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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1954
Page
7
A House Agriculture Committee study shows farm prices for wheat milk and cotton have fallen or stayed low while retail food prices rose modestly. In 1951 to 1954 farm prices dropped, yet bread and dairy costs rose. a shirt’s cotton value is small relative to its price, and most consumer food dollars go to domestically produced items with a share from imports.
Attorney General John Ben Shepperd rules that former service members who served within 18 months or are on extended active duty in any reserve component, draftees, National Guard, or Merchant Marine may vote in the August 28 runoff without poll tax payment. The Texas Constitution bans regular military voting. eligible voters need not show poll tax receipt with absentee ballot application, but may be asked to declare military status.
Two Gillespians join a group leaving to take medical physicals in San Antonio on August 24. From Gillespie County: Curtis A. Hahne Elmer R. Wahrmund. From Blanco County: Roy W. Bruemmer Warren J. Stanton Erwin E. Sultemeier Alfred Ulrich. From Kendall County: Ralph G. Flach.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Kramer and sons visited Mr and Mrs Milton Kramer of Petersburg Sunday. Albert Black appointed fifth grade teacher at Katy School near Houston. Mr and Mrs Hans Wachhals hosted barbecue supper for Alfred Moellendorf A C Moellendorf James Moellendorf Ernest Hoffmann Edgar Ellebracht Alex Jenschke Robert Maurer Albert Moellendorf. Sunday visitors at Mrs Pete Roeder included Jackie of Dallas Henry Maurer Gertrude Robert Maurer Willie Maurer Max Meurer Max Grona. Henry Maurer and Robert Maurer attended dinner at Mrs Pete Roeder in Fredericksburg. Farmers receive 44 cents of each dollar. 30 cents cover tractors trucks plows gasoline fertilizers and supplies leaving 14 cents for the housewife.
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