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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
2
A logging crew bakes a plan for Christmas without kids. Pudgy Sam Bob and Dave urge inviting the Martins family after winter fatigue. Big Bill yields to a hopeful scheme with harmonica carols in a starry night.
A pioneer cabin near Arrow Mo on the Santa Fe trail survived for years after being begun on Christmas Day. Henry Nave and neighbors felled undressed lumber, set round poles, and built a stone hearth with mud mortar to heat and cook venison and other victuals, completing the shelter for his family after the holiday.
Washington notes clash over the Roosevelt New Deal and opposition strategy with Ham ilton amid Tugwell's role and Gladstone like royal intrigue. The column discusses King Edward's marriage hurdles to Mrs Simpson, public sentiment in Britain, and American press reactions.
Lucky Joe Marty, 21, tops 1936 hitting charts as he informs sweetheart Nell Heath of a major trade. The Cube acquire three players valued at 50,000 dollars plus cash in a move that reshapes the roster for the season.
State forester M. B. Pratt estimates that careless smokers will start 47,000 fires in the coming year. He urges stricter fire prevention measures and public awareness to reduce loss and danger.
A column mixed slice recounts ex debutantes tied to royal romance rumors, notes on 1925 debutantes, and a satirical look at trains. It laments the vanishing railroad train butcher and reflects on Chicago stations and Hungary duels with wry humor.
Daniel Webster wrote to his brother Ezekiel that he made a greater effort on the Sailors' Snug Harbor case than in any other since Dartmouth college v Woodward. The Dartmouth case is historically regarded as his greatest effort and a leading case in American jurisprudence.
Pattern offers a choice of cuddly toys each needing two fabric pieces and a bear jacket as extra while a chick has separate wings. Send 15 cents to obtain the pattern from Fourteenth St New York NY with pattern number name and address.
A west city taxi driver ran a red signal and narrowly avoided a street obstacle while threatening a officer. The policeman paused then warned the driver with a bizarre challenge to pick up a handkerchief with his teeth at speed. The incident ends with a ticket threatened if not the “real thing.”
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