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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1938
Page
6
A Montreal Herald report explains how crocodiles lay eggs in nests of sand by riverbanks not sitting on them. After weeks the hatchlings emerge and quickly fend for themselves, snapping at prey as soon as they are free.
A compact collection of Henry Ward Beecher maxims drawn from sermons and addresses. The selections cover happiness character self respect belief and wisdom across centuries with observations on success misery and moral vices.
History notes that every infantry battalion carries two colors the king's color and the regimental color. The guards use a crimson king's color bearing the badge of its regiment. Regimental colors display the Union Jack with regimental names battle honors and badges. Some regiments lack a separate color.
A compact tour of New Orleans curiosities and terms. The piece notes Uptown versus downtown usage, parish as county, banquette sidewalks, and historic sites such as a former quadroon balls venue and a conse ratory of opera. It also mentions old cemetery beauty, jazz origins, nail free houses, trackless streets, and Hotel Dieu as a hospital.
A Twentieth century work of art titled The Thinking Man depicts a seated figure in deep contemplation. The piece links modern artistic interpretation with ancient Mexican imagery and thought.
On Mrs. Remarko’s piazza a demand for a kiss sparks a clash with Miss Althea Street. Scamparino Remarko circulates a whispered romance involving Polly and Luigi, with Althea pressing for clarity as the scene unfolds in the rainy street.
A tale opens with Scamparino asking Miss Althea to train Polly to speak well and forget a bad utterance. Polly is returned cured after two weeks, and Miss Althea visits Mrs. Remarko to collect olive oil. A kiss request from the vine unsettles Mrs. Remarko, revealing Miss Althea’s blossoming romance as Scamparino stands in the doorway.
Christina of Sweden was born in Stockholm in 1628 and succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus in 1632. After coronation she yielded to favorites and largely left state affairs, eventually resigning the crown following Augustus’s death in 1600 with limited impact on governance.
Poet Theodore F. Bayless honors Shafter pioneers in a colonial style tribute. The poem recalls desert beginnings, hardship, and the transformation to homes and farms amid sagebrush, with lines praising brave settlers and their enduring legacy.
Shafter high school rooms receive summer varnish and minor repairs. Chairs and desks also get a coat of varnish as part of routine maintenance.
Seven hundred feet of new pipeline is being laid at the Shafter high school farm to supplement 1,300 feet already in. The new line will do away with ditches used in the past for irrigation purposes.
Dr. H J Almquist of the University of California reports on unusual feedstuffs for poultry. Orange peel and pulp meal showed limited acceptance up to 20 percent but reduced gain at higher levels. Babassu and Cull pink beans proved usable up to 10 percent. Hemp seed meal replaced whole grains up to 20 percent, despite its unfavorable reputation.
An 1880s English inventor named Lawson developed an engine powered by gasoline explosions. The advancement marks an early step in internal combustion technology.
Judge H E Schmidt of Kern County, long a farmer in the San Joaquin Valley, seeks to retain his seat on the Superior Court. A former Kern County district attorney, he was admitted to the state bar in 1910 and to federal courts in 1922 and 1926. He has chaired the California Code Commission and led the Kern County Bar Association, living in Bakersfield with wife and four children.
No work is available at the Shasta Dam construction site in the Central Valley project. Walker R. Young, construction engineer, said 5,000 unemployed are camped near the site awaiting jobs.
A comprehensive study on public relief in Los Angeles County by the Bureau Governmental Records, University of California, outlines the relief problem and offers as an aid in its solution. The report notes the bureau’s formation in 1937 and refrains from making specific denials or recommendations.
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