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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1935
Page
2
A simple delicious fish entrée inspired by Waikiki flavors. Fish fillet is pan fried in butter, finished with a light pineapple juice sauce, a hint of mace and herbs, and seasoned with salt and pepper. Serve with a buttered rice or vegetable side for a tropical meal.
Foundation stones mark a vanished settlement on the San Saba River east of Camp San Saba. Estimates place peak population around 100 with two saloons and a blacksmith shop implied by nails and horseshoe remnants. No trace or records explain who built it or why occupants disappeared.
Settlements usually built missions or forts for protection in gold quests but no remains of a dedicated fort or mission are visible. The site yields many molded lead bullets, arrows, and spearheads implying fierce clashes between Indians and settlers. Local lore links it to a last battle and town sacking by the red skins. White cattle graze where a notable pioneer drama once stood.
Community notes from Terlingua district detail visits and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Babb and the Awarter family traveled to Maine to visit relatives, while Alpine residents and CCC camp members joined local teens for a lawn party honoring Joe Speed. Jean Mollion hosted Elinor Cartledge. Cartledge and other locals hosted home gatherings with swimming and supper on the Terlingua creek.
Cold mornings bring coats in Fort Davis while temperatures dip to fifty at the Prude ranch. J B Morgan and Sons of El Paso advance Mount Locke building projects near the observatory. Three Tyrone Kelly brothers visit from New Orleans. two Westbound newcomers explore the Merril ranch. Clouds hindered the lunar eclipse. Dr Roach reports only a partial view. Lela Weatherby visits for summer then returns to Chicago plans. Mrs P Le Sproul and party travel to California for kin and the San Diego Exposition. Alpine life for the week ends with household notes.
A dated promotional notice touts Adlerika as a quick acting gentle safe bowel cleanse. It alleges one dose rids the system of poisonous wastes and promotes a clearer complexion, with attribution to Alpine Drug Store.
A period advertisement extols Thedford's Black-Draught as a cure for constipation and sluggishness. Mrs Ray Mullins of late Arkansas shares that both she and her husband use the remedy for constipation biliousness and the tired feeling. The note also mentions Syrup of Black-Draught praised by a mother for its children’s use and its pleasant taste with good results.
A zany advertisement claims trench mouth heals with a money back guarantee and urges readers to try Lea To’s Pyorrhea Remedy for worst cases when used as directed, promising sore gums and foul breath relief and inviting readers to read the Want Ads.
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