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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1932
Page
2
A long bulletin from the Alpine Avalanche urges readers to report any statements about individuals for correction. It lists charges for notices and addresses corrections, with edition details and rates. The column also blends reflections on kindness to animals and a miscellany of quotes and trivia.
Captain Hobson, Spanish American War hero and president of the Narcotic Defense Foundation in New York, warns that narcotics traffic is a world consuming cancer. He cites the drug habit’s formation and the torment of users, urging youth education to stem the trade and empower society.
Adelbert Anes, the last surviving Civil War general, aged 970, celebrated quietly at his home in Tewsbury Massachusetts. Born October 1, 1896 in Rockland Maine, he attended West Point and served with distinction in the war, later brevetted major general of volunteers. He later settled in Mississippi, served as U.S. senator and governor, with a controversial tenure marked by alleged favoritism toward African Americans and a riot in Vicksburg. impeachment followed in 1876.
A survey shows over half of 390 industrial firms boosted spending since 1929, with chemistry producing new materials beyond tar. Artificial fragrances, resins, rayon, plastics, casein products, and synthetic sugars show diverse applications from perfumes to gut materials. Future developments remain unpredictable yet highly impactful.
The writer compiles common beliefs held by many, noting bad luck from spilled salt or broken mirrors while backward garments bring luck. It mentions fish as brain food, the superstition of lighting three cigarettes with one match, Friday the 13th, and planting crops by the moon. Knocking wood is said to avert punishment for boasting of past acts.
The alpine high school team the Bucks overwhelmed the Marfa Shorthorns 33 to 0 at Marfa Saturday. Albert Murray scored twice including a center plunge and long run, Frank Matthews intercepted a pass for a TD, and Guy Whitfield added a long end run. Coaches and chaperones listed. party details mention seniors celebrating at Ko kernot lodge with school pennants and pumpkins.
The Civics Club reports monthly meetings on the second Tuesday with a new reporter elected for club news. Plans aim to welcome new members and expand activity as the year progresses. A mock civil trial is planned after Thanksgiving with Judge Albert Murray and officials Milton Stetson and Marguerite Scales. plaintiff Edwin Moyer and defendant Pay Bowman named. After the civil case a criminal proceeding will follow.
The Major family traveled to Fort Worth for Thanksgiving while Miss Bledsoe stayed near Denison and Miss Smith joined her family for the meal. The Winter family went to Pecos and El Paso. Mr Slover, Mr Duncan and Mr Wood were considering various plans, likely deer hunting.
Monday morning the college senior high and junior high met in the library auditorium for a Thanksgiving program. Miss Lindsay led the program with Graves Bogel and Mary Frances Duncan portraying History and Child. Three tableaux scenes depicted Romans Puritans and Indians, prompting thoughts of Thursday’s feast as they watched. Charles DeAx and J. W. Cottey aided Governor Sterling in a deer-carrying scene down the mountain.
A collage of quips and cartoons reflecting social jokes about fathers jobs and wages. A dentist father a one tooth baby and a shoemaker father in booted talk. A waiter’s gag about free speech and a doctor’s line on indigestion. A child with a perambulator and a classroom pun about the color and taste of fruit.
A local report notes two men eager to fight but unable to remove glasses for fear of seeing each other. A woman laid out his clothes by six, eleven, and three, but he did not appear until the third hour when she laid him out.
A driver rounded a bend at close to forty when a sudden skid caused the car to overturn. The occupants sat unharmed beside the wreck, while a man expressed affection before the woman pulled away. An observer noted women’s outfits resembling barb wire fencing.
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