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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1936
Page
2
The Alpine Avalanche announces editorial staff and contact, noting corrections policy and rates for Resolutions Cards of Thanks and Reading Notices. It lists editor Bend, manager D Wood, society editor Barry Scobef, and subscription pricing for Alpine Texas with outside county rates.
The will of Rufus Barlow, an American jockey, trainer, and bookmaker who died in France, leaves 18 farm workers 16 francs each plus a year wearing a chosen costume from his global collection. The costumes include Hawaiian ox-team garb, Chinese stable cleaner attire, and a traditional Scottish kilt, prompting bemused reactions as workers face a year of dress before payout.
A historical diet piece argues that ripe bananas and raw foods can aid digestion, raw potatoes may be digestible in small amounts, and water between meals benefits normal digestion. It endorses eating what one likes if no adverse aftereffects occur, despite common cautions.
In England during the Boer War British soldiers took thousands of family Bibles as souvenirs. Now Quakers and veterans collect and return these Bibles to former Boer owners for their children. Inscriptions help identify rightful owners though many records need updating after over 30 years.
A new fiber derived from ramie, sourced mainly in China Japan and India, promises a cheaper substitute for many uses in textiles. While not as soft or resilient as natural wool it blends well with wool for suiting blankets carpets and similar goods. Cultivation in California Louisiana and Florida is explored to reduce costs. Researchers note potential future discoveries could render wool without sheep.
The Tampa Tribune recalls lotteries funded colonial ventures Boston’s Farnell Hall Harvard College and Revolutionary War finance, noting Congress bans in 1890. A California hotel lowers frog noise by lighting fly ponds to lure nocturnal bullfrogs into daytime silence.
A chaotic collection of jokes and anecdotes from a local club scene features quips about signs on poison bottles, a fat-shaming remark, a gender humor discourse, and a humorous bank incident in Bayonne where William Freehan, 55, wrecked a bank interior while seeking savings.
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