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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
3
A humor filled page ties a mock biography of Jason the loud neighbor to a moral about overbearing politics and noisy fame. It includes verses about Waldo the crooner and assorted odd poems, jokes, and satirical vignettes set in a late 19th or early 20th century schoolroom tone.
A set of quirky items includes an alligator with no love motif a rock and nightstick trick on green peas a lion in South Africa never seeing a camera and cherries stored in open barrels not keeping. Also notes Alfred B Smiths first name and odd timing in New York where mornings arrive with yesterday afternoons papers.
A mixed set of mathematical problems about mowing lawns and strawberry yields paired with unrelated quips about noise and songwriters. It presents four items with inconsistent text and garbled phrases, asking why people sleep through disturbances and mixing units, names, and numbers in unclear contexts.
A humorous exchange notes a father’s remark about living in a small apartment where there is no space to lose a button. The line wryly frames losing items as a consequence of cramped living.
A preacher attracts players by adding a small chapel at the eighteenth hole. Members attend services after games, highlighting a novel blend of sport and faith in the community.
Moggs claims ties to his wife's family are real, while they deny any relation. The exchange reveals a sharp rift where his in-laws reject him as part of the family.
Thompson, indicted on charges of impersonating a federal officer and illegal wear of a badge, was arrested in Los Angeles. The sensational case involves alleged espionage and the sale of secrets from the Navy to a foreign power. Bond was set at $20,000.
A state commission led by A E Lockburger of the Department of Finance is inspecting additional proposed sites for a 6 million dollar Southern California junior prison.
Baby Jean McElroy arrives in San Francisco from Shanghai aboard a liner. Her father Lieutenant John McElroy of the Marines Yangtze Patrol was transferred to Los Angeles due to ill health, leaving wife and two other children in Shanghai. Four months earlier the five year old died of pneumonia and two weeks later the mother also died. Baby Jean traveled alone under steamship officials care and won the hearts of the crew and passengers.
Prof. G. W. Hendry of the University of California undertakes a statewide survey to enumerate all adobe structures that remain in California, aiming to archive architectural heritage and inform preservation efforts.
An artist painted scenic designs on the bare sides of ultra modern flats in Austria and Germany. The artwork drew crowds and led to many commissions, with dozens of houses decorated by ships birds figures and woodland scenes.
An advertisement urges readers to consult a physician for headaches neuralgia or rheumatic pains to ensure a remedy is safe. It emphasizes asking a doctor to verify the treatment before use.
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