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Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1937

Page

8

Growth patterns of trout across life stages

The passage notes the trout is proportionately stronger at birth and in fingerling stages than in later life. It states the species grows progressively weaker and less virile relative to size as it ages.

Spokane Washington Pryor Oklahoma New York Middle West Harry Findley Fulton Missouri Atesboro Prowler Stoughton Massachusetts Robert D. Carey United States Wyoming Gheyene Buffalo Bill Denver Howard Dietz Tannis Guinness Montague el Paso Texas C. C. Fleming Chelan Howard Hughes Newark New Jersey Franklin Delano Roosevelt John Nance Garner Buick Flint Michigan Baltimore South Robert E. Lee Atlanta Syracuse Menominee

Epitome of the Week News Highlights and Miscellany

A sweeping roundup lists Ernest Simpson suing Mrs John Sutherland in London for slander. Foreign ships require government permission to pass Kiel Canal in Berlin. Notable deaths include the 98 year old cycling parson in Eastbourne and Sir Robert Harmsworth in London. Other items mention floods, fires, shipwrecks, political shifts, and assorted local notices across the globe.

Ernest Simpson Wallis Simpson Melbourne Australia Greece Germany Canton China Ann Harding Werner Janssen London Nikolia Bucharin Izvestia Moscow United States Honolulu Robert Leicester Harmsworth Lord Northcliffe Los Angeles Mexico City Sydney Bay of Sharks Sydney

Pseudonym of S. S. Van Dine Uncovered in The Garden Murder Case

The article details Willard Huntington Wright known as S. S. Van Dine the author of The Benson Murder Case and The Canary Murder Case. It notes his rise as a detective fiction writer after adopting the pseudonym to separate his literary criticism from fiction. Born 1888 at Charlottesville and later living in Los Angeles the piece mentions his serialized new story The Andes Weekes Tie forthcoming in the newspaper.

S. S. van Dine Garden Lord Huntington Wright America Willard Huntington Wright van Dine Benson Philo Vance Scribner’s Magazine Van

Enemy Guns Located In War Positioning Art

The article discusses locating enemy guns by artfully using observation and auditory cues. It explains how sound of shells and the firing of guns inform gunners about gun positions and effectiveness in combat.

Natural Gas Noted In America In Early Records

A historical note states natural gas was known in America and recorded by Thomas Jefferson in 1787, with the record cited to the American Leum Institute.

America Thomas Jefferson American Leum Institute

Pentecostal Gospel Mission Opens New Building Sunday

The Pentecostal Gospel Mission will open in its new building this Sunday with services at 11 AM, 2 PM, and 7 30 PM. Dedication follows Monday at 7 45 PM with all pastors and members invited to attend.

New Pentecostal Gospel Mission

Thermometer Tales From Los Angeles Weather Bureau

A humorous look at how the Los Angeles Weather Bureau supposedly records temperatures. The piece cites exaggerated readings around 32 to 99 degrees and notes cold snaps in other areas while LA proper stays mild. It recalls a 1913 14 high of 115 in Hollywood mislogged as 96.

Los Angeles Chamber of ‘Commerce Weather Bureau Mercury Angeles Orange Belt Los Angeles L. A San Pedro Long Beach Hollywood California San Francisco Westgate’s

Drivers Urged to Renew Licenses Before February Fourth

The Automobile Club of Southern California advises all motor car owners to renew licenses before midnight February 4 to avoid a penalty of double the fees. Already, thousands of the over two million California drivers have obtained the 1937 orange-on-black number plates.

Greenhorn Roy Woollames J. M. Kirby Kern General Hospital Monterey County Southrn Pacific Tehachapi City Council J. R. Gist Bakersfield Southern California de Molay Edwin J. Symmes Kern County Camp Fire Girls Jack William Page California Assembly Taft Belridge Oil Company Kern Daniel H. Bitner Farm Bureau Marketing Association Fruitvale WIPA Rosedale Automobile Club of Southern California

Potato Chips By J. C. Penner Old Town Notes And Tricks

A brisk cold spell grips the old town as frosty pranks burst pipes and radiators. Central Avenue shows growing pains with new buildings and unfamiliar faces as Vernon Pierce, a local jeweler, jokes about dimes covering a silver dollar. The column lists serious epidemics in Disease and Destiny including smallpox and tuberculosis.

Central Avenue Vernon Pierce

Newton Dog Worker The N Jacd Description

Newton Dog Worker The N Jacd has the power weight courage and the disposition to work and serve its master. A mature male dog may weigh around 140 or 1530 pounds.

Newton N Jacd

Holy Rollers Name Describes Quickened Sect Groups

Webster uses Holy Rollers for a minor age sect in the United States and Canada whose meetings are marked by frenzied excitement and is also applied colloquially to many similar groups.

Holy Rollers Webster United States Canada

First to Make Rifle

Story traces the Kentucky rifle’s origin in 1720 by a Pennsylvania Dutchman and its role as the first straight shooting firearm in America’s westward expansion.

Evolution of candlesticks from church pillars to taller home pieces

The text traces candlestick development from low bases to taller ornate forms. It notes that early tall designs were copied from church usage and ultimately inspired by cathedral pillars, with height increasing as they were used on tables in the Seventeenth century.

Idiocy and Imbecility Defined by Causes and Development

The term refers to differing degrees of mental defectiveness from abnormal prenatal development birth injury or early postnatal disease. The description distinguishes idiocy as a more marked condition than imbecility and links both to developmental factors.

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