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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
4
The article warns that Friday night’s fire shows the need for better fire fighting equipment larger mains and a reserve water supply. It credits a brief calm wind with limiting damage and urges community action to build a water system and a capable volunteer fire fighting unit to work with the state forestry fire department.
A poetic invitation to vacation among green valleys and grand mountains. The piece paints crystal streams, singing birds, and treetop breezes as an antidote to urban noise, urging readers to seek nature’s calm and reconnect with God.
Earl Lee Kelly prepares brief histories of California missions for visitors with directions to reach them. The article recounts Mission San Rafael founded in 1817 after Fray Luis Gily Taboada proposed health care across the bay. It covers a 1821 Spanish expedition led by Capitan Luis Arguello and Fr. Blas Ordaz, the journey north to the Sacramento valley, and early interactions with Indigenous peoples.
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