27 Sep 1923
Page 1
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1923
Page
1
The Texas Commercial News argues that spending at home helps, but only partly, since much of consumer money still leaves the town for mail order goods. It urges local banks and businesses to favor home printing and reciprocity, noting editors remain loyal to community and resist mail order catalogs.
Mrs. W. B. Hamilton donated a collection of 26 varieties of homegrown canned goods to the Chamber of Commerce. The display includes peppers tomatoes apples pears grapes jams picks and jellies made from garden produce. The piece notes Alpine residents store surplus fruit and vegetables and suggests a community exhibit.
Texas Farm and Ranch argues against a special congressional session to fix wheat prices and government purchases. It warns that more federal control erodes state rights, individual liberty, and fiscal responsibility, urging farmers to manage their own affairs and resist paternalistic policy.
Advertises Globe Blackleg Vaccine claiming lifetime immunity as the standard of the world. Describes Kansas germ free vaccine and a Texas product. Sold by Alpine Drug Store with contact details for purchase.
A committee of junior women at the University of Texas has prepared a freshman bulletin detailing campus life for first year women. Miss Edna McDaniel, freshman dean, says copies will be given at registration in September and hopes the system helps new students adjust. A rental ad and a tutoring offer follow, listing a four room house for rent and Miss Ruth Jenkins offering expression lessons at the Lackey Old Place with weekly class and private sessions.
The Dallas News notes Texas seeks Santa Anna's wooden leg said to be in the Illinois State Museum, linked to 1847 Cerro Gordo. Local lore in Williamson County recalls Capt. Rutledge's South Carolina company capturing the limb, with kin in San Angelo and Floydada asked to verify the tale. The column also lists a Pine Bluff Pine? For sale.property ad at Alpine.
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