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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1936
Page
4
The Alpine Avalanche, in its forty fifth year, serves Alpine and the Big Bend region with local news and corrections policy. The paper notes rates for notices and classifieds, credits editor staff, and lists postal eligibility and submission guidelines for correction requests and thank you cards.
In New York a lawyer recalls the Bank of Manhattan building near Federal Hall. The note links the bank’s origins to Aaron Burr’s charter strategy and its growth from those early manipulations to today’s thriving financial hub.
A report notes that nearly all candidates in a New York civil service exam misspell, sparking debate over schooling priorities. The author argues spelling deserves lifelong, practical focus beyond advanced subjects and originality.
The article describes a program led by Forward Hurley of Chicago aimed at placing unemployed youths in work to foster self-sufficiency. Hurley emphasizes training and employment as keys to solving the unemployment problem and urges national cooperation to prepare boys for productive roles.
In a Kentucky versy a jockey was scolded by his owner for not winning a race and replied I reckon I shoulda done it but I couldn't bear to come in. The tale recalls a Will Rogers quip about horse racing and pride.
A New York woman specialist recommends a liberal diet for weary patients. She outlines meals for breakfast lunch and dinner emphasizing fruit lean meat vegetables and dairy with limited bread and a juice at night. The passage also notes a Western editor’s boastful correction about publishing a town death.
A collage of street chatter and odd encounters unfolds with stray dialogues about crowds, gates, and wit. A wandering traveler ponders boarding a sleeping car as a social scene shifts from preaching to petty concerns. A tenor receives praise and a duchess recalls youth, while miscellaneous snippets hint at ads and local curiosities.
A list of Democratic primary and state race candidates with districts and positions. Names include HH. L. Winfield Pecos County for State Senate 29th Dist, Alan R. Fraser Alpine for District Attorney 83rd Judicial District, B F Howell Rankin, Harry V. Fisher Alpine. sheriff assessor treasurer candidates F Skevington Newman Wynne Young Easterwood Taylor. district clerk W Frazer. county judge R B Slight E Patterson. county attorney A M Turney W Van Sickle. county treasurer George M Benson A Sandifer B C Garnett. commissioners for precincts 1 2 3 with multiple names. Date July 25 1936 and $10 advance payment noted.
The article notes Fort Worth’s origins as a federal garrison named for General Worth and emphasizes the cattle industry as a foundation of the city’s growth. It mentions public officials such as Justice of the Peace H. B. Pruett and Constable Precinct 3 Otto Lochausen. It also tells of Mrs Luigi Pinto and her painter sons who studied abroad on scholarships.
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