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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1926
Page
6
A jumble of local notices and ads from Alpine includes bridal wear, real estate rental offers, farm and dairy product mentions, and a parade of visitors. Names such as Walter Garnett and W. W. Turney appear with places like Marfa, El Paso, Port Stockton, and Abilene, plus commitments to buy, rent, or sell and public notices from A. F. Robinson and A. Adams.
Mr. Robinson, proprietor of Robinson and Company store, has led Alpine Mercantile ties for years and lately resided in Marta. He appeals to precinct voters for support, promising a businesslike administration if elected.
The piece argues health hinges on balanced diet rather than wealth, noting ancient medicine by Hippocrates tied to diet. It highlights milk as a key food, its nutritional value, and distinctions among evaporated, condensed, and market milk with emphasis on preservation and sweetness.
Co ed interest centers on fudge as energy dense treat. The piece notes fudge should fuel study and social life, praising its milk and sugar content. It highlights Miss Given’s recipes as popular in home economics discussions.
The excerpt describes making candy by melting chocolate and sugar with water and corn syrup, cooling to lukewarm, then beating until drops fall from a spoon. Butter is added, the mixture is poured into a buttered pan and cooled to form squares marked for cutting.
A garbledOCR fragment describes removing from the heat butter and cream, then beating and thickening to a spreadable stage. It mentions a ball stage and a cool temperature around zero degrees, with references to increased tins and mixing. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent food context.
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