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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1930
Page
6
Classified notice outlines rates for insertions and minimum charges, cash in advance policy, and a young widow from East Texas seeking a position. She has five years experience in law and stenotype work in county offices, with excellent typing skills and a cautious approach.
A mixed church notices page invites parishioners to next Sunday's services across Baptist, Christian, Catholic and Church of Christ congregations with times for Sunday school morning worship and evening sermons. Also noted are civic event mentions including Masons and Knights Templars, plus a Gary court case about a separated couple and a 1929 Texas metal production tally with gold, silver, lead and copper figures.
Reasonable prices for fresh milk from Measday Dairy and Orient Dairy appear with contact numbers 619 and 0tte. Learning while earning summer classes start June 2 offering bookkeeping shorthand typewriting and home study courses.
A fragment from a local newspaper column mocks misprints in ads about poultry, flight, and dating from unedited reader submissions. It notes a poultry ranch advertising fattened flyers and jokes about breed trivia while poking fun at miscommunications and editorials.
A lively fragment lists a highwayman scene with Ethiopian slang and threats over notes, then shifts to a joke about a Scotchman suing a toothpaste firm for a 30 day trial lasting 29 days. Harris County reports 91,192 automobile registrations, Kenedy County 107, marking regional vehicle totals.
Marathon Oil reports well in CRSP Ry section 18 block G16 drilling to 2345 feet with casing set and showings noted. Humble test across Pecos county north of Hovey reportedly under way. Texas among top oil producers with major cities listed from the 1920 census.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a Mr Newly living at 2015 Seevers Street in New York state, with garbled phrases about meals and a drink, plus references to a Pennington Drag company and a partial quote about “hardly knew what to do next.”
Kokernot, president of the Texas Livestock Marketing Association, is appointed to the livestock advisory commodity committee of the Federal Farm Board. He also serves on the executive committee of the American Livestock Association. Seven members total, six named.
For sale listing offers 8 rooms in a 6 bedroom home with five lots on a paved street and modern improvements. Includes a 140,000 gallon reservoir with spring water, irrigation access, shade trees, and over a hundred bearing fruit trees. Prices reduced from 7200 to and initial payment of 1500. list numbers 1140 1285 1197.
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