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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1901
Page
6
Memphis Tennessee user Lehamn reports a 17 year struggle with bleeding piles ending in cure after a short course of Smiths Sure Kidney Cure. The advertisement states 60 cents and notes availability from druggists. Also mentions a Japanese floriculture achievement describing a rose that appears red in sunlight and white in shade.
Article argues Texas’ rapid progress stems from natural growth and abundant resources, not a speculative boom. It cites 1900 figures: cotton about 3.9 million bales, wheat 23.6 million bushels, plus other crops totaling over 200 million dollars on 15 million acres.
An OCR fragment lists various patent medicines and tonics. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back claim for deafness caused by catarrh, then touts Putnam Dyes, Krome Quinine Tablets for coughs, Dr. Kilmer's Great Nerve Restorative, Tetterine, Defiance Starch, Wizard Oil, and other household patent medicines with commercial pitches.
The article discusses common nose throat and ear catarrh linked by connected mucous membranes, stressing prevention of aggravations and self-care before obstruction. it also details ancient Chinese fire clocks using wood rods to measure time, their construction, and use in households and alarms.
The use of oil engines in Palestine for pumping water from wells has grown since a German firm first tested three to four horsepower units three years ago. About sixty engines are now installed nationwide, mainly for plantation work, with two thirds from Germany and the rest from British makers whose simpler design aids local native laborers who run the engines.
Massachusetts inventor Henry L. Gardner presents a wall mounted shoe support bracket designed to hold a shoe upright for polishing. The device features a wall attachment, an arm with a toe entry head, a lever to push the heel backward, and a tongue with notches to secure the heel during the polishing process.
American engineers use a powerful jet of water to form reservoir dams by hydraulic mining. Directing the jet at valley slopes moves sand soil and gravel to the dam site, carrying materials downstream while consolidating the dam as larger stones settle to the sides and finer material fills the center.
Bremen test introduces a shipboard network of pipes with deck vents acting as smoke safeties to monitor fires in holds. The system centers on carbonic acid gas pumped into the hold to suffocate the blaze and penetrate tightly stowed cargo such as cotton nips, improving detection and firefighting without removing hatches.
London adopts the American term goo-goo eyes but pronounces it goo-gie eyes. The aphorism Love is blind is cited as reason many women marry men to reform them, per Chicago News.
A long verse embraces sugar policy arguing against raw sugar duties, urging repeal to lower prices for consumers and aid farmers. It contrasts beet growers with manufacturers, calls for tax removal, and champions Defiance Starch ads amid political economic chatter.
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