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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1930
Page
6
A collage of humorous campus chatter and local color from casual encounters. An American visitor questions a guide on a London bus while professors, shopworkers, and students exchange wry quips about college life. snippets include odd asides about a director, a shave, a bowl of soup, and a five cent tip.
A Texas movement seeks action in Washington in December to amend federal land bank law. The proposal would raise loan limits and valuation to accelerate circulation while preserving 75 percent loan security. If passed, it could ease land sales, extend repayment to 80 years, and boost stockmen access to water and grazing land.
Fragmented ad sheet lists ads for livestock milk sales renting rooms and cottages plus church notices. Names like Mrs J M Everheart and J W Bridges appear, with offers for Hereford bulls fat hens and home deliveries. Also lists church services at First Christian Presbyterian St James Mission Christian Science Church of Christ and Catholic Church with service times.
From readable text the note states that meetings of fon No 984 occur on each Wednesday evening, specifically the first and third Wednesdays of each month. It lists W. H. Quinn as President and W. A. Morton as Secretary, with date stamp 10-31.
A single five-gallon can of pure alcohol caused a two hour delay for special trippers returning from Mexico on the International bridge linking Presidio and Ojinaga. The contraband owner remained hidden, and five dollars was the stated charge for getting caught. Officers extended a thorough check of cars, uncovering a disruption that delayed departure late Wednesday night. Local witnesses described the scene as a tense standoff as authorities tried to recover the liquor and inspect the train for further contraband.
At Nettieton west College Avenue the service is taken care of. H. Wolf, Manager. Now to car.
For sale list 1289 describes three sections located in the quicksilver mineral belt in the south Brewster area. Price set at 2.25 per acre with half cash and balance on terms. UsT No 1197 to wind up an estate. I list 46 lots with 722% bag 188 feet deep by 60 feet. Includes a home site with saw line nearby.
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