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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1901
Page
3
A whistleblower reveals a backstory of surveillance and a failed probe into a postal crew. He admits a missing mailed letter and abandonment of charges, hoping the incident serves as a lifelong warning to the department and its safeguards.
A clergyman recalls performing a middle age wedding where the groom claims no prior marriage. The bride adds she was married before, but her first husband died in a fall from a barn after a week, a remark she calls not worth mentioning.
A new boarder whispers that the landlady only offers scraps while the meek tenant admits he cannot leave for he is the landlady's husband, explaining the fragile predicament binding them together.
A dialogue notes a man living hand to mouth while another questions wealth. The speaker explains he makes money by practicing dentistry, highlighting a modest livelihood through a skilled trade.
A man explains he cannot delay marriage beyond three months and urges consent while his partner fends off her hurt with quiet resolve. She had asked for a year and finally agrees to the limit, and he notes he would have waited if she had not consented.
In a tense home moment Hiram is urged by his wife to fetch a bucket of coals from the shed. He grumbles, recalling how she could afford six months in England before their marriage, highlighting lingering pride and resentment.
In a small town Bronco Bob complains about a bartender who also runs the sole undertaker shop. He notes they must endure the man because he holds a de facto monopoly and cannot be challenged.
A father pressed his son to enter business while the youth dreamed of law. The father asked which he preferred a lawyer or a millionaire, and the son replied he would be both if given half a chance, prompting a hurried start toward a law school.
George and Ethel discuss eloping and seeking approval from his father. Ethel says she asked him and believes forgiveness is likely, though she admits nerves about the outcome.
A scene shows a palm reader spurring belief and a joke about missionaries and birds. A quick exchange reveals a two dollar charge in China as punchline.
Frank J. Cheney declares his firm F. J. Cheney & Co. will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. The note, sworn December 6, names Ohio Toledo as the business location and cites the cure’s blood and mucous action.
A collage of patent medicine pitches and brief notes: Allen’s Poot-Ease powder promises shoe size relief and foot cure for swollen hot feet ingrown nails corns and bunions with trial packs by mail. Wizard Oil claims rapid relief for rheumatism neuralgia sore throat and body pain. Sven Hedin reports reaching Charkhblik China amid eastern unrest. Garfield Headache Powders tout safety and effectiveness from Brooklyn. Bank of England notes cost about a half-penny to print.
Advertises Putnam face less dyes as color per package sold by druggists for 10 cents. Mentions a clever butcher and Mrs Winston's Sovihting Syrup for teething gums and pain relief. Warns that hanging a hammock prompts swinging consequences.
A promotional note urges sending ten cents to S. F. B. Morse of the Southern Pacific Sunset Route in Houston for a Rice Cook Book with two hundred receipts. A railroad telegraph operator comments on the superstition around the number thirteen and train dispatchers avoiding issuing orders with that numeral. The final line notes the pickpocket must stay in contact with the public.
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