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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1936
Page
8
The article traces how colored gum wrappers and wax gear backed covers emerged before 1847 and proliferated in early political mail. By 1852 and 1856 campaign covers appeared widely, with postwar patriot covers flooding during the Civil War. Abolitionist anti slavery designs of the early 60s evolved into pro Union envelopes just before the war.
Belva Lockwood born 1830 in Royalton New York became a lawyer and reformer. She practiced before the Supreme Court in 1879 after helping pass a related law. Nominated twice for president by the Equal Rights party in 1864 and 1888, her campaigns focused on suffrage and temperance. She died in 1917.
The article explains the historical shift from Roman miles to a standardized English mile. It notes Roman pace lengths and diverse regional measures, then describes how Parliament or practice settled the mile at eight furlongs, each furlong 220 yards, yielding 1760 yards.
The export of tung oil from China requires junks to voyage down the Yangtze. Native boats must pass rocky gorges and rapids with an estimated one in ten boats lost on the journey. Successful trips are marked by river god tribute fireworks.
The hot dog trace spans Frankfurt and Vienna with no clear origin. Vienna uses frankfurter while Frankfurt uses weinerwurst. Americans once called them weiners before hot dog became common, notes Capper’s Weekly.
Laurenburg Germany unique in granting its 5000 residents free travel on a branch of the Berlin Hamburg railroad to Buechen by 1841. The stipulation arose during the railroad’s construction when the main line proposal failed.
Darrell Janzen, an agricultural college student, leaves Shafter for Davis to resume studies. Prof L. E. Wilson of Alameda plans Bay Area teaching this year. Dr. Dallas Hanna, curator of paleontology at the California Academy of Sciences, returns to San Francisco after a month in Shafter and Taft. Holiday visitors included Mr and Mrs Theodore F. Bayless and guests George Pearce H G Comfort.
Centered around Temuco in the Swiss district of Chile the Araucanians or Mapuches number about 100000 and trace lineage to one of the continent's early tribes. They withstood early Spanish conquest, preserved independence, and now practice agriculture and industry while keeping ancestral costumes and adornments.
The Grand Manitoulin or Isle of the Ottawas in Lake Huron is the world’s largest freshwater island. It spans nearly a hundred miles in length and covers about 1078 square miles. It has been called the Isle of Manitou.
A daughter born in 1935 to Mr and Mrs Hayes Davis of Adventist Academy. In 1935 Mr and Mrs Walter Workatine of Shafter welcomed a daughter. Mrs Simon Peters and her daughter Alice traveled to South Dakota after spending Christmas with relatives.
Sally Hester traveled to Fresno Sunday to visit friends and shop, returning Monday evening.
At a Kern County superior court judges meeting on Monday Erwin W. Owen was chosen as presiding judge for 1936 succeeding B Campbell. Campbell moves to Department No 1 while Owen takes Department No 2 and the new presiding judge will hear the year’s first criminal calendar Friday.
Mrs Pauline Gatov of Long Beach has been here this week to look after local ranch interests and renew old acquaintances. Gatov is a poet of note whose writings appear in several literary publications.
Here From Bakersfield Mr and Mrs Daniel Harris of Bakersfield were guests at the F F Latta home in Shafter last Saturday evening Mrs Harris comes from a pioneer Kern county family and Mr Harris was long prominent in Pacific coast advertising circles.
A partial caption notes a father and student in an auditorium setting. Details are limited but suggest a school or community event focused on polishing a play date arrangement or rehearsal in a public space.
Palmer, formerly with Palmer Body Shafter staff, worked at Stringham's Wasco drug store since before Christmas and visited Shafter Sunday to assist at the local store. Dr. J E Enfield of Decil was a business visitor in Shafter Tuesday morning.
T. V. Little and his son Don will leave Friday for Riverside to attend the annual convention of California mineralogists. In Bakersfield they will join Prof. Vanderike and Wilgy O'Guin for the trip.
Watch Night services were held at the Mennonite Brethren church on Tuesday evening.
Real estate listing offers 40 acres of good land one mile south and three east of Earlimart with a reliable well. Terms available. Seller is G F Stender of Earlimart.
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