Harper Holiday Visitors Mention Familial Returns
Mrs. Fred Bierschwale and children visit Mrs. Stovall in Stonewall this week. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ceiter of Austin visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Floyd during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Walter McDougall and family of Fredericksburg visit relatives in Harper. Mrs. Teresa Tobin spends the holidays in San Antonio with family. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moore of Grand Falls visit Harper relatives. A snow blanket covers Harper for two hours on Christmas morning.
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Fred Bierschwale
Wilbur Ceiter
Austin
F. M. Floyd
Walter McDougall
Fredericksburg
Harper Wedness
Teresa Tobin
San Antonio
Roy Roberts
Marvin Tobin
Harper
Joe Moore
Grand Falls
Garner's antiwar stance shaped US attitude before WWI
Washington notes say Vice President Garner influenced a public shift toward staying out of Europe’s war. He urged lawmakers to declare resolve to remain neutral, while backing war in 1917 for family reasons and serving as Wilson's liaison on major bond drives and neutrality safeguards.
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Washington, D. C
John Nance Garner
Garner
Washinon
Congress
United States
Europe
England
France
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Marquis James
Texas
Tully
Mr. Garner
Ways and Means Committee
President Wilson
House of Representatives
Wilson
Belgium
Birth registration rules shift for 1939 records in 1940
The Bureau of Vital Statistics notes 1939 births must reach the bureau by January 10 1940 or go through Probate Court, changing prior practice of accepting early 1940 certificates. Probate registration costs about $2 per birth, with certificates available after February 1 1940. Also mentions family holiday visit details with the Wolfmueller and Schultz families.
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Bureau of Vital Statistics
Department of Health
Mrs Walter Harper Visits with Mr Gordon Harper Event
Mrs Walter Harper visited with Mr Gordon Harper and Mrs Gordon Harper, described as a social call noted in local society records. The brief item records a friendly gathering at an unspecified time.
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