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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1935
Page
2
State Relief Administration purchasing program saved California farm and cattle owners millions of dollars in 1933 and 1934 by leveraging government funds for relief purchases.
Univers al California star Jorge Anderson, widely hailed as the nation’s fastest dash man, trains to contend for the national sprint title at the IC4A meet amid peak conditioning.
A Beverly Hills reminiscence recounts reading plays such as Old Kentucky by Dazey and meeting figures like Agnes Johnson and Frank Dazey. The writer describes Kentucky horse breeding, stock farms, and Derby memories, including Spearmint and Melbourne Cup trips with Wirth Brothers Circus, noting racing’s rising popularity and notable figures in law and horses. The piece ends referencing the 1935 McNaught Syndicate.
Tuolumne County, about 100 miles east of San Francisco, is a major Mother Lode region rich in gold production with more than 112 million dollars mined. It features Yosemite Park and Stanislaus National Forest areas, large water projects like Hetch Hetchy, thriving agriculture with alfalfa and grains, stock raising and dairying, ghost mining towns, and Mark Twain’s cabin near Sonora where a 105 thousand dollar courthouse stands.
The California Intercollegiate meet at Stanford Stadium draws a strong field led by USC and features Berkeley, Stanford, and UCLA challengers to the Trojans. Standout sprinters and quarter-milers, including LaValle and Blackman, loom in tight events as teams seek supremacy. Meanwhile anglers report large devil-fish and robust trout catches across the state despite high water.
In Montrose a woman recovered from sending a dime letter to a Burbank man who sent a dime and a marriage proposal. The note claimed the proposer owned a small ranch with chickens a pig and a goat and she signed with Mrs. attached.
A Sacramento shopkeeper D Lubin built a fortune touring farms across the region and later founded the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome. He led crop statistics efforts and served as the first U S representative to the group. He pushed Congress to improve parcel post to connect producers with consumers.
Unique six square Primrose rug plan with center 5 inch square and six alternating sized triangles. Sixteen pattern pages and color guidance. requests for the Grandmother Clark rug book No 25 from Home Craft Company Rug Department in St. Louis Missouri.
A wife recalls a domestic quarrel where the husband bursts in with anger and claims he wants things his way at home. The exchange shows Mary prompting him to speak, but he delays, muttering he will think of it later, while the wife presses for the issue.
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