Tourists in Philadelphia stumble on Liberty Bell misspelling
Patriotic visitors in Philadelphia rush to the Liberty Bell shrine where the guide recalls the 1776 Declaration reading. A critic among the group notices the word Pensylvania misspelled on the bell’s inscription, unsettling the tour.
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Philadelphia
Voice of Independence
America
D. Carnegie
Congress
July
Pennsylvania
Pensylvania
Gettysburg
Shafter Merchants Promote Back-To-School Specials
Local shops launch back-to-school sales through the start of the school year on Tuesday September 3. The feature spans The Hut Drive-In, Shafter News Agency, Shafter Car and Home Supply, McGuire's Drug Store, Shafter Mercantile, Wood's Shoe Store, Gunnarsons Photographic Supply, and Johnson-Neuman Department Store with ads, displays, and services. The Shafter Press will cover school news, football season, plays, dances, and classes.
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Shafter Merchants
Gunnarsons
Shafter
Shafter Press
Richland
Hig
V J Day Celebration Set With Massive Kern County Crowd
More than 10 000 veterans families and friends are expected at a two day V J Day event September 1 2 in Kern County featuring a veterans barbecue at Kern County Park and a large patriotic parade. East Bakersfield Post 682 American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1468 organize the activities with Sheriff John Loustalot directing barbecue service and Al Heitzman Jr leading parade plans with wide civilian fraternal and military participation.
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Hollywood
Ray A. Vercammen
East Bakersfield
American Legion
Kern County Park
Roy Driggers
John Loustalot
Kern County
al Heitzman, Jr
Denver Middlebrook to Leave Shatter
Mr. Denver Middlebrook has returned from a business trip to Seattle and will depart Shatter after disposing of his property. He plans to move with Mrs. Middlebrook and their son to make their home in the state of Washington.
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Mr. Denver. Middlebrook
Seattle
Vancouver
Ed Brown
Brown
John Kingston
Riverbank
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Aan
Radio & Phonograph
Music Shop
Central Ave
Arnold Heffley
James and
Pacific Streets
Shafter News Agency
Shafter Car and Home Supply
McGuire’s— Drug Store
Shafter Mercantile
Wood’s
Johnson-Neuman
James Street
Denver Middlebrook
Gunnarson’s
Food Town
J. W. Frizzell
Frank Johnson
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