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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1940
Page
1
Public notice dated February 25 1926 states the post office in Harper Texas will publish as second class matter under the act of March 3 1876. The filing marks conform to postal regulations and controls.
At The Palace Theatre in Frederickaburg a double bill Friday and Saturday features Walter Pidgeon in The House the Bay as he pursues Joan with comic misdirection. The Kan sas Terrors and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington follow with Jean Arthur and James Stewart in a socially charged drama.
Mary Olive Locke, later Aunt Ollie Peril, celebrates her ninetieth birthday on October 6 1939 at her Gillespie county home between Harper and Kerrville. A former frontier schoolteacher who learned English with Mexican pupils, she cooked, milled, and tended fourteen cows and thirty nine hogs while raising a family near a spring a half mile from the house. Her life recounts a rugged post Civil War era of stockmen, rattlesnakes, and the hardy grit that shaped West Texas pioneer households.
In a witty romance, a town youth is unexpectedly appointed to the United States Senate. Miss Arthur plays the secretary who initially laughs at Stewart and Mr. Smith, then grows to support him as he meets dramatic consequences in the capital. A lively entertainment promise.
A unique film portrayal on Tuesday June 4 features Fiorian a white Lipizzan stallion born in Emperor Franz Joseph’s stables. The creature trained in drills and maneuvers earns applause while Robert Young portrays its devoted groom Sheehan owns one of six Lipizzans in America.
Merle Oberon and George Brent headline a poised romance on a trans Pacific luxury liner in 'Til We Meet Again. Supporting cast includes Pat O'Brien Geraldine Fitzgerald Binnie Barnes and Frank McHugh in this Wednesday June 5 showcase.
The management announces a repeat run of the motion picture Boys Town on Thursday and Friday June 7 and 8. Starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, the film drew mass appeal and will likely attract many who have already seen it.
County Agent L E Bailey cites six years of Texas Experiment Station tests at Beville showing higher grain yields from untopped corn. Average yield with no topping was 21.7 bushels per acre, while topping at various intervals or stripping leaves reduced yields by 8 to 29 percent. He concludes farmers waste time topping corn as fodder unless facing severe feed shortages.
Doctor Geo W Cox warns that public reliance on informal health advice leads to harm or death. He cites a case where oil given at a gathering worsened appendicitis, urging people to seek professional medical counsel and trust trained physicians for diagnosis and treatment.
The Social Security Board announced that 1,340 Texas residents were receiving monthly Old-Age Insurance payments as of March 31, 1940. Total distributions included 929 wage earners over 65 plus 110 aged wives and 82 children, with additional survivor and lump-sum payments noted.
The fragment alleges exemptions for employers under a 30 cent minimum wage and a 42 hour work week rule. No verifiable details or clear entities are present to confirm scope, date, or governing body.
Sunday evening in the Doss Lutheran Church Rev J M Bergner united Miss Estella Ellebracht and Walter Langehennig in marriage. Best man Walter Langehennig and maid of honor Nora Rusche supported the couple as a large gathering attended the ceremony. The newlyweds live in Doss with Estella's father Max Ellebracht. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Alonzo Langehennig of Cherry Mountain.
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