Dusty trousers and a mother's strict chores
A boy on a doorstep cries that his new trousers are dusty. An old lady reassures him they are clean, then learns his mother will not let him remove them while she beating the dust out.
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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
7
Megherering Mike Refined After Loitering Fines
Meghdering Mike jokes about his “merry disposition” while blaming a judge for his troubles. His comrade quips that imprisonment would have been longer if the judge had kept him in. He claims previous fines for loitering and a later “refinement” prejudiced him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meghdering Mike
Beginner’s Card Blunder In Bridge Four
A young man with vague card knowledge is pressed to complete a bridge four. He wastes a king on a trick already won by the opponent’s ace. His partner exclaims a king cannot beat an ace while the beginner stammers that he hoped to find out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Young patron orders steak and ale at table
A young sportsman seated himself, perused the menu, and ordered a fillet steak with a good glass of ale. The waiter confirmed the choice, and the conversation drifted as the youth replied with a distracted assent.
Wives and Wealth Change Attitudes in Verse Fragment
A verse fragment notes wives grow harsh when husbands poor and dress modestly, but become bold and scantily clad as wealth rises. The satirical line mocks shifting moral standards with money and status.
Rubber checks plague Crim son Gulch quarrel over currency
Cactus Joe warns that while locals argued about gold and silver someone passed rubber checks through the town. The exchange hints Crim son Gulch favors currency backed by rubber checks rather than precious metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cactus Joe
Reveling in Freedom and Sea State Brainteasers
The dialogue pairs insomnia relief with a quip about a former secretary of the navy. A mock discussion questions whether he knows what to do in an emergency as he convenes a conference to decide policy for a ship of state at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
New Type Jury Quips On Courtship and Mischief
A playful exchange notes a girl being courted like a trial while Tommy faces minor trouble after disappearing. The maid mentions Tommy swallowed a bug and was promptly treated with insect powder to prevent further worry.
Customiér Request Sparks Barber Banter
A comic exchange unfolds as a customer asks for water and mispronounces words in a playful clash with the barber who questions the need and teases about a hair in the throat.
World war news and defense push ripples through 1940 maneuvers
Twenty men attack exiled Russian leader Leon Trotsky in Mexico City mansion while Allied and Axis shifts unfold. Germany massing troops for six days, Lille and Ostend fall, Boulogne seized near London air reach. Roosevelt outlines pilot training and tax plans. labor and immigration measures advance as nations brace for war.
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Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
Boulogne
London
Rubens
Rembrandt
van Dyck
Brussels
Latin America
Maxime Weygand
Pope
Italy
British Isles
Royal Air Force
France
Great Britain
Germany
Associated Press
England
Leopold III
Belgium
Lille
Lafayette Escadrille
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
North Africa
Mediterranean
Narvik
Hitler
Ostend
First experimental subway built in New York during the 1860s
The first subway was an experimental one block long in New York in the 1860s. It operated by air suction and passengers paid a quarter for a ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Real Estate Specials and Listings in Southern California
Property ads offer almost new five room house in Wall Tract with FHA terms, another near Manuel Tract high school featuring fireplace and modern amenities at 5000 dollars. Lot for construction near Lerdo city limits priced 350 dollars with terms. Also 20 acre lemon and orange grove in San Dimas earning over 5000 dollars annually, plus a seven room house at 42000 dollars. Rentals include a 3 room upstairs unit at 30 dollars with water and a new 2 bedroom unfurnished at 40 dollars with water. Licenced broker H John Harder handles sales and exchanges nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Tract
High School
San Dimas
Aviaton Growns Fortunes and Fears in War Talk
California spouts opinions from H M Leete Nevada City publisher and Dr Walter Morritt former professor at Turin on aviation ending navies and delaying war. Mrs Gene Desimone Roseville discusses buying fixtures amid bombed Europe. Dr Knight Dunlap UCLA argues war is not natural despite human instinct.
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H. M. Leete
Nevada City
Walter Morritt
Italy
University of
Turin
Mussolini
Gene Desimone
Roseville
Middle Europe
Knight Dunlap
U. C
L. A
The Pacific Fancier Moves to Shafter Magazine
The Pacific Fancier a monthly illustrated poultry fan magazine is now published in Shafter. It covers bantams pigeons turkeys water fowl ornamental fowl rabbits and cavies and aims at pure fanciers not the commercial side. Publisher H G Comfort editor Bill Rodgers report rising subscriptions across four states as the revival of interest grows.
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the Pacific Fancier
Shafter
the Fancier
Poultry Fancier
United States
California
The
Pacific Fancier
H. G. Comfort
Bill Rodgers
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