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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1941
Page
2
Miss Ruth Kline taught home safety focusing on preventing falls from clutter and stairs. She warned about lit candles, unsafe boxes, unsafe rugs on slick floors, and dangerous gas and electrical hazards while advising yearly equipment inspections and proper disposal of poisons.
Mrs Wallace Brown who had been in a Temple hospital for several weeks returned to her Harper home on Sunday. Max Lange made a business trip to Fredericksburg on Wednesday.
Elberta Martin advises frame gardens as a practical way to daily vegetables. Choose a protected southside plot 3 to 4 feet by 20 to 40 feet, build a 12 inch high frame, and add well rotted manure. Sub irrigation via tin cans or concrete in the center suits tight soil, while loose soil favors surface irrigation. Cover with wall canvas and secure ends, using blankets or sacks for cold nights. Rows 8 to 16 inches apart. replant after harvest to keep a steady spring supply.
Miss Martin guides Knopp 4-H members on selecting dress colors and outlines three garments to be made by Rally Day for a club pin. Attendees include Ruth Grobe Ottilie Kuhlmann Lorene Dora Leola Dietrich and the sponsor Mrs R A Klett. The report mentions 4 H club work and hemisphere goodwill via South and Central American aid.
Four Texas hunters were fined after ballistic tests linked bullets recovered from does to guns used by known wardens in the Hill Country. Three pleaded guilty and one was convicted after arrests across multiple sections. The season had closed without direct warden witness to the shootings.
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago argues the United States risks death by entering the European war. He criticizes Roosevelt’s intervention plans and says staying out of Europe and Asia best serves freedom from want and fear.
In colonial America brewsters, often women, made beer as a household art and profession. Sister Bradish was among the best known, with President Dunster of Harvard College praising her beer for its affordable penny-worth and relief to all who sought it.
The Texas Game Department reports at least fifty seven deer killed by motorists in Gillespie County in 1940. A Fredericksburg game warden notes four wild turkeys killed in the same period. Drivers face $20 to $30 in repair costs when hitting deer in deer heavy country.
The Stamp Plan operates this winter serving five million people and creating new markets for surplus farm crops worth more than $10,000,000 monthly.
An unclear report lists various 666 tablets or liquids with undefined names Saive Drepa Nese Drepa and suggests they relieve coli symptoms. The fragment lacks dates places or authoritative sources.
We thank Rev. T. H. Alcorn for kindness and condolences and all who helped us after the death of our baby and grandbaby. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Duderstadt Mrs. Will Whitworth and Irene of the Noxville community were visitors in Harper Tuesday. Miss Ricky Metzger of Marble Falls visited Harper Sunday.
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