears the chimney. The column invites readers to share their own shuddering moments.
A Texas Austin dispatch cautions parents that babies and young children face stronger winter illness risk. It urges strengthening resistance, medical supervision, and limiting contact with contagious individuals to prevent spread of respiratory diseases.
Mary Petty accuses her mother and father of mistreatment that led to permanent injuries and seeks 25000 dollars in damages in Fairmont West Virginia.
Houston parents with daughters about 13 to 15 are advised by Dr. Carroll S. Wright of Philadelphia to avoid beauty creams during early adolescence. He warns that early use of beauty products does more harm than good.
Mrs. Florence Campbell of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, testified that her husband forced her to live five months in a coal bin ventilated only by a coal chute, leading to a divorce.
Henry Lorenz, 25, of Lisle Illinois, a volunteer fireman, confessed to setting four fires after being caught placing old newspapers in a garage. He claimed the motive was to hear the new electric siren. Second sheets, 500 for 550, at Avalanche office.
A fragment touts saving money on a hotel by Paseo through a corporate purchase from the Avalanche entity promising 25 percent off. Details are unclear due to incomplete OCR. The wording suggests a promotional discount tied to a corporate transaction.
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