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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1937
Page
2
A fragment reports German youths allegedly taking an armored vehicle for a joyride. Details are sparse but indicate a winter incident involving a ride and improvised actions. Authorities are unclear on full outcomes or charges.
Bridal shower for Miss Milna Beth Bloys held Friday at 3:30. Bloys, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren D. Bloys of Port Davis, to wed Mr. Hargus Parker of Albuquerque, NM, at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Alexander McFloran officiating. Parker employed in Albuquerque. Local social notes include rain, visits, and public events.
Fragmentary OCR item lists Clark, Cephes Wilson, Myret Heide and appears to reference a 0 terial vit case on West Gore nat om, Tos, Soe with unclear details and no complete action or deadline available.
Alpine plans a 1A city basketball league with coach Graves inviting church, club or business groups to enter teams. Play to begin around January 10, with a season-ending tournament featuring visiting teams. No storage charge. workouts at the college. Last season’s J.C. Penney Co. team won the cup and will defend the title.
In all Crist churches the Sunday service on January 2 features a Lesson-Sermon on God with the Golden Text asking Thy way O led is by the sanctuary. The cited Bible verse is 1 Chronicles 29 11 and the Christian Science textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy is also included.
The Pecos Mey Baptist Workers will hold a monthly meeting next Tuesday with Pecos Church the host. Alpine residents are expected to attend. Card of Thanks expresses sincere appreciation for sympathy and kindness shown in recent bereavement.
Mixed listings show sale of a 3 year old brown stallion son of Old Star, contact Dr. J. Wright. fruit and dairy items from C. T. Rider near Tom Lankford residence. Also land descriptions under flood control, new rock house with well, fence, one mile from Cedar Hill, Alpine area. Further notes include yearling bulls and heifers by W. A. Dougherty at Study, two small apartment items, and campus apartment furnishings offered by Mrs J W Rixon.
A fragment from a 1920s column offers humorous social rules for courting men, detailing how clothing, behavior, and flirtations affect a date. It contrasts flappers with old fashioned types, and notes reactions to fraternal pins, jealousy, honesty, and flattery, concluding with a call to devotion and worship.
Advertised as a remedy for constipation, Black Draught is described as made from leaves and roots of plants. The passage notes people prefer it to other laxatives and urge friends to try it. The tone suggests a common mid 19th to early 20th century patent medicine promotion.
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