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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
6
A column mixing practical home tips and gentle product mentions. Advice covers warming water bottles with glycerine to keep rubber supple, potato for staining hands, using vegetable boiling water to enrich gravy, boiling piping cord to prevent puckers, and care for patent leather shoes. Also mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for waste removal.
A brisk admonition urges starting tasks at dawn to finish by night. The saying emphasizes promptness and steady effort to complete daily duties.
Local naturalists report the California condor is returning in numbers to its former Pacific coast haunts near Los Angeles, prompting renewed attention and discussion about its recovery and the broader wildlife comeback.
Edward H Pollad Jr a Brooklyn aviation officer recalls a 1926 incident at Fort Hamilton where a landing plane missed the runway. He and his brother Chip fended off the wing tip as Smoky Joe piloted a risky sea wall approach, the wing pontoon brushing Ed’s nose and a crash splitting the craft in two. The event ends with the cop vouching for air travel over shore waiting.
Excavations near the Sphinx reveal a large stele in the pharaohs style detailing feats of strength and endurance. The inscription narrates rowing 3 miles against a stream, training horses for galloping without fatigue, and archery feats.
Debate among military and political figures over the Senate and House neutrality plans. Officials warn neither plan guarantees peace, urging strong defenses and cautious trade, while considering currency stabilization and possible international conferences. References include Cordell Hull denials and discussions about Spain, Russia, and U.S. economic policy.
Lesson for April 25 explores Genesis themes from creation to the flood, focusing on Noah’s obedience and God’s judgment. It links the ark’s safety to faith and obedience, notes modern parallels, and ends with Noah offering acceptable worship after the flood.
The passage compares mercy to shining drops that yield a spectrum when touched by sunlight. Each refracted view reveals new hues, symbolizing diverse expressions of compassion. The imagery emphasizes beauty and variation found in mercy’s light.
Pattern 1383 towels (8 to the inch crosses) listed by the transfer Sewing Circle Needlecraft at 82 Eighth Ave New York. Weisse pattern number and your name and address requested.
A reflective piece on practicality and restraint. It argues shoes too small show unfitness, while small outlays hide larger costs. It suggests the truly great avoid doom, temptation yields when not pursued, and two sides always exist to a question. Back talk provokes affront.
Confusing fragment urges avoidance of irritating gas and stomach discomfort. Claims a doctored remedy worsens pain and describes a toxic system with vague, alarming language and a distressed narrator.
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