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Newspaper

Harper Herald

Location

Harper, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1939

Page

5

Eat vegetables all winter urged in Texas extension notice

In College Station on November 6 Jennie Camp of the Texas A&M College Extension Service urges use of green vegetables to prevent weak blood in children after winter. She recommends frame gardens for quick maturing greens and advises soaking seeds overnight to speed germination. The piece also notes local social items and a Chevrolet delivery to Mr. Allen Gibson.

College Station Jennie Camp As and M. College Extension Texas

Kerrville Visitors Call on Local Residents Sunday

Mr and Mrs Ed McDougall and Mrs John Gibson of Kerrville visited Mr and Mrs B Markwortt on Sunday.

Ed. McDougall John Gibson Kerrville B. Markwortt

Garner's Influence Drives Neutrality Bill Support

The San Angelo Times notes John Nance Garner shapes Senate passage of the cash and carry neutrality measure and rallies House support. It highlights his leadership with old cronies, appeal to freshmen, and belief in broad executive freedom and international law over congressional limits.

John Nance Garner Senate Congress Garner House Roosevelt White House San Angelo

Not in Stuck Customer Exchanges Banter at Feed Store

A humorous exchange shows a customer asking for hog shorts and a clerk retorts about brassieres for cows, highlighting a poke at agricultural stereotypes in a rural setting. The line captures a light moment of farmer humor from an exchange likely from a period newspaper.

Frugal Woes Mention Neighbors in Domestic Banter

A husband laments their finances and wonders why they cannot save. His wife blames the neighbors for ongoing activities they cannot afford, framing the money strain as neighborly influence.

Food stamp program could boost purchase of fresh foods

Texas extension service cites C W Hauck study from Ohio State University showing relief clients spend extra stamp funds mainly on dairy eggs fruits and vegetables. If nationwide relief users joined the plan buying power would rise about 20.8 dollars per person yearly and trigger large increases in butter eggs wheat corn rice beans prunes and fresh produce.

College Station Texas A. and M. Extension Service C. W. Hauck Ohio State Universty U. S. Department of Agriculture Hauck United State

Conductor Quells Ranting Passenger With Mount Vernon Quip

A rail car scene shows a passenger warning the conductor that a man claiming to be George Washington is frightening his family. The conductor replies with a Mount Vernon joke as he takes charge. A political debate echoes calls to curb radicalism and fascism.

George Washington Mount Vernon

Barber's blunt take on bald heads in modern fairy tale

A quirky fairy tale scene has a barber telling a nervous client that hair tests won’t help. He bluntly declares baldness is bald and unchangeable, delivering a dry, humorous verdict. The exchange satirizes self help solutions and vanity.

Indecisive Visitor Seeks Age Insight in Quiet Exchange

A visitor asks Bobbie about age and Bobbie replies being at the awkward stage. The visitor questions the label while Bobbie notes being too old to cry and too young to swear.

Bobbie

Long Distance Hearing Testimony Claimed in Patent Medicine Prize

A testimonial received by a patent medicine concern reports nine years of total deafness followed by hearing after ten days using the ear salve. The claim is presented as a reader letter in the L. & N. Employees' Magazine with a Nebraska connection.

Nebraska L. & N. Employes

Regular preacher fills Sunday service at Presbyterian Church

Rev. A. W. Yell conducted morning and evening services. A center line marked along the Fredericksburg Harper highway using hot asphalt. Toyland opens Saturday at Dooley's Fredericksburg with candy specials advertised in today's issue.

A. W. Yell Presbyterian Church Fredericksburg-Harper Toyland Dooley’s Fredericksburg

Whitworths Visit Town With Family On Saturday

Mr and Mrs Carl Whitworth and their children were seen trading in town Saturday with a family outing note attached to the activity.

Carl Whitworth

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