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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1933
Page
3
A Port Bliss base visit details Major Daves and companions including Mrs. Olereath and Mrs. A. B. Cox. Fort Davis locals welcome the Major while others attend to official business with railway official Stanberry in an official car. Household guests, travel between Houston and Galveston, and local social gatherings are noted alongside Chevrolet trucks arriving for C C C companies.
A lengthy local roundup reports visits to the L P Buttris ranch by Mr and Mrs A F Spalding of Brady Butte and other residents in Alpine Study Butte and Terlingua. Guests include Mr F T Leary of McAllen and Mrs E C Spann visiting Alpine. An impromptu Rio Grande swimming event, missionary society meetings, and a Paisano Encampment affected Sunday church services at the First Methodist Church with altered times for travel to the camp.
Captain H Wright aged 95 former Confederate soldier and curator of the Confederate Museum in the state capitol Austin visited Marathon. He served with Shubley’s brigade in 1881 and traveled from Alpine with his wife and daughter visiting sites near Fort Davis and Santa Fe. Mrs Wright and daughter accompanied him. He noted no federal troops were present then.
A collage of humorous snippets and broken dialogue shows a crowd of characters in cheeky exchanges. A waitress jokes about offal dishes while a farmer and motorist share a puzzled moment. Two Alpine businessmen stare at planes as one sighs, Youre telling me.
Comptroller George H. Sheppard touted the first comparative figures on gasoline tax collection under a new enforcement law. East Texas payments jumped 150 percent in 90 days, with May projections boosting state revenue by over 2 million dollars from this district alone. The law targets blending tax free fuels and evasion. other districts are expected to add to the total.
Fragmented OCR text mentions tax evasion watchfulness and public funds flow. References Wells tax at $16 yearly and allocations to common school fund county bond refinancing and highway fund. Notable names include W. O. Huggins and Texas Good Roads association.
An advertisement from Alpine Drug Store promotes Dr. Emit's Adia Tablets to banish stomach distress, indigestion, and gas. The ad promises relief so you can enjoy meals again and claims easy, quick results with a straightforward remedy.
Fragmentary OCR passage discusses Black-Draught and its relation to plant materials used in foods. Mentions proper use and cautions about unsafe handling while referencing towels and sustainment of vegetable foods. Contains garbled text and unclear subjects.
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