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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1939
Page
6
The item notes a one year subscription price of 2006 months outside the county and states this notice was entered as second class matter at the Alpine Texas post office under the 1879 act.
The article traces New Year's Day origins from Rome and the calendar shifts under Julius Caesar, noting Gregorian adoption and colonial date issues. It discusses early church views, sacred associations with circumcision, and parallels in Mohammedan and Jewish calendars, ending with universal well wishes for a Happy New Year.
Top athletes named in a national Associated Press poll of 63 writers. Don Budge led with 122 points ahead of Henry Armstrong's 104 as boxing greats and other stars like Johnny Vander Meer and Davey O'Brien received high marks. Budge turns pro and will tour with Bill Tilden. 1900 salary listed at $78,000.
The piece weighs national defense limits amid public debate on defending continental U S possessions and far flung interests. It also covers Louisiana sugar producers seeking market expansion and fairer national shares, with LSU surveying cane and sugar output to inform congressional action.
This fragment recalls General Brainard the last survivor of Greely's Arctic expedition of 1883 to 1884. Brainard, a sergeant then, later became a second lieutenant for heroism. Seven survivors remained, while 18 died of starvation and one was shot for theft amid the doomed effort in the far north.
A mosaic of jokes and misheard phrases from a 19th century style humor piece. Interactions include a Chinese customer asking for five sen worth of breath freshener, a man praised as a plane tuner by a hesitant father, and a series of cafe and diner gags about soup and service. The lines mix phonetic slang and playful language.
Two inmates escape from a mental asylum and steal a plane at a nearby airport. While at 15 000 feet one fears jumping and urges the other to use a parachute as they consider their fate midair.
The Don Cossack Choir will perform at Liberty Hall in El Paso on January 2. It features 25 singers and six dancers and offers Russian folk songs and the electrifying esginka sword dance by dancer WanHott. Mrs. Hallett Johnson brings the group with reservations through Hotel Paso del Norte.
A resident faced a cold Midwest spell with a makeshift stove and gunny sacks. He wore several sweaters and warned against underestimating the rain despite the chill.
Public auction to sell 640 acre and 1280 acre land tracts in Brewster County Texas under an 1898 order of sale. Lands listed include sections 1 4 18 and 4 with respective certificates. Sale at Brewster County courthouse Alpine between 10 AM and 4 PM on the first Tuesday in February starts 808. The action is part of Minnie Creutzfeldt v G C Worthington et al and involves deed of trust records Vol 64 page 463.
New York's 1900 World’s Fair plans a broad program with many exhibits and events. Organizers announce a comprehensive schedule highlighting technology culture and industry, aiming to attract visitors from across the nation.
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