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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1935
Page
3
The page contains scattered items from Alpine Texas including a postal notice about second class matter, historical notes on U S territorial growth and safety tips, a church style dialogue, a courtroom citation from Brewster County and a public bid invitation for Sul Ross State Teachers College dormitory and dining hall construction.
Dr Frank Howard Richfordson and Dr Richardson urge parents to abandon coaxing and threats. They advise fixed meal times five times daily totaling about 45 minutes, offer foods without pressuring the child, and require leaving the table after the period ends. They claim a two to three day start to the cure and relief to parents.
A concise note honoring immigrant scientists and inventors who helped build U S innovation. It highlights Bricón from Sweden who devised the Monitor, Alexander Graham Bell who popularized the telephone, Emile Berliner improving phonographs, Nikola Tesla from Austria-Hungary advancing induction motors, Vanderpoele's electric streetcar, Steinmetz the electrical wizard, and Pupin enabling long distance telephony.
A timeline of postage stamps traces the first experiments by James Chalmers of Dundee and Rowand AI, the 1940 London exhibition plan, and a note on the 1993 stamp varieties tally. It highlights rare issues, including a single 1856 British Guiana penny with a $32,500 sale, and mentions prominent collectors like Roosevelt and King George V. The U.S. Post Office Department operates a collector division in Washington, profiting from stamps sold to enthusiasts.
A quirky town scene unfolds with witty banter about a towering skyscraper and a coat that fails to fit. An Alpine war veteran humorously critiques arithmetic jokes of the era, calling the era’s famous comedy a burden and delight in equal measure.
The notice details required bid guarantees for Sul Ross State Teachers College Alpine Texas, including a performance bond at 60 percent of the contract price and a separate end issues tax bond equal to the estimated payroll, with approval by the state agency and a Loan or Grant Agreement with the federal government, plus a cash deposit of $25 to guarantee safe renewal.
Fragmentary text references a 38 day period from a departure date and a contract action routed through General re Prana and ona with a value around 450. The readable portion is incomplete, leaving key names, dates, and places ambiguous.
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