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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1900
Page
2
A collection of aphorisms on charity and life contrasts with brief notices about European affairs. The dowager empress plans a grand funeral for Baron von Ketteler while Atlanta’s mayoral candidate is framed by Southern chivalry. Antwerp docks expand sixty seven acres with German shipping backing.
The Houston Post notes the puzzling disappearance of buzzards after the Galveston disaster. It observes no scavengers are seen despite many dead animals and humans, which would normally attract distant buzzards.
Paria adopts oil lamps for street lighting in place of antique style lanterns. Modern, large lamp structures line riverfront areas near Tu Mes and dens, aiming to brighten the city streets. A separate report notes a life sized Apollo statue from the Fifth Century B C found near Athens, in excellent preservation and possibly surpassing the Munich museum piece.
An educational society in Manila sent three Filipino youths to Ann Arbor for study. They adapt to American life and foods like apples and pumpkin pies while criticizing English pluralization. The youngest, eleven, wishes to be like snow and ice he has heard about, reflecting common youthful views.
A 80pound cannon given to a Grand Army post at Attleboro Massachusetts was stolen from a granite shaft monument and parts were recovered from a junk dealer. Most metal has been melted into various castings.
Alpine streams now yield electric power in northern Italy with the Adda at Paderno producing 13,000 horsepower and Ticino projects aimed at 12,000 horsepower. Power is already feeding Milan’s neighboring towns, transforming the Lombard plain as Alpine energy remains largely untapped.
A lyric poem recalling a summer romance aboard a boat last July. The speaker laments the beloved’s cold gaze and unfulfilled love while recalling swaying willows, lilies, and a blue sky. The piece repeats the refrain of boating together and seeks a true confession of love.
In Kiowa Kansas a widowless farmer Sol Burton pursues a sea dream despite drought and debt. His daughter Eliza contemplates marriage to Jim as a rain might save crops while a fatal switch accident unfolds on the town’s railroad. Eliza must choose between duty and dream.
Brutes and wounded men are borne up from below as a girl prays for strength to sacrifice her father. Eliza and Jim descend to the wreck amid the scent of burning wood. Old Sol is carried home in a dying condition after being found mad and dragging his body toward a rain swollen pool.
The Pavilion of the Blind in Washington hosts afternoon readings and music for the blind. Bishops, Mrs. Hart, and others support Braille and New York Point printing. Young women volunteer to copy and bind articles, with one girl compiling The Meteor monthly.
Literary critics debate whether Ralph Waldo Emerson is a true poet. Some fault his odd rhymes and irregular verses while others defend them as expressive, noting his inner music and timekeeping surpass conventional smoothness.
As Grand Master, the Prince of Wales approves a warrant establishing the Lord Roberts Lodge of Freemasons in London, signaling formal authorization for the new lodge and its fraternal activities.
The Secret Service uncovered another group of counterfeiters and seized a quantity of fake currency. The wily operation targeted valued items, including Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, praised for indigestion and dyspepsia relief.
An ad notes Russ Bleaching Blue for white clothes and a smiling girl with pretty teeth. It markets Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cold cure with a druggist refund if it fails. E W Groves is printed on the box. It ends with urging August wearers to brace for October.
Advert says Grover’s Tasteless Cail is iron and quinine in a tasteless form with no cure no pay. Mentions wings that don’t fly, Kis-Me Gum, Carter’s Ink, and cautions about health reputation and money. References pensions to widows and cheap ink.
In Russia cycling is controlled by imperial decree requiring royal consent, leaving few women with wheels. France upholds the husband as boss and demands a spouse’s signed consent before joining a touring club. Florence requires two bells for women cyclists to warn pedestrians while men need only one bell.
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