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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
3
A vintage guide celebrates packing homemade sweets in decorative tin boxes for Christmas. It describes containers in various shapes and colors, plus recipes for Honey Almond Caramels Opera Dreams Mocha Christmas Creams and Rum Patties, with step by step preparation and cooling tips.
MARATHON lyda crawford mrs lee dragoo and mrs jimmy roberts spent a few days in Del Rio last week mr and mrs w r green returned from a week's trip to san antonio miss lora graham of alpine spent the weekend here with miss frances hargus a christmas tree and program are planned at the methodist church on december 24 the public is invited mrs john h martin of san antonio is here with her husband on the ranch mr and mrs Roy Sims and daughter mary low and miss margaret adams of alpine spent a few days in san antonio last week they returned home in a new plymouth mr lee dragoo made a business trip to uvalde last week infant baty funeral held monday afternoon mr and mrs tom yarbro spent a few days in el paso last week mr and mrs jack jolly are here from laredo for christmas holidays with families frses hargus myrtle ball and hollye sansom sul ross students spent the weekend here me paul grant and mr floyd by mr bill hestes is relieving mr d n scott at the s p depot
Mr. J. C. Pierson of Iraan visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Crawford.
Terlingua district residents report returning from naval training San Diego and San Marcos. The joint missionary societies met in the Baptist church with gifts sent to needy Marathon families. Seniors of 1996 hosted a beano party at Mrs. Zoy Decie’s home ending with pumpkin pie and hot chocolate. Attendees included Raul Julia Sue McKinney Lonnie Parker and other locals. Cattle shipments to Kansas City and Sabinas marked this week. Mrs. Roy Stillwell and Mrs. L. F. Buttrill visited with the Spaldings at Study Butte. Mrs. Albert Wilhelm returned from San Antonio and L. T. Hess’s couple resumed home after visiting there.
The piece lampoons a cow with an alto voice and guileless look, describes its milk production with comic detail, and notes features like a tassel tail used to scare flies. It blends absurd constants with playful physiology while mentioning visitors and locals in a garbled wrap.
Mrs. Herbert W. Hunt of Hallet Texas describes severe cramps and nausea during her monthly cycle. After using Cardul her health improved, fatigue faded and the painful symptoms diminished, prompting strong praise for the remedy.
Fragmented OCR notes describe facial features and dental details, a precision expert adjusting daily routines, and a playful aside about cows and currency. The excerpt also mentions semi annual confusion from daylight saving time and a joke about May and God’s time.
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