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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
1
An editorial lauds the Boy Scout movement for shaping character across diverse beliefs. It argues Scouts teach boys to think rightly and resist cheap vice, complementing home and Sunday school in guiding future manhood.
In a MIT lab Prof Louis F Dorr demonstrates Earths weight using two small spheres suspended from a rod and two nearby ten pound lead balls. By measuring the slight movement caused by the lead balls and applying proportional reasoning the class deduces Earths weight as about 6 quintillion tons.
Officials of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad, with Kansas capitalists, travel to Mexico to inspect properties and discuss expanding to the east of Mexico. They plan talks with Gov Enriquez on reclaiming 400000 acres in the Conchos river valley and extending electric power to Chihuahua city. A locomotive and passenger coaches have been moved toward Juarez as work continues on the 150 mile section between Chihuahua and Falomir.
A husband administered a glycerine and buckhorn bark mixture from Ader-i-ka to his wife for years of stomach trouble. He reports she feels fine and has gained weight. The remedy is claimed to cleanse both bowels and remove foul matter, with benefits for gas and chronic constipation and possible protection against appendicitis. Alpine Drug Store.
A writer indicts animals for spreading diseases to humans. The horse allegedly transmits glanders and rabies. dogs and cats spread hydrophobia and fleas. mosquitoes carry malaria and yellow fever. oysters typhoid. fish tapeworms. The cow is blamed for the great white plague and even the cow’s milk injuries bones.
Commancho Chief urges forgiveness and a kinder path, noting life is short and we all face judgment. The piece closes with a satirical quip from Trinidad Colorado’s Picketwire about choking the driver for speeding.
The piece questions 2 189 000 Chicago physician prescriptions for alcohol in 1921 and contrasts AMA stance with observed practice, noting patients paid at least $2 per prescription. It also argues advertising supports public interest by promoting efficient business and community life.
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