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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
4
A German deserter recalls chaotic patrols, depots destroyed, and crossing into Dutch territory after witnessing brutal fighting near Vauquois and the Voie de Varennes. He describes encounters with French and German troops, wounded, and a perilous escape to safety, detailing the wartime atmosphere and shifting loyalties.
A fragmented report details H J R No 27 and a proposed constitutional amendment to levy a maintenance tax for public schools and fund free textbooks. It notes voter approval requirements, ballot wording, and legislative passage by two thirds in both houses, with D. Mims as subscriber for the Avalanche.
Alpine Texas receives new rail timetable listings from K C M O Orient and Southern Pacific lines. Eastbound No 10 arrives 1:48 am December 1 1189 p m. Westbound No 9 arrives 9:82 am No 101 arrives 1:36 am. Passengers note arrival times for Nos 102 and 102 10:28 pm. Local funeral directors and embalmers C W Livinestos G Youxe announced schedule details.
The passage depicts brutal 1918 trench fighting with French and German forces exchanging heavy shelling. Soldiers advance and fall in a frozen landscape as reinforcements arrive, corpses mount, and both sides press toward a costly line.
A lengthy court notice fragment references the Lusitania incident, wartime diplomacy, and American peace aims under President Wilson. It notes publication in a Shreveport area paper and includes a petition for divorce or separation with names like Cora Tigers and Walter Rogers, urging appearance in Alpine Pecos court for legal action.
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