This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1929
Page
7
A quote from Life's Happiness Found in Doing Unto Others describes happiness coming from considering other people. The speaker argues joy grows when dodging collisions not to avoid harm to oneself but to avoid hurting others, culminating in genuine pleasure from making others happy.
Article notes the Peregrine guano bird colonies off Peru yield hundreds of millions of pounds of fertilizer, with deposits on bare islets forming vast, diggable tracts. It discusses climate currents aiding bird habitats and the economic importance of guano as fertilizer. It also contrasts old moral views with modern humor and cites Elizabethan language usage.
The passage urges fostering kindness to make barren places fruitful, carrying a heaven in the heart to align home and world with that vision. It asserts inner success lies within, with love and service as enduring realities and joy as the fire shaping purpose and intellect.
Two friends discuss a business alliance on the way home. They tease a merger with Marples, noting a shared partnership but differing product lines. One clarifies Marples sold a stainy stove polish and the other offered soap to remove it, highlighting competing offerings.
The article notes Solomon Islands women use coral lime paste on hair turning it white and apply lime across eyebrows with vertical cheek lines meeting at the chin. Ear ornaments grow heavy, hanging past the shoulders as they adorn themselves, reflecting island beauty customs.
A safety advisory warns that a person in contact with a live electrical circuit remains a conductor of electricity. Rescuers should break contact with insulated tools like a long dry stick or rope. For wires under 6,000 volts a rope loop can be used, though this may bring rescuers closer to danger than ideal.
The Worthingtons travel to El Paso for a several day visit while Mrs. Ode Roberts returns from Playstatt Arizona. Alpine and Lordsburg residents attend bridge luncheons and club gatherings with meals, prizes, and a large list of attendees. The community hosts youth programs, religious union, and a dramatized program, plus updates on senior class rings, Holy Land and Paris slides, and early basketball team actions led by Mr Hopper.
Mr D Hopper, Sul Ross State Teachers College superintendent, was elected to graduate membership in the Scholarship Societies of the South by the faculty. Seniors and juniors were entertained Thursday night December 12 by sponsors Mrs Wright and others.
A Christmas program will be given at the high school Thursday evening December 19 featuring a pageant music and a community Christmas tree. On Friday afternoon the various grades will have a Christmas tree in their room and the high school will participate with classroom displays.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.