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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
2
The National Capital report notes the lawmaking session on Wednesday and the Susan Anthony federal amendment effort. Minnesota is mentioned as arriving Friday from Norton, Massachusetts, with elements tied to the 115th Engineers and several accompanying units.
Texas state news items report a transformation of a prison facility into an asylum, with officials in Washington and Austin addressing policy, funding, and reform. The text mentions public notices, deaths, and various appointments across state departments amid postwar and wartime contexts.
United States District Attorney Ugd TR. Robertson received instructions to watch wartime prohibition acts and interpret them to include all alcohol as defined, while grounds for federal protection extend to any liquor or ferment containing 1 percent alcohol. Wilhelm Hohenzollern to be moved to England, with banishment or exile as possible outcomes.
The German national assembly ratified the June 28 1919 peace treaty with the allies as ministers pressed the motion amid lively protests and applause. President Fehrenbach warned against violating rules while an amendment sought to reserve the treaty under international law and a neutral court to probe war responsibilities. The vote stood 208 to 115.
Reported measures include forming a state law commission and amending the Industrial Welfare Commission Act to remove the superintendent of public instruction from the panel and appoint a new member. Annie Webb Blanton advocates the change. Other items refer to school district consolidations in Bell and Collinsworth counties and restrictions on transporting nitroglycerin in cities. A daily thought and notes on law and reform accompany the update.
A notice describes a new explosive lead azide as highly powerful and sensitive to shocks. Large crystals of lead azide and mercuric oxide are noted to be extremely fragile, breaking a single crystal allegedly causing an explosion.
Vintage ad warns calomel harms liver and bowels and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant vegetable liquid. Claims one spoonful cures biliousness constipation and headaches, promising wakeful, healthy mornings and money back if not better. Strong emphasis on personal health and doctor endorsement.
An ad touts Freezone for corns and calluses with drops on the affected area. A Yale Review item notes Theodore Roosevelt as a writer producing solid but not masterworks like Lincoln, with praise for vivid adventures from ranch life and hunting across continents. A snippet asks readers if they have seen Jake and attempted to visit his house.
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