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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1929
Page
14
Local residents and relatives journey to West Coast and Northwest, visiting Los Angeles, Washington, Oregon, and returning to Alpine. Many families and former Sul Ross students travel to Arkansas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Canyon for summers.
J E Casner of El Paso visited here yesterday for business, staying for discussions and meetings regarding local matters and potential collaborations.
Classified note offers Emerson Kimball Gulbranson Starr grand planes frie rage om HiFi with easy terms. H B Gerke, twice, Ants on the times receive reward to
Brewster county voters will vote next Tuesday on two proposed constitutional amendments. One would raise the governor salary from 4000 to 10000 a year, and the other would increase the number of supreme court judges from three to nine. It is believed both amendments will carry in Alpine.
In the Fiji Islands, 1074 automobiles were registered last year versus 100 in 1918. The first car, introduced by an American in 1905, frightened natives and led to depopularization. A 1907 car for Suva’s mayor's wife prompted witch doctors to inspect it, fearing a devil in transit.
Capper's Weekly notes a sharp rise in American millionaires after 1914 with numbers climbing from about 1,000 to nearly 40,000 over 14 years. The piece remarks that wealth is less astonishing or notorious today than in the past.
A 111 carat diamond weighing roughly 100000 dollars was reported picked up in Brazil.
The text describes a diamond find in Bratil with a Dutch bid, a U S offer, and a Brazilian governor impeachment reference. It also veers into unrelated notes about seaweed in upholstery and vague costs, ending with miscellaneous street observations and stray phrases.
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