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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1932
Page
2
Te County page carries Fort Davis and Alpine items, society notes, and local notices from Marathon and surrounding areas. Readers are invited to submit corrections, and Blythe Bennett and Mrs C D Wood are listed among staff contributors with reading notices and classifieds.
A column notes the 10 percent drop in foreign trade could curb U S prosperity and jobs. It cites David Lawrence on export losses since 1025, potential gains from trade, and top names Clinton and Detroit. It concludes with rising motor vehicle fatalities and national stability concerns.
An army veteran argues that while military leaders favor larger forces, they do not want war. He cites General Summerall on avoiding catastrophe with adequately trained troops and warns public sentiment opposes big regular forces. The piece discusses automobile deaths and the need to curb unsafe drivers through law or access limits.
The text claims Clint is the most common town name with 90 occurrences. It lists Chase, Washington, Dayton, Troy, Cleveland, Centerville, and Newport among frequent names. Names are presented with scattered spelling errors and approximate counts, reflecting a namelist survey of U.S. towns.
Joseph Abraham arrived in New York in 1806 with ten dollars and fifty cents, peddled from house to house to build a vast fortune. He later opened a prosperous store, invested in cotton gin and cottonseed mill ventures, and returned to Syria to fund a school. In 1924 he hosted the National Editorial Association in Oklahoma City with a Syrian themed dinner. His death drew daughters from Los Angeles for the funeral, a tale of thrift, industry, and immigrant ascent.
Fragmentary notes indicate a sale of unspecified apparatus in 1831 with vague percentages and locations referenced as Nagstown and Benennual Gyshenge. The readable items mention a 40 percent in, an 18.3 percent rate, and a likely industrial or observatory context surrounding the sale.
The passage argues that while small towns collectively purchase much fire equipment, real protection remains limited until every village and town gains access to a first class department. It emphasizes that prevention precedes firefighting and that well equipped, well trained departments minimize damage, endorsing good standard apparatus as the community’s cheapest buy.
Newly organized Loving County, the last to organize in Texas, has funds to issue a $6,000 bond for a new school. The project will replace a one room frame structure that had served as the county school.
We extend heartfelt thanks to our many friends for their kindness to our beloved brother and uncle during his brief illness and for the many floral offerings. We especially appreciate the courtesy and thoughtfulness of Clay Holland and the entire personnel of the Holland hotel. L. F. Buttrill and family.
Notice to candidates announces payable in advance for precinct offices at five dollars and ten dollars for others. The Avalanche states it is authorized to announce candidates for the Democratic primaries in July, subject to primary action.
The article notes scattered ranches along desolate western edges where old traditions persist. Foremen and ranchers around Amedee California keep cowboy life alive through cattle, horse trading, and occasional roundup. Wild horses remain few but problematic, with old timers recalling cattle days as civilization encroaches. A county treasurer declares warrants called for payment.
Sioux Falls man Charles Wenham, 61, who started farming, learned paper hanging in Pennsylvania and moved to the city five years ago to pursue the trade. He now operates a blacksmith shop in a garage near the Presbyterian Church and invites work.
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