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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1939
Page
5
A guided reflection on shifting from negative mental states to a 100 percent positive mindset. It urges introspection of habitual thoughts, identifying fears and limitations, then using concrete positive images to shape future outcomes and personal happiness.
The Gillespie County Teachers Association schedules its next meeting at Fredericksburg High School Auditorium on February 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. Thomas R. Portwood will speak on Can Education be Scientific, with Miss Myrtle L. Tanner delivering greetings from the Texas Department of Education.
The article profiles Dr. Burton Yuill, a London University medical graduate serving 225 Newfoundland villages by motor boat. He performs surgeries on improvised tables with minimal aid, treats over 1500 patients during influenza outbreaks, and often works for free for fisherfolk who cannot pay. He also distributes books and magazines to settlements along icy coastlines.
Knopp women meet at Mrs R A Klett home on January seventeenth plan a hotbed project. Miss Cornelia Faye Stewart leads lessons on building a hotbed and four inch soil cover. Ten new members join and elect Ad Lucas president with Erwin Durst as vice president and Max Kunz as secretary. Louise Kramer reports. A sky writer novelty features Mrs Walter Liebman aiding her husband candidate for Congress.
Nelson Eddy, baritone star of stage and screen, begins his 1939 concert tour at the San Antonio Auditorium on Friday night February 10. The program features arias and selections from his screen roles, with works by Handel Brahms Schumann Beethoven Gounod Saint Saens Tschaikowsky and Rachmaninoff. Eddy will perform in Texas and along the East Coast before a Havana Boston and Philadelphia run and a Metropolitan Opera House engagement in April.
A four room frame house on Kerr County land serves Schreiner Institute as farm housing and a dairy operation. Five students, four from rural homes and Tad Mikosovsky, work in the dairy to fund part of their college expenses. They wake at 6 00 a m, milk about 86 Jerseys and Holsteins, and end days at taps. The school uses the site to produce milks and feed, aiding student employment while not an agricultural college. President Dr J J Delanes promotes work opportunities for willing students.
Activities at Stonewall 4 H clubs include shrub cuttings bed setup with fertilizer and sand, winter frame garden construction, and etiquette lessons. Members and leaders, such as Mrs Alf rising berger and Mrs Haas, participated in demonstrations, roll calls, and recreational programs at homes and county events.
Cherry Mountain Home Demonstration club met January 20 at Mrs Alfred Moellering’s home. The program opened with a short play, then a discussion on score cards. A vote approved the topic. Members brought shrubs for a 4 by 18 foot cutting bed prepared with fertilizer and sand, then watered and covered with straw.
Mr and Mrs Allen Gibson were seen trading in town Tuesday with exchanges noted by local witnesses. The event highlights a routine market day activity and community transactions expected to continue.
Miss Ruth Collins is described as the world’s foremost lady jailer. Her domain is the Women’s Movie of Detention in New York, highlighting her unique role and prominence in the field.
Mrs Joseph Eli Goodbar president of the National Federation of Press Women suggests omitting the word sex in future unemployment censuses. W H Fairchild is noted as ill this week with a sick list entry.
Gene Cox a 13 year old daughter of Representative E E Cox of Georgia becomes the first girl to win a job as a congressional page in the House She proves adept as a welder and pages during a session in Washington D C
Chicago redeploys leisure spaces to keep youth busy. Ice rinks on 200 vacant lots and 600 playgrounds added alongside indoor games aim to reduce crime through recreation. Officials argue play programs can replace police and jail rhetoric, with support from the National Sports Council.
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