Local notices and staff credits from Alpine Post details
A blurry ledger style notice lists rates for resolutions and reading notices at seven cents per line per insertion, plus a special rate for longer runs. It names Bennett as editor and manager, with bureau staff including Lyda Crawford and Port Davis as correspondent, plus a Marathon correspondent. The price for one year is 2006 months outside the county $1.25, and the work is filed as second class matter in Alpine Texas under the 1879 act.
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Posterfier
Alpine
Texas
Mare
Reckless driving and public notices spark Rahway massacre takeovers
A garbled text laments dangerous US roadways and urges strict traffic enforcement after a July anniversary killings spree in Rahway. It argues families must intervene to curb reckless drivers, attributing fault to both individuals and society while endorsing education and public warnings. The piece also discusses leisure's role in civilization, urging productive use of spare time for study and cultural growth.
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Notion Pictures
Radio
Lenient Wife and the Question of Personal Freedom
A discussion on how much personal freedom spouses should grant each other surfaces as a man’s card of manumission is found in his pocket after he is killed by a fan blade in Baltimore. The note hints at suspicions of infidelity and social norms, raising questions about trust and independence in marriage.
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Baltimore
Old Time Lotteries In Ames And Global History
A fragment discusses historical lotteries and raffles, noting capital prizes up to 20 dollars and governmental bans. It mentions Cuba and France, the Virginia Company, and the spread of religious and charitable lotteries, with a modern Ames instance of raffles seen as less distinguished from national lotteries. The piece reflects global sentiment against lotteries and U.S. restrictive laws.
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Cuba
Republic
France
Virginia Co Wny
Uuntries
National Institut
Ames
United States
Traffic safety conference in Washington emphasizes uniform rules
Delegates at a Washington conference urged uniform traffic regulations to ease travel across diverse communities. They discussed speed limits and noted the difficulty travelers face due to differing local rules. The aim is clearer guidance for tourists and motorists across sites and cities.
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Washington
Fragmented Conversational Fragments From A Page
A collage of dialogue snippets shows a mix of casual chatter about singing lessons bowling track and caddie questions. A legal notice line hints at a murder trial with a barber defendant and a judge offering limited rights to express wishes before sentencing.
Uniform Traffic Speed Limit Urged Across Nation
A fragmentary report describes a movement to set a nationwide uniform speed limit of one hour per residential street and a blanket restriction in city zones to fifteen miles per hour. Advocates argue this would boost safety and consistency, though critics say enforcement is unreliable and arbitrary.
Memory Scheme In A Comical Tale Of Lost Money
A scene shows a maid seeking an advertisement to recover a lost sum of money hidden in a hose. An editor longs for the clue and questions the mislaid cash. Mrs Jinks promotes a memory system linking names and dates to associations, while a husband is pressed to sing lines to jog a recall. The conversation winds to a request for a file from a hardware store.
Free Your Chance To Name A Picture Contest
Quaker Oats Co offers a contest to name a photograph featuring Dionne Quintuplets and Dr. Dafoe. prizes total 24,680.50 with Chevrolet De luxe Sedans Frigidaire appliances and RCA radios. entries split by postmark dates October 30 1996 and December 15 1996. unlimited entries under rules. rules via grocer or Box L Chicago Illinois.
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Dionne Quin
Dr. Dafoe
Quaker Oats Co
RCA
Box L
Chicago
Ilinois
Biblical City Yields Relics of Importance
Wel come Archaeological Research Ex.ecution returns to London after a fourth Lachish dig in South Palestine. Pottery fragments and relics excite archaeologist Charles Marston, who calls the finds among the era’s greatest. Evidence suggests Sinai alphabet usage in Lachish a century after Moses, hinting at the Phoenician script’s ancestry.
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London
Lachish
Palestine
Charles Marston
Sinai
Moses
Excavation Unearths Rock-Cut Shaft Beneath Ruined Surface
Sir Charles described the dig as using hundreds of native workers to clear thousands of tons of soil from the site. The work revealed a large rock-cut shaft to a subterranean passage, marking a significant step in the excavation. A stray line mentions a local classified ad urging readers to support home town businesses.
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Charles
Cal
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