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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1939
Page
4
Subscription prices listed as one year and six months outside the county, with amounts and postal filing noted. The notice indicates mailing and classification under the 1819 act. The Alpine Texas post office entry marks second class matter for the publication.
The piece warns that fire devastates property and national wealth, quoting direct losses near 300 million and indirect costs potentially multiplying to a billion. It argues fire’s broad impact includes unemployment, housing shortages, higher taxes, and the need for preventive action by all citizens.
Veteran slugger Al Simmons moved from the Washington Senators to the Boston Bees for 8000 dollars amid lingering disputes with Senator president Clark Griffith. Simmons, once a star of Connie Mack’s Athletics, brings 21 home runs in 1908 and a storied pennant history to his new club.
English Bible scholar Dr Thomas Horne outlines facts about the Bible noting 66 books 1189 chapters 41173 verses and 3.3664801 letters. He cites John 11 35 as the shortest verse and Esther 8 9 as the longest, mentions duplicated verses and early manuscripts in the British Museum. Tyndale and Wycliffe’s roles in English translation are noted with Tyndale's execution in 1538.
A fragmented verse mocks reporters as omnipresent and omnipotent in a prayer fragment attributed to a legislature session. It invokes winds, jungles, canyons, and the magnetic pole to praise or chide the press, ending with a jab about questioning the pound’s sterling worth.
Fred Nekman, spokesman for the Wat Grange, urged Congress to pursue measures that restore private industry employment to aid farms. He argued for a policy tying agriculture and industry together and cautioned against excessive funding for federal projects that burden taxpayers and mortgage future funds.
A guarded old method of meat preservation is exposed after a foreman named Carter allegedly hid in a packing house cellar to perform a curing ritual. The packer watched through a floor hole as sugar salt and a potato were used to produce a curing urine, then shared the method with the public.
A collage of quick vignettes from daily life shows talk of spring signs, a boastful aspiration by a neighbor child, a blunt bus confrontation, a humbled motorist praying over a stubborn tire, and a Brooklyn man beating his wife when denied companionship, as police report.
This week's Honor Roll lists readers renewing and joining the list including R. B. Carnes Alpine J. W. Gillett Alpine Mrs W F McGaughy Alpine Otis Turner Alpine Chison Mining Co Terlingua Geo F McLean No Abington IseaR Knight Alpine 4 F Scott Sierra Blanca M N Bobo Alpine AH Yeager San Antonio Dr G W Worthington Marathon C E Treadwell Marathon Miss Alice Belle Rice Longview new L R Hahn Kokomo Ind Dr Norman Spencer Alpine Gol John Perkins Midland M B Walker Pasadena Calif J L Henderson Alpine Mrs R L Cartledge San Antonio L D Harris Alpine M P Slover Alpine Mrs Lydia Arthur San Antonio trade at home.
Nash announces an all new line for 1999 featuring streamlined bodies, wider eel chassis, and heater vision windshields. The Weather Eye air system filters 800 cubic feet per minute, reducing drafts and tobacco smoke while maintaining automatic climate comfort. Four series totaling 22 models span $770 to $1235 factory delivered, with price reductions noted.
At the end of her term as Pennsylvania's secretary of health, Dr Edith McBride-Dexter is noted to have fallen victim to a contagious disease, marking a stark health crisis as her tenure closes.
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