This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1949
Page
7
Salt water tanks in the court of Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park housed a family of seals. The note recalls California capital moves from San Jose in 1849 to Vallejo 1851 Benicia 1853 and Sacramento in 1854.
Pudgy the Baughman family dog has vanished from town. The grey long haired be quiet dog resembles Daisy from Dagwood comics. A reward is offered. Call Mrs. Baughman at Shafter 4371 or Mrs. Glen Compton at Wasco 673 with any information, dead or alive.
Agitation began last week for a Shafter winter basketball league with local players from Shafter Rio Bravo and Buttonwillow. Two local teams are lined up and at least two more are needed. Coaches urge sponsors players and participants to contact Coach Lowell Todd. Practice is held every Thursday night at the high school gym with league formation focused there.
Shafter firemen battled cotton fires over two days at Warren-Yoder and Shafter-Wasco gins. Five bales burned in the bale yard with slight damage, the hull pile ignited with no damage, salvaging fires caused no damage, and a cotton trailer on Cherry Avenue owned by C. C. Camp suffered only slight loss.
The Kern County Farm Bureau announces its annual membership drive with a new method sending statements and return envelopes to every regular member. The drive aligns with the recently completed Farm Bureau building. Interested locals may contact G. L. Starrh A. W. Eckman or Harlan Wilson for joining details.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.