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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
6
A Pears Weekly writer explains the human heart, blood flow, and the body's cooling and heating methods. It details heart rates in adults and children, blood vessel travel time, and how breathing and perspiration regulate temperature and respiration.
A Chicago Tribune writer notes the ancient amalgamation process for gold in rock. Ore is ground with mercury and water to a paste, flows over mercury-coated copper plates, forming a gold mercury alloy that is heated to vaporize mercury, leaving pure gold.
The staff includes naval and military attaches who advise the ambassador on all naval and military affairs. They monitor matters relating to the host country’s military and navy, with visibility depending on the individual. The position offers no special home post advantage unless one favors this work style.
The article surveys mourning colors in various cultures from black in Europe and America to white in China and blue or violet in Turkey and yellow in Egypt, linking color choices to symbolic beliefs. It notes historical theories that black signifies life’s loss and white purity, with differing practices such as hair cutting as mourning in the East and growing hair as sorrow among Romans.
The Tamina gorge near Ragaz Spa shows dramatic erosion in the Swiss Alps. A hot spring erupts from the rocks at 3,000,100,000 quarts per minute and 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, drawing fame to the resort.
Greenville Illinois dog Prince the night watchman for Kirk Holland well near here earns a weekly wage of 21 dollars. Owner John Jennings of Greenville and Patoka collects Prince’s check each week for his work in the oil field efforts.
A fur covered trout like fish was caught in an underground lake at the Blue Bird farm in Pulaski county near Waynesville Missouri. Frank F Wielandy former state game and fish commissioner transports the specimen to St Louis for display. He speculates it may be a reversion to an extinct type due to inbreeding. The two pound fish was caught with a mouse bait on an ordinary line in a small stocked pond.
George H. Lincoln, an elderly New London wood carver, lost his right hand years ago but continues shaping cedar and cypress into furniture and decorative items. From a cedar chest made of a fence post to a seven piece inlaid dining set, his workshop now holds a lathe, joiner, saw, drill press, and numerous hand tools.
In Shawnee Oklahoma, 43 year old World War I veteran Charles W Hester reports a constant tick inside his head after a shell blast in France left him unconscious. Doctors largely attribute the noise to brain disturbance and he says he fights it daily as it ages him beyond his years.
In Africa the hartebeest tail is used as a fly swatter. Many animals have been slaughtered to fight flies, endangering the species. Hunters receive about 25 cents per tail, per F A Smith of the American Express company.
A historical clipping notes a violent event involving a needle or hairpin and blood. The fragment mentions a suit or suit-like matter and a suspect or actor, but details are fragmented and unclear.
A special election in Chico and nearby areas resulted in the dissolution of the Bidwell Municipal Utility District with 3,033 Yes and 2,465 No votes, a 57 percent turnout of 9,844 registered voters. The district, formed in 1934 to run an electricity system, had not acquired such a system and will have its property revert to local authorities as state law applies.
County government reports a small water system with under 100 customers in Durham along with cash on hand as part of the asset package.
A monthly report by librarian Mrs. Thomas Wedge shows 326 patrons used the reading room in June. Special requests filled numbered 42, with adult fiction 459, non fiction 139, magazines 68 totaling 666 adult publications. juvenile non fiction 82, fiction 286, magazines 9 totaling 377 juvenile publications.
Notarized declaration for Adam R. Mulhouse certifying sole ownership of the fictitious business Rio Bravo Welding at Santa Fe Road and Seventh Standard Highway Kern County California. Includes notary Merwin W. Hunt acknowledgment dated June 30, 1938 and seal.
W A Leonard head of Fort Worth police communications and former Berkeley police force member writes the inside story behind calling all cars and related features. The UC press issue presents his insights on the system.
A reflective statement on compassion serving as the human soul's response to the appeals of all living beings during times of distress.
Public auction to be held July 11, 1938 at 11:00 A M at Kern County Jail front door. Sheriff Chamness announces the sale of defendant George Hull interest in Lots 21 27 and 28 within Section 23 Two 28 South Range 25 East Kern County to satisfy a 1937 Los Angeles Superior Court judgment of 2234 78 plus costs and interest.
The American Boy offers advice from coaches and players across football, basketball, baseball, track, tennis and more. It features fiction, articles, adventures and science stories, with sales at 15 cents per issue and subscriptions priced at 1.50 for one year or 3.00 for three years.
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