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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
3
A Chicago inventor unveils a gravity defying flying machine with two horizontal blades that rises straight up and lands on a platform the size of itself. It can hover stationary and move in any direction by tilting the propeller and allegedly carry 60 tons.
The freight from the Rio Grande to Chicago costs 25 a ton with tax and charges. Growers receive 85 to 7 a ton. The text blames railroads for taking a high toll and suggests another toll-taker is skimming profits elsewhere.
The article warns that flies will soon appear and kill more people than any war, calling the pest a worse enemy than Germany as it takes toll of human life every summer.
Census data show over half the U S population now lives in cities above 2 500 people New York leads urban totals with Pennsylvania and Illinois next The rural share drops as food and fuel depend on transportation systems and failing rail service could threaten national sustenance
The Texas Public Health Association warns Texans about house flies and mosquitoes spreading typhoid fever cholera and malaria. It urges eliminating breeding sites through sanitation and preventing stagnant water with covered or treated standing water and screened homes. It notes the public taxes burden from non taxable securities and a tale of a San Antonio horse incident.
Financial data shows capital stock surplus and undivided profits with circulating notes outstanding and deposits details. Local ads list cleaning services dressmaking hemstitching and sewing by named individuals in Texas including Uvalde and Mrs McFarland.
Warning that persons taking wood water or grass in O2 pastures will be prosecuted for trespass. Also a notice that anyone tampering with the lighting circuit without notifying the company will be prosecuted for theft.
Recapitulation of resources shows loans and discounts 340878.56 dollars and various securities totaling 506224.42 dollars with capital stock surplus deposits and liabilities listed. Also a May 4 1921 notarized bank statement from Brewster County Texas and a MAN and family seeking ranch work addressed to W J Mathews Alpine Texas with 18 31.
Get busy, keep busy. Work with J R Watkins Co to sell 137 Watkins products directly to farmers. Open a territory with auto or team, must be 50 plus, bond and personal credit. Backed by two years in business and 20,000,000 users. Write to Department 111 Winona Minn 194t.
Mrs. BD V Williams of Route 6 describes severe back pain headaches and fatigue. After trying Cardui she reports improved strength better sleep and relief from her ailments and urges others to try Cardui for womanly troubles.
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