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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1944
Page
4
One year subscription price two dollars. Six months one dollar twenty five cents. Second class mail at Alpine Texas under the act of March 5 140. Post Office box address appears in the notice.
The Grange advocates government by the people through free schools religion and speech. It stresses participation to ensure a balanced democracy, warning that low turnout risks minority rule and calls for Grange committees to mobilize every eligible voter. John D Rockefeller Jr is quoted on labor and capital relations.
Texas voters face two constitutional amendments on the November ballot. One expands county fund flexibility for six years, reallocating revenue within existing caps to fund public improvements and postwar needs. The other involves public employee pension provisions. Advocates urge informed voting beyond personality politics, noting regional impact especially in populous counties and the need to avoid postwar funding straitjackets.
The Census Bureau tallies show marriage licenses in 91 cities dipped 8.1 percent through August versus 1948, with June down 14.1 percent as draft calls rose. Detroit issued far more licenses than Philadelphia, highlighting contrasting city dynamics. Kansas City Kansas up 140.9 percent, Kansas City Missouri down 63.1 percent. The wartime context and looming drafts appear to affect nuptials, though couples still wed to cling to stability amid upheaval.
A playful exchange mockingly centers on professional advice for running a newspaper. The Editor dismisses the request, suggesting to ask a subscriber, while a man notes Jones has a fine voice, and a friend jokes about cultivating it, saying he irritates it often.
A week summary from the Los Angeles Union Stock Yards reports a one day record run of 6356 head and weekly total near 12 000, with cows and heifers under bearish pressure. Slaughter cattle show $5 to $7 thin cows, $8.50 to $12.75 for medium to good, and several loads of Northern cows at $12.25 to $12.75. Grass and short fed heifers sold about $11 to $13.50, bulls steady to firmer, calves weak by 50 cents to $1, with best slaughter calves up to $14 early, then $13.25. Top beef steers reached $15.75 with broader fed steer activity.
A light exchange turns comic as a rummage sale hat is allegedly sold for 35 cents and a couple recounts travel abroad. He confesses he has never left the United States, while she recalls experiences in Asia including Turkey India and Japan with fond memories of pagodas and dinners.
An old Negro woman joins a night school to write her name and learns it. She repeats enrollment next year, explaining she has married since then. In Regina Canada, Mr. B. C. Strawberry and Miss Saskatchewan Cream announced their engagement.
A garbled ad style text discusses human ailments and a claim that blood chemistry proves pains can be eliminated by correcting ph in the body. Mentions a drug retailer and “druggiest” without clear details or verifiable facts.
Yeinds down to 9.78. Stocker and feeder demand fair, prices well maintained. One load of 973 lb near beef type feeders solid at 13.78 and other loads of good well fleshed feeders at 12.50 to 13.25. Stockers and feeders mostly 0.50 to 12, common grants down to 8.50 and under. Sheep and lambs stationary, good and choice lambs 13.50 to 14, slaughter ewes 4 to 4.75.
The statement notes pullets yield better production than older birds, recommending the flock composition target of sixty percent pullets to optimize laying output.
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