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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1954
Page
5
A local furniture store ran a humorous misprint in a recent ad. The 4-piece Bedroom Suite price showed odd figures, leading to jokes about a price site snapping. After a quick fix, the situation ended smoothly.
The report details top performances as Shafter athletes win the 100 and 200 yard dashes with times of 10.1 and surface marks. The 440 relay clocked 44.7 to set a new school record while a second relay finished third unofficially at 46.3. Woody Wilson cleared 11 feet 9.5 inches in pole vault raising his mark, and Ed Ellis placed fourth in the A class high jump.
The Bay Area stands as the nation’s sixth largest fruit and vegetable marketing center. Nutmeg is described as the seed of a peach like fruit from a tropical evergreen tree.
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