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Newspaper
Dispatch Democrat
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1934
Page
5
E. P. Thurston, editor and publisher of the newspaper, notes that advertising rates are available on application. The notice invites potential advertisers to contact the publisher for current pricing and policy details.
Reverend Ralph Isaacson of the Christian church urges cleaner movie shows in Ukiah after reports of nudist propaganda and the film Elysia. He quotes audience reactions, condemns nudity as a moral decline, and argues Christian standards require decency and clean minds for health and self-respect.
Government testers are in Mendocino county testing dairy cattle for tuberculosis. Dr. F. G. Whitehead, Dr. R. E. Duckworth, and Dr. L. B. Hull lead TB testing in Ukiah, Hopland, and Round Valley as travel conditions permit. The work follows the TB eradication plan and aims to complete the project in a relatively short time.
Wineries. holders of pre 1934 wine may dispose of stock by paying 2 cents per gallon tax and securing a winery license a wholesale license and an off sale license The licenses cost 10 dollars each and the off sale license applies only if selling directly to consumers announced Wednesday by William G Shackleton district administrator state board of equalization
Mr and Mrs Stanley Watson steadily upgrade the grounds around their new brick residence at Pine and Church streets in Ukiah. A goldfish pool will be added this month to finish the landscaping, following a recently installed sprinkling system.
E. J. James and Art Bradley drove to Santa Rosa Wednesday for an A A A district meeting. The return trip was delayed several hours by dense land fog that cloaked the route.
Henry Silveria a Mendocino youth, son of Manuel and Mrs. Silveria, caused worry after swallowing a piece of glass last week. He was taken to Fort Bragg for treatment.
Mr and Mrs Gayle Lawrence from Pittsburg visited here last week with local relatives. Mrs Lawrence is the sister of Mrs Odell Holland, highlighting family ties during the visit.
Attorney General Webb ruled that the state department of public institutions must pay Dr. Walter Rapaport more than $19,000 back salary for the period from his 1929 removal from Mendocino State Hospital to reinstatement. Rapaport had been discharged as assistant physician after a dispute over unprofessional conduct and duty neglect. The decision covers $225 monthly salary and maintenance during that interval, though he performed no state work since 1929.
E W Dutton was listed among the sick several days during the week in the community health notes.
A note on eighteenth or nineteenth century writing suggests the phrase in a classic line was corrupted from brow-study to brown study. The observation highlights how orthography shifted meanings in old texts.
A quip from the Los Angeles Times observes that some individuals are never content until they discover something that sparks dissatisfaction.
Sea water weighs roughly one and a half pounds more per cubic foot than fresh water at the same temperature. This density difference impacts buoyancy and oceanic calculations for ships, submarines, and floating structures.
Old methods of Scandinavian Viking fishermen persist despite modernizing pressures. They sail compact vessels with a small steam engine on deck. Lines with miles of spool winding twine and thousands of hooks, baited with mussels and squid, mark a still traditional fishing technique.
A brief summary notes that modernism arises from late medieval to early modern shifts. Feudal rule yields to nation states, Protestant Reformation breaks Christian unity, overseas expansion begins, science grows, serfdom ends, world commerce expands, Renaissance energizes art and letters, and printing emerges. These changes in the 15th and 16th centuries mark Europe’s path to modern times.
The Morgan library resides at the rear of J. P. Morgan's New York residence. It features white marble, classic design, and sixteenth century bronze doors. Not open to the public, access may be gained via a letter to the librarian. The collection includes Gutenberg and Syrian Bibles from 750, Ashburnham and Golden Gospels, Naples Offices, a Charles VII prayer book, and a unique set of English manuscripts.
The coypu is a large water loving rodent larger than a musk rat with males around 25 pounds and females about 15 pounds. It has a heavy body blunt head strong incisor teeth small ears short legs partly webbed hind feet and a round tailed fur resembles beaver. It inhabits all parts of South America.
A sapling emerging from soil needs gentle support early on a slender stake and string guide growth. If allowed to bend while soft steel cables and tourniquets later may not fully correct a past crooked path once it becomes a full-grown tree.
The text traces early gas powered vehicles from Otto’s internal combustion engine in 1876 to Benz's 1885 86 tricycles and motorcycles, then Panhard and Levassor obtaining French rights to build gasoline cars in 1887, with a note that 1875 Austrian Siegfrid Narkus allegedly built a four wheeled car.
A man asks if new neighbors across the hall are desirable. The woman answers no, noting she has watched what came from the moving van and concludes they have nothing worth borrowing.
A humorous exchange features a British scientist allegedly declaring there is no perfect man. Mrs. Grouch comments on the remark with a sly quip about marriage, while her husband retorts with a playful comeback.
The Sydney Bulletin quotes a conversation about delivering bad news gently to Mrs Upton. A plan to soften the message is debated with concern for her feelings and the timing of disclosure.
Mrs Youngbride asks for a lamb portion to be served with mint sauce. The butcher confirms cutting details, noting the requested part. Boston Transcript reports the exchange as a brief, period-tinged kitchen scene.
The impeachment method in the federal Constitution mirrors England's four centuries of practice. Early Lords impeachments included Lord Ladbier in 1876 and the Earl of Suffolk in 1386. In England, notables and commoners could be impeached for state offenses, with Lords punishing any penalty upon conviction.
The piece argues that a mind grows best via contact with active minds and experienced environments. It notes experiments showing rapid intelligence response to environment, recounts an Eskimo brought to New York adapting quickly, and asserts education of the brain depends on environment rather than birth alone.
The Society of the Cincinnati, hereditary patriotic group founded in 1783 by Continental army officers, met near Fishkill New York at Verplanck House to honor Revolutionary memory and mutual bonds. Washington became first president general in 1787, with later leaders including Hamilton and Pinckney. the living hereditary membership is about 980.
The centenary of Henry Bell’s death marks his early belief that steam navigation would spread where there is a river. Robert Stephenson, who foresaw railways as dominant, reportedly told his son and John Dixon in a Stockton inn that railways would supersede most conveyance in the country, and both prophets lived to see their forecasts fulfilled.
The report notes Irish moss from England lost its market in 1835 after Boston's mayor announced ample Massachusetts coast moss. Investigation found moss-covered rocks from North Carolina to Maine. The Scituate moss industry persists, with uses in blanc mange, puddings, cough remedies, and as an ingredient in calamine mining, shoe staining, shaving soaps, and calico printing dyes.
The text explains how uncut books are printed on folded sheets then trimmed, with edges sometimes left uncut requiring separation by knife. It notes that dealers may use uncut to imply the book remains in its original, unopened condition with pages still attached as from the publisher.
A humorous note on Ravens and rooks noting lifespans over a century and ease of taming. It cites a Wiltshire park anecdote where a trained speaker startled birds by shouting halloa in a man’s voice, provoking surprised reactions from the crowd.
Medical Greek, also called hospital Greek, arose with medical students at London University mid nineteenth century. The system transposes initial letters of word pairs, turning phrases like smoke a pipe into poke a smipe and pint of stout into stint of pout. It is easy to understand and often omits word pairs.
At city hall San Francisco a conference of 200 county and city officials and business leaders debated liquor policy Mayor J R Thomas and City Attorney H McCowen attended The group pressed for local government shares of liquor tax revenues while business representatives urged state control The seven amendments before voters would repeal state law or alter liquor sales details including wine bulk sales and local option provisions
Joseph Poma has returned to San Francisco under the care of an eye specialist. Other local residents undergoing treatment by San Francisco specialists for eye trouble are F. J. Wegner and Peter Rudd. Mrs. Polly Clendenin and daughter, Mrs. Burdette Pattens and sons Tommy and Don Lee, of Lake county, were Ukiah visitors during the week.
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