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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1951
Page
3
A game department exhibit draws crowds as wardens showcase a wash rack and discuss cattle grub treatment. Hilmar Klinksiek of Luckenbach, in Stonewall, pins a bale of cotton at Eckerts Gin weighing 524 pounds and hopes to harvest three or more bales from his Ik acres planted.
A 1940 Plymouth sedan was demolished after a sideswipe by a bob-tail Dodge truck on U S 87 twelve miles outside Fredericksburg. Beulah Brown of Miami Dade Florida, 51, died likely instantly. The truck driver Angelo DiFalco, en route to Lubbock, and a separate car were involved as law officers noted. Justice of the Peace Chamberlain filed an accidental death verdict.
Observations by Charles A. Stone county agent note rainfall over the weekend with reports of 26 to 30 inches across ranches. The rain is expected to improve subsoil moisture after years of drought harming cattle sheep goats and crops.
Representative O C Fisher praised the 63rd Gillespie County Fair for its fine exhibition of well bred animals. He noted the strong Agricultural display in adverse conditions, highlighting the Suffolk ewe judged by Kerrville teacher Bill Oliver and the Trans Pecos Ranch entry owned by Horace Edwards.
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