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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1947
Page
15
A classroom math problem about horse speeds prompts Johnny Burkett to confess he cannot answer stating his father forbids involvement with horse racing. The scene ends with the teacher inviting him to respond despite the distraction.
A humorous exchange about interpreting a driver placing a hand during a license exam. The applicant suggests women use a hand signal to indicate turns or actions, while men are described as typically waving at a woman. The dialogue satirizes the ambiguity of hand signals.
A tourist in western Kansas asks a man by a blown away house if his family was inside. The man responds that his wife and four children were killed but plans to wait for the wind to change, hoping they will return.
A man educated a news boy into guiding him to the First National bank and paid half a dollar for the directions. The boy quips that bank directors earn high in town, noting the easy fee.
A teacher shows martyrs in a den of lions, prompting a boy to pity the lion in the back who won’t eat. The moment highlights child sympathies and humor in a flock of learners.
Jones, described as a good family man, was lured into a poker game and grew anxious as the night wore on. At 3 a.m. he phoned home and, upon speaking to his wife, cried out in a frenzy that they should not pay the ransom because he was safe.
Smith asks Brown about hunting tigers and Brown replies he has had no luck, noting he has not met a tiger recently.
A farmer compliments Mike on looks and bearing then asks for a loan. Pat declines, revealing the speaker is his wife’s child by her first husband.
A sewing pattern description offers instructions for a Lily and Swan Bath Set in ready-made or quilted cotton, with a white swan and pink water lilies. To obtain complete cutting, applique and finishing directions, send 20 cents, name, address and pattern number 5391. Also promotes Peacock Chair Set pattern No 5092 with crochet transfers and color chart, 20 cents requested.
A list of trivia prompts including how a new state is created the difference between ingenious and ingenuous what Hebrews called Palestine the first newspaper published which state allows condemned prisoners to choose hanging or firing squad whether a woman member is called congresswoman Prince Otto von Bismarck's number of wars and Buffalo Bill's real name.
The list cites 1 Congress as the sole authority, 2 synonyms for ingenious frank open, 3 the Land of Canaan, 4 Acta Diurna as the first known newspaper in ancient Rome, 5 Utah, 6 a congresswoman described by state, 7 three with Denmark Austria and France, 8 William Frederick Cody known as Buffalo Bill.
The Accra capital of the Gold Coast acquired a large air base in 1939. Some local natives added model airplanes to their head dress during religious ju-ju dances.
A health note promotes morning lemon juice in water as a gentle laxative alternative. It claims 2 million users rely on it, touts vitamin C and other nutrients, and urges trying this wake up method for ten mornings with California Sunkist Lemons.
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