Alpine Avalanche: Local News Notes from Brewster County
Alpine publication announces its fifty first year serving Alpine and the Davis Mountains Big Bend region. It notes corrections policy for statements about persons, and outlines rates for memorials and reading notices. Staff credits include Pastor Bennett as publisher, Marie Simpson Marathon correspondent, and Barry Scorer Fort Davis correspondent. Subscription prices listed at $2 per year and $1.25 for six months.
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Brewster County
Alpine
Davis Mountains
Big Bend
Bennett
Mrsc. Db. Wood Society
Barry Scorer
Fort Davis
Marie Simpson
Marathon
Texas
You Cant Stop One Like That
A preacher recounts a determined youth who preached to farmers in a locked church, lit the bell rope, and stood firm to serve each Sunday. The tale reflects resilience and community faith under hardship. Cleaveland’s historical note follows about the founder surveying the Western Reserve and naming Cleveland.
Poisonous Snakes and Global Snake Bite Patterns
The curator of reptiles at the New York Zo logical Gardens notes snake bite cases are not fully reported to health authorities. About 800 cases occur, roughly 19 percent fatal. poisonous snakes exist in all US states except Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, grouped into pit viper and cobra families. The cobra reef in the US is the coral snake, while India faces high cobra-related deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Zological Gardens
Union
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
India
Hitler and Stalin Pact Recalled in 1959 Commentary
The text recalls Hitler and Stalin’s non aggression pact and comments by Hitler from 1989 noting a strategic, temporary alignment. It argues both leaders stalled for time while denying genuine good faith and cites critics in the United States who claim Hitler aimed at world conquest despite public assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Stalin
Aussia
Ins
Aisia
East
Danaig
United States
An Amazing Prophecy of Magnetic Waves and Radio
An old prophecy attributed to Joseph Glanvill in Dogmatiaing London 1661 spoke of communicating via magnetic waves through ether with antipodes. Born 1636 at Plymouth, Glanvill became a rector at 24 and his skeptical writings oddly foreshadowed later ideas on ether and magnetism despite witchcraft beliefs.
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Joseph Glanvill
Phor
Divine
London
Glanvill
Plymouth
England
Break for the Modest Returned Missionary in Africa
A disjointed clipping recounts a missionary gag and a diner line, then shifts to a Arkansas store find where Mrs. Greenhill discovers a dime and a $150 diamond in a chicken carcass. A March 24, 1804 letter from England to an American firm warns of an expected invasion yet to be attempted.
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Africa
A. M. Greenhill
Pin
Bluff, Ark
George Braikenridge
England
No Control of Anything Black Quote Exchange
A terse dialogue fragment shows a speaker accusing another about mistreatment of a wife. The reply notes giving a house but failing to restrain the wife, illustrating a battle over control and domestic authority in a bygone social setting.
Rastus Dey Man Demands Payment in Threatening Manner
A man outside confronts about a debt, refusing to give his name. He is described as threatening and warns the speaker that the debtor should pay. The exchange centers on intimidation and demand for payment seen as coercive behavior.
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Rastus
Comanches Strike After Council House Bloodshed in 1840
In August 1840 Comanches swept through San Antonio area, sacked Victoria and Linville, seized thousands of horses and goods, then clashed with Texans at Plum Creek. The battle ended with heavy Indian losses and a shattered threat, marking a turning point in Texan conflicts with Comanche forces.
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Council House
Charles C. Hucker
University of Texas Library
Texas
San Antonio
Allo
Santa Anna
San Jacinto
Republic
South Texas
Willderness
Gonozales
Victoria
Linville
Felix Houston
Ed Burleson
Ben McCullough
Plum Creek
Austin
Linnville
Sounds That I Like from the Wind Through the Pines
The narration praises natural night sounds and quiet rural ambiance over urban noise. It contrasts wind, animals, and distant calls with modern clamor from elevated trains, car horns, and talkies, arguing nature offers truer, richer music.
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Guicle
Business as Usual and Family Farewells in a Fragmented Scene
A mixed set of vignettes shows domestic tension and comedy as a guest faces urged judgments about drinking while a grandmother and grandson aboard a train search for a station. A Jewish merchant nears death with family reciting Kaddish and a widow asks if Milton is present.
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Mamma
Poppa
Milton
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleaveland
Moses
Moses Cleaveland
Yale
Continental Army
Canterbury
Conn
Land Company
Great Lakes
Western Reserve
Cleave
Tand
Wie
Pocketbook of
BY Bob Dart
John
Hayfever
Grandma Jackson
Ner Young
Grandma
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