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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1938

Page

7

Beginning A Life Of Service Lesson Text

Lesson for January 16 from Mark 1 14 28 emphasizes Jesus preaching first then calling disciples and healing a demoniac. It highlights preaching over spectacular miracles and urges immediate obedience to God. The text urges personal faith that goes beyond public accolades and warns against relying on demons' testimony.

God Our Judea John Lord Galilee Mark Jesus Capernaum Christ Moody Satan Jesus Christ Son of God

Taxi Plot Ends With Double Cross Bombing

In a tense scheme, Gyp plots to have Ham’s taxi blown up after Lizzie arranges a bomb. Lizzie agrees to plant the device, five minutes after start, then drives away. The plan culminates in a deadly explosion killing Ham and Lizzie in their car. A police report confirms one taxi exploded, killing both occupants as Gyp quietly observes.

Lizzie Gyp Ham ‘Drake Musatti Ham Mugs Mugs Musatti Masatti

Medieval mystery plays amplified by comic devils and noise

The Middle Ages theatricals known as mysteries gained humor from Beel Zebub the principal comic actor and his merry troupe of under devils with strange gestures and noisy contortions to ease long speeches.

Beelzebub

Miraculous Showers From the Sky Across History

A writer notes varied sky showers described in reports spanning centuries. From pollen and fish to birds, rats, and mysterious hums, such phenomena are often linked to winds, storms, or atmospheric and biological processes.

Indianapolis News Baton Rouge Monkstown Dublin Ireland Europe Mediterranean Sahara

Swing Days Big Events for Korean Children

A Washington Star writer describes Swing Day as a yearly Korean holiday for girls, rooted in legend. A princess longing for home swings on a hill, glimpsing her homeland, inspiring traditions now honored nationwide by Korean girls as a symbol of homesickness and cultural pride.

Korea Washington Star Womesick Little Princess

Switzerland of America nickname applied to several states

The sobriquet Switzerland of America is used for Colorado Maine New Hampshire New Jersey and West Virginia. It notes Colorado and Maine for their mountainous scenery and heavy snowfall and cites New Jersey and West Virginia for their northern mountain ranges and picturesque ranges across the state.

America Switzerland of America Colorado Maine New Hampshire New Jersey West Virginia Kittatinny Watchung Sourland Pickle Mountains

The Gum That Won Over Time

In 1870 Santa Anna reportedly left a lump of chicle gum on Staten Island. Landlord Thomas Adams misjudged it as rubber and tried to vulcanize it. After experiments and a sweet shop taste test, the gum proved successful and Adams patented chewing gum in 1871.

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Mexico Staten Island New York Thomas Adams Adams

Oil Location Problem Is Investigated

A US Geological Survey expert explains that analysis of well cores and cuttings can indicate oil presence by a rock chemical property called nitrogen-reduction ratio. High ratios imply poor oil potential while low ratios suggest good chances of oil in suitable traps.

Parker D.trask United States Geological Survey American Petroleum Institute University.of California Scripps. Institution of Oceanography

Rites Held for Shafter Girl Cora Wood

Cora Wood aged 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs James Wood was laid to rest in Shafter cemetery Tuesday after funeral services at Janzen Funeral Home at 1 30. She died Tuesday evening after several days illness from pneumonia.

Cora Wood James Wood Shafter Cemetery Janzen Funeral Home

California Cotton Seed Sets $52 Per Ton

Directors of the California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors set a price of $52 per ton for registered Blue Label planting seed for the coming season at their Bakerfield meeting last week. The price undercuts last year by $14 and is the lowest in the cotton belt. L. B. Nourse, manager, notes the Blue Label seed from southern states runs $90 to $190 per ton.

California Bakersefild L. B. Nourse

Peat Could Substitute Coal If Supplies Run Short

The article notes peat forms from plant material in swamps and moss in Ireland rice in India and various plants in the United States. Dry peat provides heat close to soft coal but takes long to dry. It estimates about 10 billion tons lie beneath the Atlantic coast as a potential future fuel source.

Ireland India United States America Atlantic Coast

CROSS WORD PUZZLE SOLUTION NOTES

Puzzle item shows partial clue list with numbers and stray letters. solution grid appears garbled with many OCR errors. The fragment hints at common crossword entries and illegible segments, lacking coherent entries or final answers.

California Seed Company Says Blue Label Seed Abundant

The California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors report a large stock of Blue Label planting seed to meet growers demands this season. Nourse predicts near full California acreage will plant Acala seed in 1938.

California

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