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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1936
Page
7
Mille fleur towels and finger towels become a modern household essential with random floral appliqué. The guide outlines embroidered stems and petals using lazy daisy and outline stitches, suggests colors and materials, and notes surface distribution on linen towels for decorative effect.
Two Kansas City girls Mary Jane Haden and Virginia Narr spent ten weeks with Dr. Byron Cummings excavating the Kinishba ruin near Fort Apache. They unearthed three skeletons and many relics including bone daggers, spindle whorls, paints and a turquoise bead, noting bones of babies in a burial room and a cracked skull suggesting a fall.
Little Joan Foster visits Forked River New Jersey and tries to out blow a blowfish. Blowfish chase onto the beach as larger fish and children tickle their stomachs causing them to inflate up to normal size. They deflate and swim away unharmed after being returned to the sea.
Lakes span elevations from 12,500 feet above sea level at Titicaca to 1,292 feet below at the Dead Sea. Many basins were carved by glaciers and Minnesota alone hosts about 10,000 such water bodies.
Greater Shanghai authority unveils four model villages for the poor with homes rented at 90 cents monthly. The program, led by the labor welfare commission chaired by General We Teh chen aims to ease housing for 150000 Shanghai poor living in mud and reed huts amid migrant farm labor influx and low incomes.
Francis Kelleher a sophomore at St Marys college California becomes the first pictured Yankee recruit after signing with New York. Coach Slip Madigan protested to Judge Kenesaw Landis claiming a violation of unwritten baseball rules but Landis ruled in favor of the Yankees.
The report details rickshaw puller wages from $2.43 to $5.10 monthly, and a 90 cent to $5.10 spread. Chinese girls in one factory average 86 cents rent. Four model villages hold 056 A type and 44 B type dwellings with two dormitories each. A type houses rent $8 monthly and include kitchen toilet living space and an upstairs room. B type rent $4 and include three rooms plus kitchen and toilet.
A misidentified termite described as blind and slow moving under a quarter inch long. Originating in the tropics but now common in the northern hemisphere, scientists note a three caste social system and a habit of chewing frames, undermining roofs, and crossing through tin.
Paris scholars trace Marianne’s origin to a Montpelier festival where a woman once called Mary Magdalene personified republican virtue. A second tale links Marianne to Chaudron-Rosseau’s mistress who paraded as the goddess of reason at civic fêtes.
A colloquial admonition from Uncle Eben urges people to think carefully before speaking and act with deliberation, not just wait for their turn to talk. The homey advice emphasizes thoughtful speech and proactive conscience in community matters.
A humorous profile of Mr. and Mrs. Langwin and their elaborate plans for European voyages and world travel. They study maps, collect brochures, and imagine luxury itineraries while balancing social duties and community events. Their plans persist year after year despite delays and domestic commitments.
A O Leonard of New York promotes an invisible har drum claimed to enable hearing in ordinary conversation and at the theatre. The device is inexpensive and described as a blessing to many, with a booklet available from A O Leonard Inc Suite 204 70 Fifth Avenue New York City.
The article notes Porto Rico as a world crossroads at the Caribbean entrance. It lies on a direct line for ships between east and west and north and south. San Juan, the main port, is 1 380 miles from New York with more than 1 800 steamship arrivals annually.
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