Sphinx Legend Survives in Greek Tale and Egyptian Monument
Ancient Greek legend portrays a winged lion Sphinx with a woman's head that posed a fatal riddle. Oedipus answered Man and the creature killed itself. The Great Sphinx at Gizeh reflects Egyptian form with a breast and head. Votive inscriptions and Assyrian Babylonian art also show sphinxes, per the Minneapolis News.
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Boetia
Oedipus
Greece
Egypt
Gizeh
Lis
Minneapolis News
Move Cows to Mountains to Feed on Rare Grass
Men who specialize in cheese making trek to the Vravhitch peaks to graze cattle on a rare grass that yields the milk for Travnitchki cheese. They alone know the secret process, spending eight to nine months in isolation with supplies, then return to their families each winter.
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Vravhitch
Tugoslavia
Reuter
Creating New Industries From Odd Accidents in History
A writer in the Montreal Herald notes that a Welsh quarry worker frying ham and eggs on waste slate found the material excellent for a light concrete, inspiring a new industry and work for hundreds. The piece cites blottoing paper and turpentine industry boosts as examples of accidental invention guiding economic growth.
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Montreal Herald
Stork Traveler Tours Europe Africa and Near East
The stork known for long journeys travels from central Europe to Africa and the Nile valley. It may pass through the Pi dkan states to Asia Minor and Palestine or via France and Spain to Gibraltar then across the western Sahara toward central Africa.
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Europe
Africa
Pidkan States
Asia Minor
Palestine
Nile Valley
France
Spain
Gibraltar
Sahara
Lake Region
Central
Ancient Tortoise Displayed in Nebraska Fossil Exhibit
A 35 million year old tortoise shell and skeleton, 48 inches long, found along the North Platte River in western Nebraska, is now on display in the fossil animals collection at the Ernest R. Graham hall of the Piel museum after reconstruction in the museum laboratories.
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Ernest R. Graham Hall
Piel
North Platte River
Nebraska
Women Reach Majority Ages in Different States
Pathfinder Magazine notes that under common law a woman becomes of age at twenty one unless a state law says eighteen. The article suggests the gap with men stems from physical maturity differences of two to three years between the sexes.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Right to Marry Through History
Henry Sales from Orange New Jersey argues that marriage rights have long been a privilege of the elite, not a birthright. He notes ancient Athens as an example where only 9 000 of 515 000 citizens could marry, about one in 57.
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Henry Sales
Orange
N. J
Collier’s Weekly
Athens
B. C
Fool Em Prices in Grocery Trade Warned
An editorial warns consumers about below cost advertising used to lure shoppers. It cites sugar sold at 35 cents for 10 pounds and a chain offer of 10 pounds at 44 cents as tricks to skim profits from staple goods. The piece urges caution and distrusts dealers who advertise below cost.
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Tobias Larsen
Claremont
NRA
Cstomers
Tocery
Mets
Grocery Ads Influence and Consumer Caution
The note discusses how ads build advantage with low prices and sly tactics. It advises customers to read grocery promotions carefully and exercise discretion when staples are advertised below wholesale, highlighting price as a deciding factor.
Fair Prices for Good Newspapers Urged
The piece argues readers will pay fair prices for quality weekly newspapers rather than buy cheaper inferior ones. It notes higher costs for farms and goods, urges communities to support newspapers that serve their needs, and stresses superior coverage over low pricing.
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Cwright A. Patterson
Piablashers
Thee
United States
Daltae Aed Mare
Averas
Blue Eagle Mine Sells in Mojave Section
The Tehachapi News reports the Blue Eagle mine near Mojave has been sold. The item clarifies initial misreads about a New Deal salvage and confirms a private sale of the mine asset.
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Tehachapi
Mojave
Travelers From Estelline Reach Arizona Visit
Estelline residents arrived in Shafter after traveling days to visit friends including Mr. Bryant of Shorty’s Chili Parlor. They spent a fortnight en route to Tucson, Arizona, with several locals seen at the Union Avenue Plunge dance in Bakersfield last Sunday.
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Estelline
Texas
Shafter
Mr. Bryant
Mart
Tucson
Arizona
Pete Kohn
Ferry Potter
Joy Jasten
Chinning Crand
Wesley Hart
Union Avenue
Bakersfield
Payne
Local residents host, visit, and marriage license news
Mr and Mrs T C Payne visited Los Angeles while others moved in and out of Shafter. Visitors include H H Mack from Arvin and P Egret Leach from Long Beach. A license issued to Harry Dufer and Nancy Sanders. Several gatherings include dinners with Frantz, Faraway, and Lachenmaier households.
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Mrs
T. C. Payne
Los Angeles
Harry H. Dufer
Nancy Sanders
Shaifter
Abe Karber
Shafter
Mr. Karber
Handsome Bali Women Noted For Beauty Habits
A New Health writer credits Balinese women with beauty and style born from daily routines. They bathe, exercise, and work in rice fields while maintaining graceful dress and coordinated sarongs.
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Bali
Australian climate and sheep industry described
The text notes that about half of Australia lies in the tropics with a summer rainfall pattern and a long dry winter. It states most people live in a southeast crescent, with major cities in the southeast and Perth area. Sheep husbandry is the key industry, concentrated in temperate zones and the western tropical belt, while the north focuses on cattle and pastoral settlements spread from the south.
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Australia
Great Island
Sydé
Perth
Queensland
Giant chromosome found in salivary glands of yeast fly
A key to heredity may lie in a giant chromosome discovered in the salivary glands of the yeast fly. The chromosome is about 70 times normal size, aiding gene identification. Ordinary chromosome length is about 0.0001 inch, with 2,000 to 8,000 genes per cell arranged in long strips on each chromosome.
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Montreal Herald
Visit to Keene Preventorium Mentioned in Diary Note
A fragment notes Rex Bayless and family traveling to Keene on Sunday to visit his little daughter Mary, who is in the preventorium there. The text references Mrs. Boniaide and a Spanish style item.
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Boniaide
Rex, Bayless
Keene
Mary
Classified Advertisement Rates Notice
Advertisement rates for one cent per word per insertion with a two cent per word rate for three insertions. Minimum charge for one insertion is 25e. A three insertion package costs 56 cents.
Mr Christiansen and Son Have Weekend at Pismo
Mr Christiansen and son Don ee spent the weekend at Pismo Beach enjoying the seaside retreat and local rides. The trip highlighted family time and leisure by the coast with visits to boardwalk venues and scenic viewpoints.
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Mr. Christiansen and Son
Donee
Pismo Eacn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stork Great Traveler
H. H. Mack
Arvin
Peget Leach
Loong Beach
Diana Merkel
Marie’ Poetker
Kansas
John Funk
Wasco
Margaret Kraft
Vinitee Is
Mrs. 4
Gacdeh
Ed Friesen
Peter “Frantz
Emil Frantz
Hi. Strom
Roy Faraway
Abe Giesbrecht
Wanton
G. J. Siemens
A. G. Schmidt
H. D. Kitsen
Unruh
David Ratztaff
Faamily
A. Schmidt
Sue Janzen
Paso Robles
Eleanor and
Alice Peters
Miss Janzon
Dave Unruh
Albert Wolf
Shafagi
Abeana
Stanley Abe
Mr. Roitzlaff
J. M. Nord
Elizabeth Wall
Glendale
J. J. Fast
Marie Fast
San Joseers College
Jack Westbrook
Zona Belle Clack
Oklahoma
Miss Clark
Mr. Westbrook
P. J. Karber
Mesd
Walter Karber
Frank Matens
Ludwig Hoff
Lod
Cloppelle Schmierer
Stockton
John Lachenmaier
Hoff
Lachenmaier
Miss Schmierer
Hulda Suderman
K. G. Neufeld
Reedley
E. L. Schapansky
Jacob Krause
Schapansky
Neufeld
Krause
Christian
Deck
North Dakota
Al-&Kircchentmann
Mr. Dockter
Mr. Kirsshenmann
Mrs. Dockter
Lodi
Tate
Avery A. P. Emerald
California
Jersey
Enns
T. V's Corner
Henry Ratzlaff
Bergen
Edith L. Smith
McFarland Beauty Shop
Duehren Bldg
Central Avenue
Lerdo Highway
Shafter Drug Store String Clean
Roa and Sally Cold Drinks
M. J. B. Coffee
Westlake Tomatoes
Grant’s Grocery and Meat Market
Shafter Mercantile Co
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