Harper Herald notice of publication and mailing details
The Harper Herald, published Fridays in Harper Texas, notes a subscription rate of 1.50 per year and lists Bareid Diesel as owner. It states postal publication at Harper and designates Mrs C W Granville as authorized advertising solicitors and subscription collectors. The paper is dated February 25 1926 and filed under act of March 3 1876.
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Harper
Texas
C. W. Granville
Harper Herald
Roy Rogers at The Palace Yass Fredericksburg Show
At The Palace Yass Theatre Fredericksburg presents Roy Rogers with Gabby Hayes in The Ghost Comes Home on a double bill with Frank Morgan. Billie plays the wife and Ann herford, the daughter, in a lighthearted program promising local town tribulations and humor.
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Roy Rogers
George
Gabby” Hayes
Frank Morgan
Eavereay
Morgan
Billie
Ann Herford
Starcke Named General Manager of LCRA Project
Former Seguin mayor Max Starcke appointed general manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority succeeding Clarence McDonough. Starcke will oversee flood control water conservation and low-cost power distribution, directing the authority's complete operation from Austin, with 67 Central Texas cities and hundreds of rural customers already served.
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Austin
Max Starcke
Lower
Colorado River Authority
C. S. Pennington
Starcke
Seguin
Clarence McDonough
L.C.R.A
McDonough
Texas
Colorado
South Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas League of Municipalities
Lowef
Sueree
Ity
Edison The Man at Palacette This Week
Spencer Tracy stars in Edison The Man in a real life role at age twenty two. The film covers the early life of Thomas Edison and his inventive struggle as it plays over Sunday and Monday.
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Edison
Palacette
Spencer Tracy
It All Came True and The Grapes of Wrath on Tour
A film program features Warner Bros. It All Came True with Ann Sheridan Jeffry Lynn Humphrey Bogart and Zazu Pitts on Tuesday May 21. Also The Grapes of Wrath starring Henry Fonda Jane Darwell John Carradine and Charley Grapewine plays Wednesday and Thursday May 22 and 23.
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Warner Bros
Fiery Ann
Oomph
Sheridan
Jeffry Lynn
Humphrey Bogart
Zazu Pitts
Henry Fonda
Jane Darwell
John Carradine
Charley Grapewine
Texas oilmen drill 75 tests to under ten thousand feet
Texas oilmen completed seventy five oil tests to depths below 10000 feet with forty two of them drilled in the previous year. Strong activity marks the state’s drilling program as operators pursue deeper prospects and potential new wells.
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Texas Oilmen
Rural Telephone Franchises Discussed at Gillespie Court
Gillespie County commissioners heard a rural telephone franchise issue with Gillespie Rural Telephone Association and United Telephone Co officials. County Attorney Stehling to give legal opinion on franchise legality. court also approved welfare aid and road fund allocations.
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Commissioners Apperat Co. Attorney For Opinion
Gillespie County Rural Telephone Association
United Telephone Company
Milliger
Telephone Company
Fredericksburg
Alfred Petach x
Telepone
Henry King
Arthur Stehling
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
Gillespie County Commissioners Court
Gillespie County Rural
Commissioners Court
R. Nixon
Ben Thomas
Harper
Gillespie County
Board of County & District Road
State Highway Department
Court House & Jail
County of
Mattress Making Program Promotes Cotton Use
Congressman Charles L. South highlighted a Department of Agriculture mattress making program in Washington aimed at cutting cotton surpluses by teaching fawn families to craft mattresses from locally produced cotton. The Jones family in Brown County demonstrated the process with help from Miss Mayeste Malone from April 29 through May 7, drawing South’s praise and plans to involve the U S Botanic Garden for decorations.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Charles L. South
Rep. South
Department of Agriculture Administration
Charles W. Jones
Brown County
Joneses
Mayeste Malone
South
U. S. Botanic Garden
Congress
Mrs Peter Tatsch Born in Germany in 1852 Passes Away in 1940
Mrs Peter Tatsch born Juliana Baethge in Germany on September 21 1852 came to America in 1854 and died May 14 1940 at age 87 years 7 months 28 days Her husband Peter Tatsch is deceased Surviving children include Ferdinand Edmund Emil Reinhold Lina Dina Anna and other relatives
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Peter Tatsch
Juliana Baethge
Germany
Heinrich Baethge
America
Ferdinand
Edmund
Emil
Reinhold Tatech
Lina
Henry Ahrens
Dina
Walter Schaper
Anna
Mre
Henry
Old Age Pensions for Persons Over 60 Proposed
Washington committee of the House Unemployment Conference urges a national old age annuity system. The Social Security and Old Age Pensions Panel backs pay as you go financing and benefits for all citizens over 60. The plan calls for broad taxes and no state disparities, aiming to boost consumer power and economic recovery.
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Washington, D. C
House
Social Security
Social Security and
Frankb. Keefe
Rep
Wis
Homer D. Angell
Oregon
Franck R. Havenner
Calif
Gerald W. Landis
Indiana
Martin Smith
Wash
John H. Tolan
Jerry Voorhis
R. T. Buckler
Farmer-Labor
Min
Social Security Board
House Conference On
House of Representatives
Karl Mundt
John Murdock
Ariz
Texas petroleum tax contribution rising in state revenue
The Texas petroleum industry now pays 45 percent of all state taxes, exclusive of sales taxes like the gasoline tax borne by consumers, highlighting its heavy fiscal role in state revenue.
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Onova
Texas Petroleum Properties
Texas
A Pair of Champions Pace Car Gift to Wilbur Shaw
Wilbur Shaw receives a Studebaker Champion coupe from Geo. D. Keller and will use it as his official car until Indianapolis Day. He hopes the Champion sedan paced the race and awarded to the winner, fueling the bid for a victory.
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Wilbur Shaw
America
Studebaker
Geo. D. Keller
Wilbur
Indianapolis
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Pr. Leon F. Zwiener Optometrist
Dorn
Frederickaburg
Rudolph Stehling
Kerrville
Yass Theatre
Lcra Project
New York City
ERT Blum
Texaco
Bill’s Lunch Room
Rad
Weol & Mehair
Lechte Storage & Commission Co
J. Np. A
Wedekind’s
Colorado River
F. A. Bracher
Beckmann
Zions Church
H. Welge Lewis
Tas
Lane Frederickaburg
Pete
Kak Olaf
Woerner Warehouse
Erwin Woerner
Sinclair Gas and Oils
Milton Petermann
Mgr
Fredericksburg, Texas
Mel Ja
Uf Tod
Eleas Cafe
Feat
Alex Mittendorf
Aermotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Bos
Lochte
C CO
Sanst Lochte
Felix Nrima
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