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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1939
Page
4
Fort Davis and Alpine team members listed with bylines including Marathon and outside county pricing for subscriptions. One year rate $2 006 months outside county $1 25. Second class postal entry noted under federal act.
Dr T C Davison lauded 36 Southern physicians for epochal medical contributions. Names include Ephraim McDowell Kentucky first ovarian tumor removal, Crawford W Long Georgia ether anesthesia, John Gorrie Florida artificial ice. Also James Bennett Virginia first US Caesarean, Luther Mill Alabama heart stab wound repair, James Marion Sims Alabama founder of modern gynecology, Rudolph Matas New Orleans vascular firsts.
Sanford Bates, former federal prisons director and Boys' Club leader, asserts only one crime in six is cleared by arrest. He warns against excessive penalties and urges probation, better parole and prison training, smarter parole staff, and higher prison standards to treat crime as a social problem.
The piece contrasts two schooling philosophies the holoist who sees the school shaping a full personality and the meristicist who focuses on core subjects and lets personality emerge naturally. The author mocks how names can complicate simple debates and hints at college life observations.
A Missourian fined for traffic infractions in Texas criticizes the state in a letter to a justice of the peace. Senator Van Zandt proposes a resolution urging local police to show courtesy when arresting out-of-state motorists for minor violations, arguing courteous handling reflects goodwill and may ease tensions.
Students at the University of Puerto Rico published an informal ranking of their professors from A to F. An F signified lack of qualification while many received A for strong knowledge. The chancellor suggested feelings influenced scores, noting personal judgment plays a role in grading. The exercise might improve teaching, as some professors could become better educators.
A reflective piece extols books as teachers of reading and thinking, music as the lineage of harmony, and law as the instrument of justice, claiming enduring authority from written precedent and the covenant of Ne tena.
The article recounts Bill Kelley’s claim of finding gold ore near a river trail opposite Reagan County Texas. O H Hector and guide Joe Phillips pursued the Lost Nigger Mine on the Texas side of the Rio Grande, aided by accounts from Kelley, his Mexico visits, and the Reagan brothers’ alleged fear of exposure.
A humorous note reports a jubilant celebration as a doctor and fans toast a recent success. An older man is mentioned along with a wife presenting exciting news. The tone is playful and local in spirit.
In a playful exchange a first boaconstrictor asks about a dog’s swallow of a rabbit while the second quips that a chaser was desired. The light banter evokes a humorous animal dialogue reminiscent of mid-century cartoons.
A stranded passenger on an English train confesses he pulled the emergency cord while searching his luggage and fears a five pound fine. A Scotsman advises payment of three pounds to prevent a fuss. The scene shifts to a German man, Max Drogal of Dresden, catching Heinrich Gerinel and his daughter and imprisoning him in a large ice box for two days.
A playful dialogue unfolds as Spoiling The Show taunts Johnny about a sand slicked sidewalk and Johnny brags of watching a large man tumble. The exchange captures a cheeky street moment with a mother and son banter.
An inquisitive lady asks what the officer’s uniform signifies and the naval surgeon explains he is a naval surgeon. The exchange highlights how doctors in modern times specialize, prompting astonishment from the lady.
A Malden Massachusetts handbill touts home made hard brick ice cream made daily with fresh cream milk sugar and eggs. It urges customers to take home a package despite skeptical wording about eggs and “unscrupulous clean modern methods.”
In a Dublin shipyard a man asks if anyone has seen his waistcoat. Pat points out Murphy is wearing it, Murphy realizes he is wearing his own coat and comments it would have been wasted to go home without it.
The speaker recalls the horse he rode when locating the mine a bronco and notes he would not permit a remount while holding rocks. They trust his tale of breaking ore from rocks while mounted. Kelley showed iron stained quartz ore and Campbell’s assay valued the piece at eighty five thousand dollars per ton.
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