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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1941
Page
2
Marathon residents travel to Alpine and San Angelo for family news and medical updates. Local births, marriages, and freelance trips fill the week. Shippment notes report sheep and cattle moving to California. Rain totals rise in Longfellow as the community gathers for church, social and missionary events.
A reader suggests mailing The Avalanche at a rate of $1.00 per year to provide weekly entertainment. Address City and State for subscription details.
Muskogee citizens who gathered for the weekly council meeting reconsidered a proposed 25 cent monthly toilet seat tax amid interest in a nickel parking meter substitute. The report notes guests Mrs Frank Dorward and Mire Shoemake, plus local remarks on fall events, graduations, and school activities. Wade Mae Roberts wed Jack Todd in Ft Stockton on Sept 22.
The Pacemaker staff at the University of Texas Daily Texan maintains a nightly routine to prepare the front page. Six night editors oversee headlines and decide banner placement while volunteers assist. Dick Burcham from Alpine starts the year as telegraph editor, reading and editing wire copy for the Texan.
The Texas Health Department outlined county efforts to prevent communicable diseases. Dr Geo W Cox said Brewster County received vaccines and lab services worth 390 dollars in 1940, illustrating 12 organized county-level programs. Other services include vital statistics, venereal disease control, nursing, maternal and child health, and more.
The Buzzard on Rail brand, registered by H. T. Collier in 1876 in Reeves County, figures in Texan cattle lore. Collier, from Pecos, joined Hack Knife outfit by 1884, tending 4,000 branded cattle. by 1936 the second Collier led about 3,000 with this historic mark. The Texas Historical Memorial Museum Pioneer Room displays several unique brand irons.
State Department of Health operates on a state appropriation of four cents per person totaling 289.16 for the county. Compared with the return from a single division, Texans receive far more health protection than they pay for.
Miss Annie Cook of Austin, Texas, after more than three decades of lobbying, claims the state owes her money. She says the University of Texas forced the closure of a correspondence school she operated.
An advertisement from Alpine 2 drug Store promoting ADLA Tablets Bismuth and Cartonates for quick relief from indigestion heartburn and sour stomach after meals. The message emphasizes seeking relief through a pharmacist.
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