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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1930
Page
2
Official city and county paper in Brew Mer County enters its thirty-ninth year. It reports local and state news from Alpine and the Davis Mountain Die Bend region and offers public notice rates for resolutions cards of thanks and reading notices.
The sermon argues that faith and natural reason are compatible and mutually supportive. It distinguishes two orders of knowledge, natural reason and divine faith, with faith enriching reason and reason clarifying faith. The speaker cites Bourdaloue, defines faith as a supernatural gift, and explains how reason prepares the mind for belief.
Notice from Alpine Texas announces an election to be held on the first Tuesday in April 1930 at the City Office to elect a mayor and two commissioners. Clay Holland is presiding judge with L Z Votan and Linnle York as another two officials. Returns to Mayor within two days after the election, under general election laws.
The Ayers Newspaper directory notes about 12 000 smaller city dailies and country newspapers, mostly owned by local editors. They reach the great middle class and shape national leadership by voicing the nation’s consciousness on conservation, family life and business stability.
An editorial in The Chronicle condemns government coercion under the cooperative plan driving peasants from their homes in search of food. It argues confiscation of surplus goods targets prosperous farmers and prompts refugee flows, labeling the policy as detrimental to national prosperity and economic aims.
A fragmented piece quotes J M Murpherott of Health criticizing careless behavior and drunkenness as causing many traffic incidents. It argues strict prior condition checks and inspections are needed to prevent needless loss of life and reduce accidents.
Henry Ford announced plans to devote part of his fortune, about 109 million dollars, to founding schools and supporting education. He aims to help young men find suitable employment, stressing practical training and urging everyone to learn a trade. He will fund his program in his own manner without outside advice.
The article notes immense fire losses worldwide and in the United States with January 1980 totals reported by the National Board of Fire Underwriters at 42,344,035, a figure five percent below January 1929. It argues prices are inflated by未就.
Mrs J W Sutton died in Balmorhea on Monday and her body was brought to Alpine for burial. She lived in Alpine many years before moving to Balmorhea two years ago where Mr Sutton worked for the highway department. Born in 1867 in Mississippi, she had lived in Texas since childhood and had been an invalid for 23 years. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church with Rev Buren Sparks, interment in Alpine cemetery. Survived only by her husband.
The Southern Pacific offers weekend excursion fares between Texas and Louisiana from March 1 to August 31. For trips with one way fares at 7.20 dollars or less, round trips are approved at 25 cents plus the regular fare. Tickets go on sale Saturdays and Sundays with a Monday midnight return limit.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses recognition of a person or thing, mentions a drugstore setting and characters. readable names or concrete facts are limited. content quality is too garbled to extract a clear event or outcome.
In Ranger Texas a wheat crop was processed into cour and baked into biscuits while a separate note records the Duchess of Bedford aged 63 flying from England to India and back in seven and a half days.
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