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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1936
Page
6
Society editor Port Davis correspondence reports subscription cost for the Alpine Texas Post. One year rates listed under a society page masthead with standard postal matter notice. The entry mentions second class mail status and references the 1879 act of Congress.
A jumble of excerpts covers isolation and novelty in modern life with a St. Kilda girl seeing a horse a railroad train and moving pictures. It moves to marketing quality graded produce and humane billboard criticism and then shifts to taxation indirect costs examples and a Texas based industrial firm considering relocation due to communist agitation.
An old ad touts our shop practices with keys to quality waves and low prices. It highlights numerous permanent wave services, a claim of consistent top results, and notes a new machineless method along with the shop phone number.
The American Red Cross annual Roll Call runs Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Day from November 11 to 26. The 1936 poster by Walter W. Seaton promotes the idea that the Red Cross is at and by the people, with four million members supporting relief work during major disasters and accessible to all regardless of race color or creed. Members fund Red Cross relief and services, while public donations fund large-scale needs.
A collage of clipped vignettes shows a tramp trading food for a dirty joke attempt and a boxer lamenting a beating as managers shout pep talks. Another tale hints a shoplifter’s punchline and a furious customer confronts a counterfeit vanishing cream claim.
A collage of comic vignettes in a village hall reads about a bear sighting and a lecture on molecules. Banter covers opinions on genius, jokes about Columbus discovery, and a patient awakening in a hospital.
A local businessman who rose to success without much formal schooling distributed school prizes and told students that education is invaluable. He urged them to value learning, emphasizing arithmetic and the simple truth that two plus two makes four.
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