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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1941
Page
1
A fragment mentions a Harper Texas office, a 1996 date, and a referenced act 8 21076. A. C. Wendel is cited as the authorized party in this notice.
At the Palace Theatre Fredericksburg presents a double bill Friday and Saturday January 24 25 featuring East of the River a John Garfield led drama of New York slums and Mama Raviola raising two sons. Pony Post stars Johnny Mack Brown with Fuzzy Knight in a Western about Indians crooks a murder and a gunfight finale.
A wind swept melodrama titled Youll Find Out stars Kay Kyser and his famous band with the College of Musical Knowledge. The plot unfolds in a gloomy mansion on a stormy night inspired by Hollywoods top icons.
A 1938 era note notes Kay Kyser and his troupe in a lively musical romp combining flirtation and danger. Peter Lorre Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi headline a plot about a debutante Helen Parrish and her money, with Alma Kruger as controlling aunt and Dennis O Keefe as the hero.
W C Fields delivers broad comic witticisms in The Bank Dick shown Tuesday January 2. The film features Cora Witherspoon Una Merkel and a Keystone Kops style chase likely to thrill audiences.
Robert Taylor stars with Ruth Hussey and Walter Pidgeon in a naval aviation romance set at North Island. A Pensacola trainee faces a baptism of fire amid daring flyers, with power dives, parachute jumps, and dramatic carrier landings captured by in-flight cameras.
Sgt Theodor von Essen of Kerrville reports five Gillespie County youths enlisted in the U S Army last week. Vernon R Moehle attends Kelley Field. Frank P Schaper, Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston. Willie H Wahl Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston. Hugo Henke. Meenan W Ottmers Medical Department at Fort Sam Houston. Vacancies exist at many stations as volunteers are accepted.
Ruth Kline outlines Gillespie County Public Health Nursing Service progress from its April 1940 start. Highlights include diphtheria and smallpox visits, conferences, lectures, maternity services, school health programs, water testing, immunization drive plans, Red Cross activities, and community health education efforts across Gillespie County. The report credits local leaders, medical groups, and the State Public Health Nursing Supervisor for support.
E R Eudaly of Texas A and M Extension says 38 000 silos in Texas end 1940 store about 4 294 135 tons of silage enough to feed about 2 000 000 cattle for 143 days. Silage feeds beef sheep horses and even chickens with grains sorghums corn grasses and odd scraps. Trench silos are described as feed insurance stabilizing the livestock industry.
The Texas Game Department warns that Kimble and Limestone counties have a closed fishing season from January 1 to May 1, ahead of the normal March to April closure. Ten other Texas counties maintain a longer closed period. Prohibited in March May in Bandera Kerr Edwards Real Sutton Mason Menard Blanco Kendall Gillespie. Kimble extends catfish protection longer.
John van Guilde explains how his family plans two story ideas for Ann and Jack, sketches six to eight pictures per story, and alternates modeling roles. They stage simple, connected scenes like baking biscuits and daily activities, inviting a neighbor child sometimes, to create cohesive photo narratives.
Robert E. Pent Wool Top Manufacturing Co begins setup in the former Moore Grocery building as machinery is installed. Pent, its founder, arrives from Pennsylvania with family to run the plant that will produce fine worsted yarns from long fibers. Texas has produced more oil than Pennsylvania.
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