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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
1
Health officer Dr Manton M Carrick urges Texans to fight flies and mosquitoes with home screening 16 mesh wire screens swatting traps and weekly disposal of waste. Advice covers privies garbage cans manure, covered food, screened cisterns and gutters and coordinated community action.
Katherine Bulingame announces a regional drive in Arkansas Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Texas to produce 250000 garments and 31000 layettes for Eastern European refugee children totaling about 622000 pieces. The nationwide Red Cross goal is 5000000 garments with country allocations Poland Austria Hungary Czecho Slovakia Baltic and Balkan states.
Make an old straw hat look new with Fidelity Straw Hat Dye. The dye provides a glossy finish in any color without stiffening the hat. Sold and recommended by druggists and Alpine Drug Store and Palace Pharmacy in Alpine.
Growers and commission men at a San Antonio conference urged a 50 percent cut in freight rates from the Rio Grande Valley to Northern and Eastern markets. They said current charges leave growers below cost and would force leaving crops in the field rather than harvesting. Cabbage and onions are cited, with estimates showing harvest costs at about 12.50 a ton while freight to St Louis tops 17 a ton plus icing.
An 1890s analysis notes that high materials prices and reduced worker output raise building costs and rents. It cites a Boston chamber of commerce study showing masons and helpers working far fewer bricks per day at much higher wages, worsening the housing shortage for small earners. A judge rules hair bleaching a woman's right be protected, while pardon trends and other terse notes touch on public views.
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