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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1921
Page
3
Public notice from President R. L. Marquis denies authority to permit grazing or private use on state property. Citizens are asked to refrain from grazing animals on the campus. Also short ads mention a service car for Alpine towns, baby photography ad, and land lease offers in Topeka.
An auction notice announces the sale of a seven section ranch at Altuda by the John Young Land Co. The listing mentions a sacrifice price and references milk and cream as the context of the farm’s production.
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County oath by Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co promising one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Tiall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A W Gleason attests December 6 1886. J Cheney Co Toledo sells Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Hall's Family Pills for constipation with testimonials and bloodborne action claim.
Four important manuscript letters from the Sixteenth century are now in the University of Chicago manuscript room. Two letters are from Henry II of France dated 1574, one from Henry IV of Navarre dated 1580, and a fourth from Cardinal de Rambouillet to Charles VI dated 1570. The discoveries, made in Paris by Prof. James Westfall Thompson, shed light on the French religious wars and were presented to the university.
A women’s magazine lists twenty five accomplishments for an educated woman. The piece mocks the standard demanding skills from sewing to managing a home and family. It questions the feasibility and fairness of such a narrow ideal for modern women.
In a London Chronicle note a clerk, startled by a parcel wrapped in brown paper shoved through a panel, retorts with a joke about a lunch delivery. The office boy then announces another package exposing straw, while calling out to Mr Jones that his lunch has arrived.
Pastures are posted with a warning that trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The notice references Stroud and a legal citation 48-4 a, indicating enforcement stance.
Clarence Hord warns against taking wood water or grass or hunting fishing on the Hord Ranch lands. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Local laundry offers cleaning and pressing services by Sandifer contact at phone 15 for details and pricing.
Commander Catriete dAnnuinzis promotes a special Thalian dictionary to resist leaders and expand the Talian lexicon. He claims a single word nerente captures the wine’s force and considers renaming Florence to Fiorenes, with Florentines reportedly receptive as he writes while Fiume fields dwindle.
A New York Sun article discusses traffic safety at a busy street corner. A friend of the Traffic Commissioner notes frequent accidents while the official argues fewer accidents occur where traffic is heavy, as pedestrians and drivers stay vigilant due to constant exposure.
The Amir of Afghanistan, a small nation of about 24,000 square miles, stands out as a remote yet influential world figure. He remains the last independent Moslem ruler, closely connected to world events and shaping political destinies across Central and South Asia.
The Cleveland News Leader notes Scottish instructors teaching pupils to swim with a rope and pulley system. The pupil is suspended in the water while the instructor raises or lowers them and uses a pole to prod for correct arm and leg movements. The piece asks what would happen if the instructor drops the rope or loses temper.
A narrator notes Hecckvenicker lingered in a dance venue listening to jazz for hours. Landeck pays at a window but the teller duplicates the cash not once. Svenska rails at boyfriends spending on her. Rocquefort returns from a dentist who billed less due to pain. An insurance agent claims not to be in the neighborhood yet sought the contact.
Article details German wartime experiments on covert light signals using polarized light color shifts read through binoculars with prisms. Methods include didylium glass screens and spectrum manipulation to hide messages.
In Connersville Mia Took Wife successor’s call reveals a hidden stash of spare money. A factory superintendent asks about the money and learns it was moved to a cowshed by the husband, amid talk of illness and other pressures.
A 60 000 Lo Tevell three phase generator ordered by Slewiens Schuckert works in Germany is reported by Electrical World. The unit runs at 10000 ropa and reaches 60 percent use in speed, marking a major leap from the companys previous 2EhOOO Kya rating. Over speed capability was a key requirement due to high grade nickel steel, with rotor and stator gear requiring specially built speed cars. The rotor gondola car features two teamwheel trucks.
In Quebec on August 26 1617 Etienne Conillard and Meaie Hebert wed the first Canadian marriage noted by Johnson. The three hundredth and fourth anniversary was observed in Quebec on August 26 last with Meany descendants participating. The bride was Louis Hebert's daughter said to be Canada’s first farmer.
A quoted passage from London Tit Bits describes Mrs Doolan as having a passion for fighting policemen and being a recurring guest at a prison visit. The dialogue features a prison visitor and Doolan pressing authority figures about lies and duty to a dying cause.
San Antonio Texas based J W Rothmann and Son Live Stock Commission Co promotes thirty years of uninterrupted business with wire or mail information and forwarding services. The Avalanche subscription notice appears with March 1 date.
A late nineteenth century notice discusses Chinese production of matches in the Far East, claiming four large Men-tsin factories meet demand in thousands of tons. It warns against cheap Swedish and Japanese imitations flooding American markets and questions potential compromises in quality and reliability of the fire starting product.
A steel messenger satchel carries a bell alarm powered by two dry cells. The lid alarm rings for six hours, audible up to half a mile. A hidden grip switch activates one button for immediate alert and a second for a 10 to 20 second delay to allow escape.
A German periodical explains electrically driven buses operating between Vienna and a nearby suburb. The trackless trolleys use pneumatic tires and a double trolley with a contact carriage connected by a flexible cable to the car. Cables are swapped at passing points. Two multipolar slow-speed direct current motors power the rear wheels, and the 24 passenger buses can carry up to 40.
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