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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1930
Page
8
Fort Stockton visitor M H Adams, Presidio's At Holley, Marta’s J P Dod, Castelon residents, and many Alpine locals mingle in town on business and social calls. Spring weather spurs blooming fruit trees while plans for roads and a new band interest locals. Notable arrivals include Jack McParland, Fox News cameraman, and travelers from Midland, El Paso, and Sanderson. District court in session halts Old Timers.
In a continuation from page one, the Mucks rallied to beat the Bucks 34-16 after a close opening. Del Rio tied the score at 12 apiece before the Tucks pulled away with a fast offense led by Cook Hord and Stack. Carll’s strong defense stood out on both nights. Rankin High looms as a major obstacle in the city league race, with Alpine favored to contend for the title alongside Lions and Sub-College as the season nears end. The teams meet next Tuesday with the winner likely to claim the championship.
Fragmented OCR lists names such as George W Baines J D Jackson W E B dwell Clay Holland and others with unclear context. Source text appears as garbled roster-like data with scattered initials and surnames and mentions Houston Katy and sisters in broken phrases.
A long narrative honors the solitary prospector who endures cold and isolation to chase ore. He camps, digs the vein, and dreams of fortune as ore deepens and walls reveal the richness. Promoters, engineers, and capital enter the tale, yet the speaker argues the prospector earns his wealth honestly in America’s frontier.
Alamo displays a large midway fair to run for a week starting Monday March 8 with hundreds of copies and substantial entertainment. R W Stevens arrives to arrange stock supplies for Alpine engagement with a variety of athletic events noted at the University of Pennsylvania.
W. R. Smith founder of the Culver City Star and his wife toured California and the Southwest. He praised Highway 90 from Paso to Del Rio for its construction and scenery while warning of reckless driving and speed limit violations observed along the route.
A deputy tax collector from the Internal Revenue Department will be at the Alpine courthouse all day on March 7 to help taxpayers prepare income tax returns. William B. Kennedy, noted biographer of Lon Whit, authored the notice.
An old ad fragment touts a modern sep product from Pennington Drag Co using Liquid Bororone. It promises a size to fit your purse and claims compatibility with a range of uses. The garbled text hints at consumer attention to portable, affordable packaging.
Classified item notes a two room unit for rent close to the Methodist church with an eight o clock application note. It oddly references G Richards of London owning and driving many cars and mentions Joseph Palastanga verger of a Trinity Church in London with a single wreck and a fine, plus a pigeon training tale.
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