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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1934
Page
2
Fragmentary notice referencing the Act of Congress March 3 1979, Alpine and Otter City area land matters and county paper details. Mentions special rate and fees, with unclear names and dates due to damaged OCR but preserves the core land and rate context.
The article traces Lent from early Christian practice through the second to fourth centuries, noting variations in length and authority. It describes fasting from sunrise to evening on fast days, avoidance of worldly amusements, and restrictions on marriages during Lent, with adjustments for labor, children, and women and emphasis on charity and religious observances through the period.
The article notes several record depths, including a Texas well reaching about 530 feet, an Orange County California well at 6101 feet, and others in Pennsylvania and Roanorma field. It highlights deeper drilling as colleges benefit from an eighth royalty on oil production, with the University of Texas already earning over ten million dollars from land holdings.
Twelve judges rated baseball greats with Ty Cobb leading the list as the greatest all time. Most jurors placed Cobb first or second, marking him as the standout in a lineup including Wagner Ruth Lajoie and Speaker.
The Avalanche lists candidates for several offices subject to Democratic Primaries on July 28 1994. Includes representative 7th district Townsend district judge Hadden sheriff and assessor Gourley Young Sligh Turney Prazer McIntyre and others for county and precinct roles along with a quote from Connie Mack praising Ty Cobb as the greatest player.
The article warns that flying demands more than skill, stressing the strain on eyes ears lungs heart and nervous system. It urges pilots to live carefully eat moderately rest well and maintain fitness to withstand air navigation stresses. It notes successful aviators are often those who heed physical requirements of the profession.
A collage of quirky quips and social snippets features a sleepy taxi chat, a pigeon imitation gag, a bite of a dog story, a dented tooth tale from a boy, and campus exam humor. Characters tease each other about timing, money, and manners, with light holiday asides and museum banter.
A year end roundup lists eminent figures who died in 1933 with ages, including Calvin Coolidge 60, Him Corbett 66, Texas Guinan 49, Patty Arbuckle 48, Alexander Legge 67, W A Moffett 63, C H Parkhurst 91, Jack Pickford 36, Frances de Pinedo 43, Talmn aviator W Se mbling 28, Henry van Dyke 60, T J Fish 73, Mor J W Bean 100, Mary Beard 80, J M Byers 04/5, A J Cermak 89, W N Doak 80, and others including Major Charles Bradley who died at 80 in Seattle.
Dr. J B Houghton at the Ranch Experiment Station near Sonora reports experimentally induced chronic copper poisoning in sheep by feeding salt with copper sulfate. Liver copper levels rise. affected animals show dull mood, dirt‑colored mucous membranes, dark urine, rapid respiration and pulse, and chocolate colored blood and serum with jaundice in tissues.
Conoco announces a travel bureau film event for March 19 to be shown in the Holland hotel banquet room. R B Yarbrough of Continental Oil in Alpine says the audience includes Conoco employees, dealers, robbers, and local business interests. The mobile unit brings its own projector and equipment, with four loudspeakers, a radio and phonograph capable system, and a large electric light plant for near mile-range announcements. The event aims to promote modern merchandising methods via the Conoco films.
March marks a national tribute to De E Bradshaw president of Woodmen of the World for 35 years of service. Camps across the country stage celebrations praising his fraternal leadership, investments, and policy protections while WOW assets exceed 115 million dollars and growth fuels expansion.
Members of the sheriff's department border patrol city police force and game warden's department thank Alpine citizens for donations enabling the purchase of eight radio receivers for the sheriff's office. The set has been used for weeks with daily broadcasts from the San Antonio police department. The $25 reward for the capture of Ray Baker, an escaped convict from the Arkansas penitentiary, was spent on more equipment for the courthouse officers' quarters.
T. J. and P. V. Cartwright return home Wednesday from a trip to Sweetwater Snyder and nearby areas where they bought several registered Hereford heifers and bulls to add to their fine stock near Alpine.
The State of Texas Brewster County issues notice of execution sale after a court order in Alpine. On the first Tuesday of April 1994 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the courthouse door, the North one half of Block Eight in Means Addition to Alpine will be sold. The property belongs to D Cleveland and Katie Cleveland, per levy dated March 7 1934. Sheriff W N Gourley signs.
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