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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
5
Imperial council studies a decree making metric units obligatory in Russia. Elsewhere, product pricing appears with starch sold 16 ounces per package at 10 cents, and a claim of one third more starch for some money. Vienna operates a three year waiter training school amid other notes.
A fragment from an advertisement mentions Tetterine for itching skin and notes a shipment box offer from J. T. Shuptrine in Savannah Georgia. The copy references a tour and a Chicago firm, Economical Rag Co.
A terse promotional piece extols the American army as effective yet requires nerves and constitution to fight disease. It touts Mostetter's Stomach Bitters to steady nerves and cure indigestion and constipation. The text notes Algeria's population growth from 2,307,000 in 1856 to 4,071,000 in less than fifty years with European residents under 600,000.
An old advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a money back guarantee for catarrh related ailments. It also notes Garfield Remedy products including Garfield Tea, Headache Powders, Syrup, Plasters, Digestive Tablets, and Cold Cure. Public notices reference Russian high school activity in Paris and Garfield Tea Co lab work in Brooklyn.
A National Fish Culture Association member proposes converting land deemed unsuitable for farming into fish ponds. The idea aims to expand aquaculture options and utilize underused parcels.
Readers urged to note an advertisement for the Church Kidney Cure Company located at 406 Fourth Avenue New York. The notice invites kidney patients to consult the advertised remedy and treatment offerings.
An old advertisement touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as unmatched in quantity and quality for 10 cents. It contrasts rivals selling 12 ounce portions and notes men turning red in hot water like lobsters.
A compact Texas roundup notes Paris mattress factory fire losses 3000, jail and bridge work in Fort Worth and Brownwood, jail escapes, and a long list of local events. Primaries planned May 24 in Bastrop, April 26 in Cherokee, and a March 8 local option vote in Collin. Notables include deaths near Taylor and in Quanah, and Gov. Sayers appointing Garvey and King to positions in New York and Chicago respectively.
Dr David Paulson a Chicago nerve specialist states that much of drunkenness especially among young men is caused by highly spiced foods and the use by cooks of pepper mustard and similar relishes He also attributes the cigarette habit to this issue.
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