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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1921
Page
1
This ad proclaims a friendly banking institution welcoming all account sizes with officers ready to talk over business problems and serve customers. It invites readers to step in and see the Alpine State Bank for their financial needs.
A San Antonio flood in 1921 tested relief amid ruins as Mexican and American communities steadied. Red Cross workers, led locally, coordinated aid from Pueblo to Hatch, Oklahoma, and Tulsa. Membership drives and funds supported national and local relief efforts sustaining disaster response today.
A list of superstitions links chimney cracks to moving, smoky dreams to waking, and papering holes to loss. Shadows from lamps to crowds, wind with burning trash to bad luck, gas smells with light to long journeys, and Friday the thirteenth brings insurance as no shield against fire.
The notice advertises a 3 percent security loan option through Bechtel at the Berkeley Building 43 cent, promoting savings compared with higher 8 or 10 percent rates.
A writer asks the chief of police about obtaining a gun permit and describes a plan to shoot a man who pesters him daily. The letter laments red tape and suggests a man who sells coffins could be a better target, arguing that selling a firearm without a permit is blocked by rules. The tone blends frustration with a troubling intent.
A man borrows to buy a home with plans by an architect and construction by a contractor. When sickness comes, life insurance pays the lawyer and doctor, clears the mortgage, funds groceries, and keeps the children in school, preserving the home. Subscribe for The Avalanche.
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