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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1947
Page
15
Two long estranged farmers confront each other at a fence. Jeff declares he is running for legislator and warns the neighbor not to vote for him. The neighbor retorts that a family has voted the same ticket for generations and threatens to remove him from the ballot slate.
A news reporter at a special trial flight watches parachutists pass overhead. When invited to join, he declines, staying aboard while the airborne crew boasts their presence. The exchange ends with the crew reaffirming they are the ones in the air.
A medicine man boasts of a 200 year life and his role among Concord's early minute men. A farmer questions him as a 120 year veteran answers. A buried wife awakens during funeral, then lives three more years before death, and the husband warns bearers to watch the tree.
An Italian shopkeeper received a black hand letter demanding $500 in a cigar box placed at the back door by Sunday night or face theft of his wife. He left a box with a note replying in broken terms.
A humor tale has a fisherman bragging he caught five large fish. He asks a dealer to throw five of the biggest fish on display so he can tell his family he caught them. He insists he is honest though poor.
Dialogue shows a boss praising a new secretary for organizing chaotic files and items, implying the secretary has become essential to daily operations. The scene underscores reliance on competent administrative help.
Willie explains he was kept after school because he turned in a blank sheet for an essay on laziness. The teacher assigned the topic to write about the consequences of being lazy.
Pattern No 8080 designed for sizes 11 12 13 14 16 and 18 size 12 features cap sleeve uses 34 percent yards of 35 or 39 inch fabric Spring Issue of Fashion offers sewing info from top designers easy styles closet tips and more for home sewers.
A reader letter touts Kellogg's All-Bran as effective for constipation after other laxatives failed. The ad urges daily breakfast use with ample water, suggests trying ten days, and offers double money back if not satisfied. It notes All-Bran is a wholesome food from the outer layers of whole wheat and can be eaten as cereal or in muffins.
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