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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1939
Page
4
Rditor and Manager Fort Davis Correspondent Marathon Correspondent subscription price listed. One year costs $2006 months outside county $1.25. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office in Alpine Texas under the act of Congress of March 3 1879.
An exposition on American neutrality amid renewed European conflict, urging practical mobilization and unified action. It notes a one-man wartime state potential and argues for preserving liberty and representative government. Also listed are September anniversaries and a regional look at hidden taxes 2 billion dollar annual bill with 63 percent hidden taxes.
A Winnetka resort on Lake Michigan near Chicago described as a long standing, highly popular health retreat for Southerners during oppressive summers, has completed extensive redecorating and furnishing and added new equipment for the fall season. The North Shore Health Resort, famous for baths and massage, emphasizes cool lake breezes and invigorating nights as guests return each autumn.
The Chesapeake and Delaware canal project features a rapid footbridge construction by the First Engineers, U S Army. Dallam L. Schley, chief of engineers, witnesses the完成 bridge as troops stand nearby.
A court reading opens with a widow listening as a will bequeaths property including “my pants” to his wife. A series of humorous vignettes follows: a poor-eyed man buys spectacles, a real estate pitch about stones and proximity to a railroad, a farmer awaiting a card from Aunt Fenny, and an English class comedy with a dramatic poetry assignment.
The Avalanche thanks readers for renewals and new subscriptions as families and students join the honor roll. A home delivery offer runs to June 1, 1940 for 125 dollars, with many Alpine and nearby names listed among contributors and supporters. A humorous parrot tale closes the item.
In St Stephens New Brunswick the hotel cat Minnie is fond of going to the movies and her favorite character appears to be Mickey Mouse.
Legal notice describing a 20 acre tract in Brewster County Texas leased to KE Mosley since 1928 and levied upon as the property of B D Isbell et al. The sale is set for the first Tuesday in October 1939 at the Brewster County Courthouse in Alpine Texas for cash under a court execution.
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