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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
2
The piece lauds the Salvation Army for its eleventh hour Christmas fund appeal and its role aiding soldiers and those in need. It reflects on wartime/service history, moral commentary, and critiques modern authors and youth culture. The author warns against censorship while recalling journalistic quirks and public figures.
Excerpt argues that love of beauty drives fresh effort toward a nobler life. It compares beauty to art and poetry, suggesting painters imitate, poets sing, and architecture elevates spirit. The passage outlines a moral influence of aesthetic aspiration on conduct.
Secretary Frank C. Jordan refused to register a Stanford branded liquor and rejected applications for U C, West Point and Annapolis labels as attempts to create a collegiate atmosphere for products.
A new insect called obscure scale damages walnuts and has State entomologists focused on control. Attempts to eradicate it face a dilemma since doses lethal to the scale would also injure the trees.
Dante Dianda, immigrant to California from Italy, popularized artichokes in the United States. He moved to the Bay Area and began shipping to eastern markets, growing his operation to about 3000 acres around Half Moon Bay, more than in the rest of the country combined.
In 1935 the California and Nevada mines poured about 100 million dollars of gold into the San Francisco mint, the largest yearly output since 1925. The mint also produced 7,928,300 dollars in silver nickel and bronze coins and minted half dollars for the San Diego Exposition as well as for the Arkansas Daniel Boone and Texas centennials.
Washington and Oregon lumber groups press for tariff considerations in the Canadian treaty, seeking market access and quotas while the State Department weighs quota juggling and most favored nation issues. Hull faces constraints as lawmakers push for new markets and farm relief ideas like a potential eight to nine hour average for farm labor.
The Montreal Herald reports that Russian children will design and build a 3,000 foot railway tunnel and station in Tiflis Park of Culture and Wert in Moscow. The project extends the Citizens Railway run entirely by children with two stations and 1,200 feet of track. Since opening three months ago it has carried 65,000 passengers on a small child driven train supervised by Transcaucasian railway engineers.
Engineers near Nice plan to divert the Var River to create space for a major aerodrome. The project involves shifting the river bed several hundred meters to form a new delta area and ensure a clear airfield location.
A cautious note urges readers to verify the safety and reliability of medical practices before entrusting health care to unknown providers. It stresses checking qualifications and seeking established evidence for any treatment.
Bill Patterson colored of Lancaster 8 S. C. was fined ten dollars for breach of trust after he did not return as a friend in jail had sent him to fetch a ten cent cigar.
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