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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1941
Page
1
Entry notes Harper Herald mailing details and A C Wendel listed as advertising solicitor and collector for subscriptions, with second class matter status at the Harper Texas post office on February 25 1926 under the 1876 act.
Mr and Mrs Homer Lee Stevens, visiting Harper, were seen Monday. Mr and Mrs William Wolf from Roosevelt visited Mr and Mrs Fred Wedekind Monday evening.
Gillespie County farmers in the AAA program can obtain 85 percent of parity on 1941 cotton production loans. The national basic rate is 14.02 cents per pound for 78 inch middling cotton with a 16.49 cent parity as of August 1. Loans are available to producers within acreage allotments. those exceeding allotments face a 60 percent rate. Loans are issued by the Commodity Credit Corporation through approved lenders and supervised by county committees. Patronize Herald advertisers.
Mercantile National Bank plans a 30 story bank and office building at Main Commerce and Ervay Streets in Dallas. The Sidewalk Superintendents Club grows as 17 000 watch from a grandstand like deck with tickets and a registered guest book. The site fronts 200 by 120 feet on Ervay Main and Commerce totaling 24 000 square feet and a height of 481 feet with completion expected December 1942.
Gillespie County cotton farmers can insure 50 or 75 percent of average yield under the 1942 USDA program. Dorman D. Sell cites coverage for droughts boll weevils floods and diseases with premiums based on lint cotton. Indemnities: notes paid at maturity may be settled in cotton or cash. deductions apply if notes default. Also Miss Billie Gene Lennon visits grandmother Mrs H M Jones.
A brief note urges readers to patronize advertisers in the Herald and prioritize local merchants. The appeal highlights community ties and the role of ads in sustaining local journalism and services.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Ellebracht and their children visited Mrs Ida Kneese Sunday. Mrs J P Coppedge was a Kerrville visitor Monday. Defense Savings Bonds may be registered in the name of children as well as adults.
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