This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1942
Page
3
Recent loan company messages push for applications while promising no policy changes due to the war. Ads promote buying homes and ranches, including a 20 000 acre ranch at 3 75 per acre, fenced, and other properties with easy terms. Insurance promos claim values up 25 percent from a year ago.
Yeamy of competent abstract s of title service makes us the leading title company. Why pay more elsewhere for your stracts See us.
Marathon residents report visits from relatives and friends with extended travels to San Antonio El Paso and Midland. Postpone and celebrate at ranches and homes with gifts and dinners. Ed Harris funeral in Marathon marks community ties as local families attend and share memories.
In a school bulletin style summary, the 12th grade praised a Citizenship Your Challenge talk while coffee and cookies were shared for twenty two attendees. Reports note activity across Baptist and Presbyterian societies, a court attendance by Marathon men, and a dance event with mixed class participation.
In February 1841 while Texas was a republic a pig belonging to Austin landlord Mr Bullock wandered into the stable of M De Saligny the French charge d affaires and ate corn meant for the minister's horses. A French envoy was bound over to court after being whipped by the landlord and told to leave. The incident nearly led to a severance of relations until a conciliatory letter from President Houston helped heal the breach.
Starred by Harold Hope and Paulette Goddard the new Paramount comedy Nothing But The Truth plays Sunday and Monday at Granada Theatre. Elliott Nugent directs a fast paced farce where truth telling leads to chaos as Hope wagers he can tell the truth for 24 hours while facing a web of deceit and a chance to win $10,000.
The limited 45,000 acres of Guayule seed could yield about 1,500 tons of rubber next spring and 21,300 tons by 1946 at 15 to 19 cents a pound, but the crop cannot yet rival imports or synthetic rubber. The tariff commission warned that it would take years for Guayule to become a major rubber source.
A fragment notes that eagles are blamed for abducting children yet tests show a golden eagle could fly only 14 yards when dropped from a height while carrying an eight pound weight. The text ends with a reference to Pearl Harbor and Bay Defense Bonds.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.