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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1927
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR from Des Moines Iowa Tribune and Salt Lake Tribune style clippings. Mentions playful talk about hokey and crackers, a speech about a cab of a locomotive and throttle, a puzzled neighbor asking for names, and a Boston Transcript joke about justice and a blackjack. Concludes with a Rolls Royce and gas demand.
Hundreds of hopeful singers from across the country compete in the Atwater Kent Foundation talent search. Five finalists are chosen to travel to New York for the national broadcast with prizes totaling 15000 dollars in cash and tuition. The winners will be a young man and woman in first place, followed by second, third and fourth prize levels.
The article highlights the pivotal role of Red Cross volunteers in disaster relief and postwar recovery. It details work in hospitals, canteens, printing for the blind, and motor corps, noting over 90 chapters participate and tens of thousands of items and services are provided to victims and troops.
A man in overalls fixes the driver with a disdainful stare and demands one gallon, signaling a tense exchange over fuel or a related demand in a roadside scene. The fragment hints at friction between a laborer and the vehicle’s motorist.
Wits and leather goods carried in stock. We do auto top and saddle repairing. GH Yates and Son advertise Saddlery.
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