This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1921
Page
1
An editorial argues unions must focus on three essentials good conditions fair wages and high craftsmanship rather than card possession. It warns against closed shops and calls campaigns to center on service and fair testing of work, not labels or prestige.
Austin reports Texas American Legion posts back a statewide membership drive aimed at recruiting ex service men and renewing lapsed members. Prizes totaling 6000 dollars reward posts for most new members and most subscribers to the Texas Legionnaire official publication. State adjutant Charles W. Scruggs predicts at least 50000 new members from the effort.
President-elect Harding names his cabinet selections with Charles Evans Hughes as Secretary of State and Andrew Mellon as Treasury. Others include John W. Weeks War, Harry M. Dougherty Attorney General, Will Hays Postmaster General, William Denby Navy, A. B. Fall Interior, Henry Wallace Agriculture, Herbert Hoover Commerce, James J. Davis Labor.
Fidelity Quality Menthol Mountain Pine cough syrup relieves cough tickle and throat irritation. Pure quality advertised. Sold by all druggists and Alpine Drug Store and Palace Pharmacy in Alpine. ad notice.
M. M. Carrick urges thorough sanitation actions from yards to roofs. Clean windows and remove rubbish, wash bottles, seal leaks, screen toilets, and keep garbage contained or burned. Eliminate fly and mosquito breeding as well as rats by proper waste handling and home repairs.
The Internal Revenue Service uses information at source to identify persons who fail to file returns or pay taxes. Reports are required for all payments of 1000 dollars or more to recipients, with separate employer returns for each employee. Names, addresses, and amounts are checked against individual returns, and delinquents are fined and taxed.
Farmers Bulletin 1169 outlines the major insects harming deciduous shade trees in the eastern two thirds of the United States and offers remedies. It stresses that healthy appearance is vital and controlling insects is essential to prevent spread to nearby trees.
A Texas senate clash centers on the Floyd bill proposing 2 million dollars yearly for rural schools. Amendments would raise to 5 million and widen beneficiaries, prompting concerns of treasury deficits and high taxes, while backers urge education funding alongside university spending.
A local ad notes windmills greased for 50 cents per month with contact via phone 126 or by seeing Arthur Measdavy.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.