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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1940
Page
4
A fire prevention message urges thorough inspections of homes, workshops, and garages for clutter and stored flammable materials. It highlights risk from stored magazines, rags, varnishes, oils, turpentine, and improper electrical repairs. The guide stresses removing waste, securing containers, and donating old clothes to reduce fire risk.
The Hurley Herald dissolves its publication, risking the town's access to local news and records. The letter from Lemmon Leader argues newspapers underpin community life, advertising value, and historical continuity, warning that losing the paper signals civic death.
The American Medical Association notes that disease killed more soldiers than weapons in wars. Examples include Mexico Civil Spanish American and World War losses, with disease often exceeding wounds in many conflicts.
Over a century, the dressed skeleton of Jeremy Bentham has sat at the head of the hospital trustees table in a chair, his skull in a glass case, as a silent member noted as present but not voting. Bentham, a jurist and reformer, left his estate to the hospital, fulfilling a will that arranged his body's unusual disposal.
A quotation from Henry W. Grady emphasizes citizen independence and limits on government. It urges individuals to rely on their own arms, preserve personal liberty, and loyally support the republic while maintaining private devotion to family and home.
A Better Vision Institute report says bulls are color blind and react to movement, not color. Experiments show moving objects attract bulls and blue cloth is as effective as red, though matadors may keep red because crowds prefer it.
A pithy maxim notes you cannot fly with owls at night and keep pace with eagles by day, attributed to Cheesecraft.
In a tense moment Clara recalls a boy who tried to kiss her and caused a painful scrape, saying the incident left her hand throbbing as tension flares between friends.
A student explains that plural means more of the same thing. The teacher remarks by showing how adding items indicates plurality.
A backstage moment captures Sam telling a man to remove his arm from his wife's waist and the wife replying that the man is a stranger to her during a public performance. The exchange highlights personal boundaries at a social event.
A portly man apologizes as he tries to reach his seat at the circus. A spectator responds with witty sarcasm, noting the elephants in the ring.
A sorrowing widow who erected a memorial for her late husband had the inscription Good-bye Henry my light has gone out carved. Three months later after she remarried a wit added But I have struck another match, displaying a sharp local joke on remarriage.
A quoted Black grandmother declares she will take her first flight "when dey's sump'n up dar" she must have, refusing to wait for others. She insists she can manage many things herself and would not let anyone else get them for her.
Readers praise The American Boy as a living companion for boys and young men. The magazine offers sports guidance, advice from coaches and athletes, and articles on many subjects with a focus on sports. Subscriptions cost 2.00 yearly or 3.50 for three years, with foreign rates 0.80 extra. Send name and remittance to Detroit Michigan address.
Detroit reports Chevrolet central office shows a continued rise in new passenger car and truck sales for the first 10 days of March, up 15.8 percent from the same period last year. Total new units reached 27 148, with used car retail up 10.7 percent to 40 528. Truck sales up 11 percent from February, and commercial units total 5 309, up 528.
The fragment notes a reference to engraved or printed visiting cards and announcements, pointing readers to The publication for examples or guidance.
A set of old time classified notices lists multiple property items for sale or trade. Five and eight room houses near a junior high and on E Holland Ave appear with remodel and easy terms. Several ranch and acreage listings await trades for livestock or other valued items.
Webster Philpott of Springfield Missouri awoke with a tense jaw and spent the day in a hospital after a vigorous yawn. The notice also lists a Second Sheets advertisement page offering a business lot on East Holland Avenue near the college with rental four-room house on the rear and an owner address in San Antonio.
Charley Sharp, 71, of Humboldt Indiana consumed 52 cakes and 29 cups of coffee to win the Pancake Day festival eating contest.
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