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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1916
Page
4
Report from Mr. Gibbons describes about sixty Chinese students studying in Paris forcing their way into the embassy and consuming a meal prepared for an expected envoy. The ambassador returned and the police intervened after a tense scene at the consulate in Paris.
A new French method for preserving foods uses a sealed vessel with inert gas to create a nitrogen atmosphere inside boxes. The process involves exhausting air from a chamber, sealing the boxes, then transferring them to the chamber and finally removing the restraints before contents are preserved. Also notes a Roman amphitheater unearthed during railway work near Rome and plans for a new ocean steamship line between Vigo and New York backed by King Alfonso. Alaska railroad prospects promise vast timber harvests from twenty million acres, with sawmills following to exploit spruce, birch, and cedar forests over the coming decade.
Doctor W H Rivers reports from Fitzpatrick lecture on Medicine Magic and Religion in London Times overviewing Melanesian practice. The text describes taboo, signs of taboo, and curing seizures using ritual gestures and fee in the form of arm rings, with emphasis on epilepsy and convulsive disorders.
A rambling dispatch describes whiskered men at Broadway hotels and social scenes driven by wealth from abroad, noting exotic grooming and dollar-power dynamics. It covers London fish prices, Scottish coast trawlers, and a Chicago juvenile court plan to attach an experienced physician for proper medical exams. Also mentions New South Wales land grants for returned soldiers with five year rent exemption and possible crown-tenure improvements.
Jason W. Janns posts a trespass notice forbidding hunting fishing camping or any trespass on his property under penalty of law. Avalanche subscription ad appears as a closing note.
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