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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1936
Page
4
Local section from Alpine Texas paper noting life notices and society content. Includes editors names Parry Scorff Port Davis correspondent Lyda Crawford Terlingua correspondent and subscription rates. Mentions space for cards of thanks and reading notices with per line charges.
Obituary notes Liggett as one of the army’s ablest field strategists born in Reading Pennsylvania on March 21 1857 and West Point graduate. He rose through ranks, led American forces in World War I and served as First American Army commander, with a career spanning Spanish American War Philippine Insurrection and key campaigns, while Texas history and independence events are briefly mentioned.
The report details rising power production since 1920 with a low in 1988 and gradual recovery through 1992. It notes about 25.39 million total electricity users, 20 percent of homes billed at roughly 9 cents per day, and 780000 rural customers amid ongoing tax and legislative impacts on the industry.
The 1936 centennial year highlights notable births in 1896 such as Joseph Warren Kiefer born January 30, a Civil War major general and long time congressman who became speaker, and William Rufus King born April 6 in North Carolina who served as vice president from Alabama but died after taking office in 1853. Also listed are Joseph G Cannon born May 11 in North Carolina, longtime Illinois congressman and former speaker, and Wesley Merritt born June 16 in New York City, a Union cavalry general who commanded American land forces in the 1898 capture of Manila. Joseph Wheeler, born September 10 in Georgia, graduated from...
At Femco farm Breckenridge Minnesota Frederick Murphy owner, a Minneapolis publisher, proudly calls Hess the greatest milk and butter producing cow. In 1933 she yielded 1510 pounds in 12 months, then raised to 1825 pounds with 8377 pounds of milk last year. The nine year old pure bred cow is described as the world’s champion butter producer and the owner asserts she may be the greatest ever.
First National Bank of Alpine Texas declares under the Bankrupt Act and Revised Statutes that liability on common stock holders ends July 1. Board of Directors member G W Janes approves the action. Alpine Lbr Co Haw Dept is listed in the notice.
A collage of schoolroom gags and linguistic slips. Jokes hinge on misused words and mispronunciations, from geography puzzles to Latin translations, plus a brief health ad about a man whose heart missed beats due to gas. Alpine Drug Store, NT
Dallas will host the Texas Centennial Exposition next year with main downtown streets fitted with parking meters. Motorists may park 20 minutes to one hour per meter, with an extra nickel extending the time. Clarice Moellenkamp, ambassador of good will, explains the system to visitors. Captain Leonard Peek leads the Exposition Texas Ranger squad.
The postal directory lists many Texas towns with whimsical names such as Elysian Fields Comfort Paradise Board House Bald Prairie Prost Bee House Beeville Honey Grove Hi ey Island Ace and King while literary names reference characters like Desdemona and Iago and locations such as Midlothian and Ivanhoe reflecting early settler tastes.
Minna Hodges, 43, wandered onto a railroad crossing last July as a passenger train approached. Crossing watchman Nick Mitchell, 49, pulled her from the tracks just before the locomotive brushed by. The pair afterward set up housekeeping in Hoquiam, Washington.
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