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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1938
Page
4
A fragment notes land or property action in Alpine Texas under the Act of Congress dated March 3. Details are incomplete but indicate a legal proceeding or sale governed by federal authorization.
A National Board of Fire Underwriters leaflet warns that fires devastate homes every two minutes and offers a free guide listing 31 hazards from unprotected steam pipes to improper storage of inflammables. The piece stresses home safety as preventable with little cost, noting two thirds of fire deaths occur in dwellings, 30 percent of which involve children under ten, and urges readers to consider if prevention is worthwhile.
The article notes a pattern where Presidents elected at twenty year intervals have died in office. It cites Harrison Lincoln Garfield McKinley Harding and Taylor as examples, detailing their terms and causes of death to suggest a recurring fateful cycle.
About 700 people attended a recent dinner in Cayce Kentucky to honor the brave engineer Casey Jones and contributed 200 dollars to a memorial fund. The amount may not cover a tablet bearing a picture of the Cannonball Locomotive Old 382. The Casey Jones ballad remains a treasure of American love.
A fragment notes that certain individuals leave a lasting imprint on time, described as a simple 1.0. U. approach. The terse remark hints at minimal influence shaping a period.
Tennis great Helen Wills Moody plans a four week lecture tour this fall focusing on sports and daily life. She will continue to play tennis as an amateur when possible while pursuing painting and exhibit activity begun in 1931.
Babe Ruth remains the all time leading home run hitter with 60 homers in 1927. Hank Greenberg came close this season to tying Ruths record, finishing two short of a tie. Ruth also hit 59 in 1921, a single season record until surpassed in 1927. Pitching feats included Vander Meers two straight no hit no run games. Bob Feller set a new single game strikeout mark with 18, aided by Chet Laabs who struck out five times as Cleveland beat Detroit 4 to 0.
A lecturer cites famed figures such as Darwin Newton Sheridan Scott Wellington Cromwell Napoleon and Grant to show that early dullness does not predict ultimate achievement. The talk highlights how Brains and careers diverge, noting Grant rose from clerk to U S president after a slow start.
Demonstrated at Avalanche Cooking School Star In My Kitchen Oct 6 7 8. Use Pillsbury flour salt Spry and water to form a flakey single crust pie shell. Mix cut in fat until pea to navy bean size. Add water until just moistened and press into a ball. Do not overwork dough.
Instructions describe peeling bananas, dipping in lemon juice and shredded coconut, then baking 400 F for 15 to 20 minutes with fruit sauce. Also includes a banana tea bread recipe with flour, soda, cream of tartar, salt, sugar, eggs, mashed bananas, and mixing steps. A concluding note comments on encouraging low achieving students without implying future brilliance.
A mixed recipe passage describes preparing a lemon glaze with cornstarch, water, sugar, and lemon juice, then cooking in a double boiler until thick. It continues with folding into beaten egg yolks, lemon rind, and butter, then cooling and pouring into a baked pie shell. The meringue is beaten with sugar and lemon juice, then spread over the filling and baked at 325 F for about 20 minutes.
College student Bill Densford is described as an experienced typewriter and adding machine mechanic living in campus cottage No. 7. Temporary listing Avonlache appears. Mrs. Zora Shrigley of Oklahoma City files for divorce citing no work ethic and staying at home to talk puppy love.
A quip filled vignette features a beauty shop joke teller and a nurse sight gag. A doctor patient bit plays on sounds while an athlete boasts of repeated injuries and a girlfriend doles out advice about a nose in public.
Two men listened to the Hill-Billy band on the radio as the program shifted to a dance orchestra playing When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain. One urged turning it off saying he never cared for grand opera.
A factory worker's daughter named Rachel explains to a teacher that there are only two seasons in life for her: slack and busy. The exchange shows the contrast between work and downtime in their environment.
A negro preacher explains the Bible line And darkness fell on de face ob de earth in humorous slang. He says darkness mussed the earths face ruined its form and disjinted its void, prompting audience questions from front-row followers.
Smith takes a guest home to dinner and his wife forbids offering sherry. He forgets the rule and faces a domestic rebuke as the home conflict unfolds in a brief anecdotal item.
Public notices promote Black-Draught laxative with claims of natural digestion and daily waste elimination. It targets both men and women, urging readers to keep it on hand and use at first sign of constipation.
A dinner guest is coaxed to drink sherry by a host named Smith who denies the claim when the guest refuses. After the guest leaves, Mrs. Smith reveals she was the one nudging the host to stop, and the host corrects that it was not he who kicked. The brief ends with a playful twist.
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