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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1930
Page
2
Alpine Avalanche prints city and county notices in its thirty-ninth year. Cards of Thanks and reading notices are charged per line, with special rates for longer items. Notices may be mailed to the Alpine Post Office under the act of March 1, 1879.
A survey of Christmas evolution from pagan roots to Pilgrim restraint and later widespread celebration. It notes a shift toward humanitarian acts, Christmas charity by churches and civic groups, and increasing generosity amid poverty. Also mentions a deluxe Toronto to Vancouver train with gym, showers, barber, laundry, ice cream, radio, and UV lighted observation cars.
The piece advocates a nationwide plan allowing property owners to remodel and repair, creating temporary jobs for the unemployed. It argues charity harms self-respect and emphasizes work at small tasks to restore dignity while prices are low and demand rises.
Mary Harris Jones, born in Cork and long a labor activist, died at 100. She survived the yellow fever era in Memphis, rebuilt a dressmaking business after the 1871 Chicago fire, and remained a radical but sincere advocate for workers. Rockfeller Jr sent congratulations on her centennial, which she acknowledged with biting humor.
A reader describes a basic nighttime facial routine. Clean the skin, apply a smoothing cream, and remove excess to leave the face feeling refreshed. The process aims to clear pores and improve texture through a simple step by step nightly regimen.
Fragmentary dialogue describes diners a steak order and jokes about dogs and oceans. Characters Walter and Allee discuss steaks and knots versus miles while a First Aid remark mentions burn remedy Aguentine. A census note claims about 12 million dogs in the United States.
County of Brewster by order of sale sues in the honorable district court on October 1 1920 in case Mutual Investment Corporation vs Annie B Anderson Lloyd E Anderson Otis R Anderson and J Roark No 1382. I will proceed to sell on the first Tuesday in January 1931 being January 6 before the courthouse door Brewster County City.
Readable phrases capture social chatter from a late edition, including a patient stating an operation and friends offering encouragement, a casual note of travel, a remark about long bridge games, a rush for auto parts, and a kitchen conversation about menus and tables, all presented as disjointed lines.
Notice records a land sale in Alpine Texas on December 8 1920 by Sheriff W C Hale. Auction concerns Anne B Anderson Lloyd B Anderson and Or R Anderson with Dual Investment Corp as plaintiff seeking 4590 28 dollars plus costs.
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