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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1923
Page
4
Persons taking wood water or grass or hunting on Nevill Ranch lands will be executed to the full extent of the law. Mrs Kate Nevill owner. Milk cows priced from 60 to 75 dollars. Pure dairy products delivered early twice daily. Phone 145. Measday Dairy f.
A fragment advertises FH Paso Catholic Truth Society inviting Catholics to write for free info. It promotes Xmac Shopping cars as a gift tag enclosure and mentions cheap prices. The text also notes a P O Box address in El Paso Texas and references general Catholic beliefs.
Winnetka's public schools adopt an individual instruction system allowing each pupil to progress at a personal rate. Promotions are by subject, not by grade, enabling in-room variances where students work on different levels. The approach, touted by Superintendent Carleton Washburne, has attracted international attention and supporters from renowned educators.
Seven Sul Ross State Teachers College faculty members will attend the Texas State Teachers Association meeting in Fort Worth starting November 29. They depart Alpine November 28 by car to Monahans, then take the TPL train. President H. W. Morelock, Anne Aynesworth, Mary Elliott, W. A. Stigler, Victor Smith, C. A. Gilley, and Anna D. Linn comprise the delegation. Morelock, Aynesworth, and Smith will present papers on college roles, high school composition, and a standard course of study for manual training.
The church announces a Sunday timetable with 8:30 Holy Mass and Benediction in English, 10:00 Mass and sermon in Spanish, 3:00 Catechistical Instruction, 7:30 Rosary with Spanish sermon, and 8:30 moving pictures. Weekdays feature 7:00 Mass and 7:30 Rosary with Spanish Bible reading.
Nice furnished rooms with hot and cold water for bath available at a residence two blocks from the business district next door to the Presbyterian church, Mrs. Maggie Sheen. 24-7-¢f
The American Red Cross reports a budget of 55 643 077 51 for the current fiscal year starting July 1, with total expenditures last year at 9 738 448 22 including 2 605 696 09 for Greek refugees. The organization highlights home and abroad service funded by nationwide membership, with 600 chapters and plans to aid disabled veterans and families, disaster relief, junior red cross projects, and nurse training programs.
Washington reports five years after the armistice the Red Cross helped some 200000 ex service men or families. About 75000 were admitted to 120 hospitals for treatment with 63296 receiving specialized service. The year saw 8359200 spent by Chapters and 1946255 by National HQ, totaling nearly 164000000 since 1917.
Advertisement touts Globe Blackleg Vaccine from Kansas Germ Free and a Texas product claiming lifetime immunity. Sold by Alpine Drug Store with a date code 31-2-11. Also promotes small Xmas enclosure cards at The Avalanche for five cents per package of two.
For sale by Palace Pharmacy Walter Garnett Prep. Stop itching with Blue Star Remedy advertised for eczema itch tetter cracked hands ring worm rashes poison oak sunburns old sores and sore feet.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as effective for catarrh, noting sufferers in a “renown” condition feel worse than when well, and claims benefit from a local ointment and an internal tonic. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio, and says druggists have sold it for over four years.
An advertisement promotes Calotabs as a de-nauseated calomel tablet that purifies the liver and ends nausea with one bedtime dose. It claims no taste or griping, promises a good night’s sleep and morning vitality, and offers 35 cent large and 10 cent small packages with a druggist guarantee.
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