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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1937
Page
4
The piece argues that tin can tourists, drawn by mobility, impose costs on towns while avoiding taxes and services. It notes growing fatigue among long time trailer users and predicts the trailer lifestyle will fade as the author defends traditional permanent home life and civic stability.
The lyric describes a hillside scene with blooming trees a distant cottage and a awaiting maiden by a waterfall. Vivid imagery of red buds white blossoms violets bees and pines sets a tranquil rustic mood in a pentameter style verse.
Mrs Hustine Dueck aged 45 who suffered a fractured spine in a February 18 car crash on Lerdo road was transported home Wednesday morning by a Janzen ambulance. Her condition is reported much improved.
Red Farmer the Shafter spud masher turned professional with a first money bout at Hollywood Legion stadium, defeating Spud Kelly. The crowd approved as Farmer impressed with uppercuts and hooks. He hinted at possible Bakersfield pro bouts this summer and observers foresee a main event trajectory.
Several Shafter members of the Kern County Mineral Society plan a field trip Sunday to search for rocks beyond Cameron station. All members will meet in Tehachapi Sunday at 10 oclock. Shafter participants include Walter Nicol Gene Bosserdet Edward Little Don Little T. V. Little and A R Duehren.
The Central Market will be the name of a new grocery and meat market soon to be opened in the Shafter Community Cold Storage building. Emil Kirschenmann owns the storage plant and will run the operation with manager LeRoy Levi assisted by Leonard Gaede.
The Richland grammar school basketball team ends its season with a 29 to 16 defeat at Wasco on Friday. Richland players Meyers Aguilar Newton Rosalez and Swan started, while Wasco countered with Hammond Franz Walker Ray and Baker.
The Shafter high school music department sponsors an operetta titled An Old Spanish Custom. Tryouts for parts are open to all students. Funds from the production will buy awards as stated by Robert L. Gates.
Scotland Yard in London serves as the headquarters of the metropolitan police. The force covers London county and nearby territory spanning nearly 700 square miles. It is responsible for public order in central England and operates directly under the Home Secretary of Great Britain.
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has undergone extensive scientific experiments. With about 80 generations per year and roughly a thousand offspring each, it has aided biologists in heredity research, notes Collier's Weekly.
Fragmentary notes describe ancient Greek reverence for the egg as a symbol of the world. Hazy references mention cultural or ritual contexts and the term nymbol, suggesting a symbolic egg associated with creation. Further readable details are unavailable in the text.
The excerpt traces Boswell's journals and Johnson's conversations, noting deleted food details and the evolving publication. It mentions Boswell's papers, the discovery of their heft, the grandson selling manuscripts to a collector, and a U.S. edition appearing soon after.
It is estimated that not more than one third of the great Carlsbad caverns in New Mexico has been explored. Some authorities say the caverns extend for 60 miles, suggesting a much larger underground system than currently charted.
Epitome of the Week reports the death of Zoshutari Iwashita, chief of staff of Japan’s combined fleet, and a London naval conference delegate. London endures a $500000 blaze with 250 firefighters. Hitler urges cheap cars. Italian troops move toward Addis Ababa. Various incidents across the U.S. include dust storms, fires, crashes, deaths, and notable obituaries such as Rodolpho Graziani’s foe, New York Times editor Rollo Ogden, and Texas congressman James Buchannan.
Governor Frank F Merriam designates March 1 to 7 as Planting Week to celebrate Arbor Day. The proclamation urges all residents to plant a garden and highlights gardening as a source of personal satisfaction civic pride and community betterment through planting trees shrubs and flowering plants in California.
A scholarly review highlights Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides as an edition of interest to students and researchers. It notes the volume as the first full Journal published in the United States, long after Boswell's death, and comments on its apt opening description of Samuel Johnson at age 64.
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