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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1931
Page
7
Snippets from a chaotic Florida pageant mix humor and stray chatter. A sleighing party rumor surfaces as locals gossip about who might ride. A barber’s shop, a Boston accent, and a Georgia misheard line mingle with jokes about socks, shoes, and arch trouble. Mrs Murphy’s finger mishap is noted. An optimist quips about trusting women, while a seed catalog witticism closes the reel.
Washington reports Texas maintains the nation’s largest rural population with 435,367 people living outside incorporated areas. Urban residents total 2,389,248, while Pennsylvania trails in rural count. The data show Texas moving to ninth among 48 divisions, with shifts in the rural urban balance since 1920.
Fragmentary text urges self belief and earning what you are entitled to. It mentions eating bread in the brow and ties happiness to selling products and helping fellow men. The passage reads as a motivational, perhaps misread, quote with garbled spelling.
Local notes report social visits and travel among Marathon residents including Mrs. Scott’s bedside vigil for her father, school vacations and mid term exams, teacher honors, and community sympathy for Mrs. Starr. Also featured are family trips to Alpine Dallas Fort Worth and Sanderson, plus a description of swordfish harpoon technique and nautical practices.
An obscure coastal feature describes a one boat operation by Daelfie Coast who hunts wordfish, supplying a new meat product. He runs a 26 foot vessel, often away two to four days, and has killed many wordfish over a decade. Deep sea fishing remains dangerous with only distant companions aboard. A distinctive plank extends from the bow to a small platform used in harpooning.
Mrs A Stare received a telegram Tuesday informing of a mother’s death.
Coach H C Oliver leaves for Austin to seek a league hearing on reinstating his Bucks team before the basketball season. He carries the district sub-college agreement to prove his squad comes from a state-funded school and hopes to return with a path to the district title.
Friends of H. P. Reynolds announced his marriage on Christmas Eve in Las Cruces New Mexico to Miss Anne Dunne. The couple will reside in Serra Blanca. The Reynolds family lived in Alpine several years ago and were well known.
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