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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1932
Page
3
A collage of humorous quips and short scenes from daily life features playful exchanges about love, aging, and marriage, a dentist attempting an X-ray of an Alpine woman, and brief jokes about school repairs, unemployment, a bootlegger, and a village fire brigade responding to an alarm. The tone mimics a late era humor page with assorted captions and punchlines.
Nocagdoches-Robert Irion Taylor, grandson of Charles 8. Taylor, signer of the Texas Declaration, long buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. He owns a small leather bound 252 page law book bought in Kentucky before Texas settlement. Compiled by John Bradford, Lexington 1800. Phone 344 for low feed prices at T. A. Beard Feed Store.
Mrs Maggie Stanfield of Crandall Georgia reports irregular health for twelve months improved after using Cardus. She says after marriage she was restless unable to sleep and weighed ninety pounds before taking Cardus then gained to one hundred twenty six pounds, feeling well and able to work. Cardul is sold by o
A heavy guarded train passed Van Horn on September 15 carrying seven express cars loaded with Orient silk. The shipment began in San Francisco and headed to Chicago and New York City, valued at about two million dollars.
Thousands of dollars in modern mining gear are used to recover gold from the Black Hills rush era diggings. A power shovel feeds pay dirt into water whirl tanks, outpacing the old pan and rocker method. An ounce of gold can fetch about 2063 dollars per hour. Children near Keystone dig for 25 cents of gold per bottle for tourists.
High school notes a hard fought game at 3 PM between Alpine Bucks and Rankin. Coach Wood praised for leading the team this season. Admission 28 and 40 cents. Hagel Bridges injured a arm in a front steps gymnastics mishap.
Alpine High celebrates 15 percent enrollment growth and strong student quality. The football team shows new uniforms and Bucks spirit, while the Glee Club starts with 43 members under Miss Mitchell. Latin and Spanish enrollments rise as Latin nears a revival. Nella Mae Smith and Thelma Holcomb begin high school, and the faculty hopes for a productive year.
A mixed page item notes Coachwood workouts for the Bucks and a plan for new members, plus a brief report from Sul Ross Skyline about school activities and the weather bureau figures for mean temperatures and days of clear and cloudy skies. The piece also advertises Purina Feed and a local seed/feed store run by T. A. Beard.
An Alpine weather note cites new figures claiming Alpine offers the best climate in the state. It notes Alpine's high altitude, cooler winters, and compares its latitude to New Orleans, suggesting strong meteorological contrasts with lower elevations.
In Colorado Springs and Sedalia, the Devil's Head and Sedalia Livestock associations offer a 250 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of cattle rustlers amid a surge in rustling this year.
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