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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1921
Page
1
Friendly ad from Alpine State Bank invites customers of all balances to visit and discuss their financial needs. Officials promise attentive service and an open door for business discussions with the bank's staff.
The Alpine Teachers Institute concluded with talks on educational testing and measurement standards, round-table high school discussions, and sessions on reading, geography, and life principles. Dr Irving of Port Davis headlined the closing program, followed by a business session and adopted resolutions of thanks.
A Canadian writer argues the dime novel’s cover was its worst fault and recalls adventures under Diamond Dick and Old King Brady. He asserts virtue triumphed, while noting the dime novels stirred imagination without explicit sexual content, contrasting them with later styles.
The article surveys Albania as a remote land with rugged villages and cultivated valleys, then shifts to reports on gold in the Sudan and a view that lunar craters result from ancient volcanic activity rather than meteor impacts, citing Walter Goodacre’s Mount Wilson photographs.
A census shows on September 1 1920 Denmark had 11 594 private passenger cars 206 motor cabs omnibuses 3787 motor trucks and 12 182 motorcycles. The three year rise in cars and trucks is notable reflecting rapid growth across the country. Scientifie American mentions the data.
A supposedly very old morning glory seed, claimed to be thousands of years old, was planted in the garden of Mrs WW Champlin Rabite son in the village of Mayland on the fourth of May. The tale mentions it as one of eleven seeds found by the hand of a mysterious person connected to a Pyrptian girl.
Describes the emotional sense of crossing state borders in the Adirondacks near Ticonderoga with a narrative of ferries crossing from New York to Vermont and back. Observes the unique markerless boundary, vessels, and the gateway role of Adirondacks for travelers and historic sights.
A jumble of historic notes describes Moorish tile making in Seville, its influence on Spanish homes, and a brief sale notice. It mentions tile factories, glazing and firing methods, and Moorish artistry featuring designs like Quixote and bullfights, ending with a Bulldog gasoline engine for sale at Avalanche office for $2.00 a year.
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