06 Jul 1911
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1911
Page
1
A reflective essay argues that all things come with a price paid in effort, restraint, and responsibility. It praises Abraham for refusing gifts to avoid obligation and warns against debt, luxury, and charity that substitutes work. It urges self-reliance and pay-as-you-go ethics to curb envy and dependency.
A contract was closed yesterday to erect a candelilla wax factory at Sanderson in partnership with Continental Wax Company of Little Rock Arkansas. It will be the first U S factory using water extraction to secure wax from the plant. another Marfa plant is under construction but not yet operating. Operations begin within thirty days with 250 to 300 workers, boosting local revenue as wild candelilla plants cover the region.
Governor Colauitt sends a state attorney to Milam County to oversee the Thorndale lynching case, arguing local officers can handle the duty yet fearing public unease from a state presence. The Beeville Bee notes the atrocity as a cowardly act against a Mexican boy under fourteen, while a Dallas News column mocks our pigs and Bulock’s pigs as odd historical fate shaping Texas and implies a broader reflection on Texas’s national role.
Long retrospective on Champ Clark from Kentucky plow boy to Speaker of the House, lauding his rise and discusses Democratic unanimity and power shifts. It notes his impersonal style, centralizing authority, and later push to curb autocratic powers, amid party factioning and calls for reform. The dialogue at the end hints at a separate joking exchange about revenge and marriage.
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