This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1952
Page
6
An international group of church leaders and theologians will meet August 15 to 28 in Lund Sweden for the World Conference on Faith and Order. Sponsored by the World Council of Churches the event aims to address divisions in belief and structure among Christian churches and seek closer agreement.
A historical defense of investor owned electric and gas industries argues against federal expansion and nationalized power schemes. It warns of overreach by REA funded projects and basin control, urging local control, efficiency, and non discrimination. The piece cites large expenditures, the debt burden, and calls for information campaigns within service areas. It ends with church fundraising notes unrelated to the main topic.
About 500 CyYO members from across the Archdiocese of San Antonio attended the annual Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Youth convention at Incarnate Word High School. The event featured Holy Mass, a 9:30 general assembly, remarks by Mayor Sam Bell Steves, sectional meetings, officer elections, reports, a 4 p.m. executive board session, and a concluding 8 p.m. social with Bobby Klein and his orchestra.
Gov Allan Shivers, en route to the National Democratic convention, says opponents blame him for issues from a potato shortage to a polio scare. He warns voters the mudslinging will intensify while he’s out of state and urges Texans to condemn such campaigns at the polls Saturday.
In a devotional note dated Sunday July 27, the writer reflects on honoring home life as bulwark of civilization. It cites Isaac’s altar and tent symbolizing worship and obedience and urges reverence to God and family, asking for pure hearts and hollowed homes where all honor each other and daily reverence is kept. The piece ends with a closing prayer and a thought: true religion is life and doing good.
A tombstone inscription warns visitors that the deceased once was as they are now and will die, with a pencil postscript lamenting the desire to know which path the living took. The text also touches on drought farming advice, chest X-ray surveys in Texas, a Kingsville family visiting Harper, and an ad for furniture repair in Fredericksburg.
The Harpie Herald announces candidates for election or re election subject to the 1952 November General Election.
Church notices from Harper area list Mass times at St. Anthony s and worship services at Harper Presbyterian with sermon topics and youth programs. Also included are farm sales for Rambouillet rams and an 8 ft windmill for sale near Harper Texas plus bakery job ad in Fredericksburg.
Rev W J Goerner leads Sunday worship on July 27 seventh Sunday after Trinity at 10 30 a m Divine Worship. Sunday School and Bible Class at 9 30 a m Luther League meeting at 7 30 p m. A cordial invitation to all worshippers.
Governor Allan Shivers urged modifying or repealing Texas auto inspection rules. He argued red tape causes highway deaths and pledged ideas to simplify the law, noting its 117 to 12 House and 19 to 9 Senate votes and claimed it would save more than 200 lives yearly.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.