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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
7
A Massachusetts firm launched ten rubber balloons with advertising tickets. Balloons drifted away, four burst and four tickets were found by youths who used them to claim merchandise at a store. The stunt drew disheartening results and a quick cleanup.
A Penn State student humor page features a cartoon caption about a father being an authority on poetry semen, followed by a quip doubting the claim. The exchange lampoons parental authority and freshman wit with a dismissive punchline.
An old advertisement touts the Bayer Cross on genuine aspirin with warnings to ensure an unbroken package and proper directions for relieving headache toothache earache neuralgia and colds. It promotes handy tins of 12 tablets at low cost and notes aspirin is Bayer’s trade mark with reference to monoacellereldester of salicylgienci.
A garbled report depicts Leas Convincing Charles 1 Ford defending high egg and export prices amid market talk. Doctor Steenthly confronts a parishioner about honesty and neighbor love in a tense village exchange, revealing wary attitudes and a cautious conscience.
Disjointed extracts reflect a Tin coin discussion with Governor McKelvie about a marital breakdown involving a wife bringing a young friend into the home. The text shifts to a Cleveland Sunday School teacher dialogue about youth, love, and God, then to notes on timber use and forest legislation, mentioning sawmill waste, fires, and U.S. forests.
The article extols War Savings Stamps as a simple path to accumulate funds for dreams or future plans. By buying Thrift stamps with small change at stores, banks, or post offices, readers can exchange 16 Thrift stamps for a War Savings Stamp at over 4 percent interest, offering a safe, convenient patriotic investment.
Government efforts reach wounded soldiers in France and on home soil with information and retraining plans. Pamphlets stress rights and pensions while skepticism persists of bureaucratic delay and red tape. Citizens urged to support retraining, relocation, and timely provision of equipment and jobs.
An essay urges home builders to approach architecture with reverence and honesty, balancing beauty with practicality. It argues that ornate precedents from the past can guide modern homes, but only if design serves four needs and surroundings and is backed by wise, value-driven choices.
A 2 inch frame trellis built from pipe and wood supports raspberry plants and other fruit. Details describe tying wire, tightening spikes, and seasonal removal. Emphasizes simple setup, durability, and year to year reuse for productive gardens.
Read about mass theft of flowers and plants as thousands of purple phlox and other spring blooms were uprooted and dumped along roads and in rail cars. The piece credits preservation groups and teachers urging children to value nature over destruction. It also quotes thoughts from S. W. Straus and industry leaders on thrift and wealth.
Suggestions for organizing a co operative ball association stress planning with county agricultural agents, signatures, and provisional districts. Advises selecting convenient meeting times, drafting a constitution and by laws, and obtaining forms from the USDA for incorporation. Recommends state expert explanations and careful breed considerations for farm groups forming the association.
The article offers practical agricultural guidance emphasizing ample water for cattle in drought, feeding dairy cows with oats and hay for good ration balance, and promoting sheep raising where conditions suit. It warns against overfeeding sows before and after farrowing and advocates using good purebred sires to ensure quality offspring.
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