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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1954
Page
1
This Federal law based column urges individuals to maintain income and expense records for future tax calculations. It explains why receipts and cancelled checks support cost basis for property sales, capital improvements, gifts, and insurance proceeds, and warns to consult a qualified attorney for law interpretation.
Pauliat Festure Servies in Washington 17, D.C. argues Lent calls Christians to self control, comparing athletic drills to spiritual training. The piece urges discipline through renouncing selfish desires, embracing peace with God, and imitating Christ's humility and love.
Mrs Theo Moellendorf and her children of Doss spent Sunday with Mr Edwin Klein and Mrs Klein.
Mr and Mrs Maxie Baumann and children of Kerrville visited his mother Mrs Arthur Baumann and Junior Friday. Mr and Mrs John Hughes and daughter of Austin visited her parents Mr and Mrs Edwin Lang during the weekend. Mr and Mrs Edmund Meier of Kerrville moved to the Orvin Behrends home. Mr and Mrs Willie Meier attended church and visited relatives here Sunday. Subscribe to THE HERALD.
Mr and Mrs Robert Lehne and Linda Kay of San Antonio visited Mr and Mrs Alfred Lehne and Mr and Mrs Alfred Kramer Sunday evening and Sunday night.
Miss Bertha Lou Farris, a student at Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, visited relatives at Harper last week, signaling a social call amid her studies.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p m at Beckmann Funeral Flame for Mrs Christian Schaefer nee Anna Gellermann. She died March 1 at age 2 years 1 month 12 days and is survived by two daughters Amanda and Edna and son Harry with 14 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Interment was in City Cemetery.
A Texarkana robber jokes about taxes after stealing 222 dollars and leaving a note about it being deductible. A Gillespie County resident overpaid and asks for a refund. A Dallas listener sent a half completed return with an aspirin for the IRS. A Valley resident mails a tax form with a self stated owed amount. Internal Revenue agents humorous encounter with quirky bookkeeping ends with potential penalties.
West Texas livestock producers are urged not to reseed ranges unless at least 15 percent of native grasses remain. Deferred grazing and proper stocking are cheaper. May or June reseeding is advised with row sowing and rolling, seed cover, and no grazing first season. time and cost require patience.
High temperatures reach 98 degrees at Doss last Wednesday with 95 on Thursday. Dust storms push the weekly low to 26, hay fever sufferers suffer. The column notes weddings births military moves and local visits, including the Geistweidt-Johnson wedding, a returning patient, a March 13 birth, and various family visits around Temple and Kerrville.
Notices invite attendance at St Anthonys and a joined schedule of masses, sermons, and parish activities. Activities include youth study, stations, benediction, school of religion, choir rehearsals, and Sunday School with English and German divine worship. A cordial invitation to all.
The Methodist Church lists Rev J D Farmer as pastor. Services include praise and singing every Sunday with preaching on the first and third Sundays. No preaching on the second and fourth Sundays. WSCS meets twice a month on the first Thursday after the first and third Sundays.
For sale Good John Deere Model B tractor planter bed der and cultivator. Tractor 595 dollars planter bedder 175 dollars cultivator 130 dollars. Sold together 875 dollars. See it at Krauskopf Bros Fredericksburg. Mrs Leslie Wilson and child ren of Evant visited grandparents Rev and Mrs J D Farmer last week as Mrs C N Taylor underwent surgery in Keidel Memorial Hospital Wednesday morning.
Comfort Hatchery in Texas advertises day-old chicks and 2-4 week pullets of popular breeds including Large English White Leghorns Rhode Island Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Cockerels offered at 3.50 per 100 with birds sired by ROP Cockerell. Contact P O Box 368 Comfort Texas May 28.
Mrs Anita Thurman and her son Boyd attended the funeral of Mrs Frank Thurmanns sister at Willow City on Sunday. Mrs Alfred Kott of Kerrville was a dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Richard Manske and they visited Mr and Mrs Robert Dittmar and Mr and Mrs V A Hopf during their stay.
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