Turkey Raising in Shafter Area Leads to Large Flocks
The Shafter district hosts two main turkey producers, C. B. Yates and K. Mallory, preparing about 8 000 birds for Thanksgiving and Christmas trade. Yates, with 3 000 birds on the Lerdo Road ranch, plans to hatch 700 breeding hens for 1942. most of his birds are unhatched this season. Mallory's operation aims for around 5 000 turkeys, all dressed on site and shipped to Los Angeles markets by truck, supporting seasonal employment. Market quotes from the Los Angeles Produce Exchange list young toms and hens across weight classes.
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Shafter
C. B. Yates
K. Mallory
Yates
West Lerdo Road
Yates Ranch
Malorys
Malory
Los Angeles
Produce Exchange of
New Orleans Inventors Patent Time Switch for Lights and Calls
Two New Orleans men patent a time switch with two cylinders and a compressed air plunger. A thumb screw sets descent time. They use it to cut display window lights and disconnect long distance calls after three minutes.
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New Orleans
Telephone
Bill Sas
Dev
Dahlia Discovered in Mexico by Cervantes in 1784
The dahlia was discovered in Mexico by Cervantes in 1784, marking its introduction to botanical records.
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Mexico
Cervantes
Rio Bravo well spud advances to new record
Union at Rio Bravo has moved crew to Rio Bravo where Kernco No. 27 was spudded in on Monday and is ahead as No. 84, 28-25. Wells are pinched back under a voluntary cut but show potential of 3000 to 6000 barrels daily after the Rio Bravo discovery.
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Union Oil Co
Rio Bravo
Kernco No. 27
Cane Eee
Prices to farmers rise on peaches pears and plums
Prices to farmers for peaches pears and plums run measurably above 1940 quotations. The Pacific Union club in San Francisco, one of Nob Hill’s brownstone mansions to escape the great 1906 fire, was formerly the home of James C Flood bonanza king.
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Pacific Union Club
San Francisco
Rio Bravo Social Roundup Relatives Visit Local Homes
Mrs Roxie Brooks and sons of Bakersfield stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Roy Martin for the week. Miss Betty June Long of Bakersfield weekends at Sears home. County School department staff including Miss Virginia Watson and Miss Blear visited Rio Bravo Union School.
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Mrs
Roxie Brooks
Bakersfield
Betty June Long
Sears
Virginia Watson
Blear
L. B. Hart
Rio Bravo Union School
Are Your Bowels Stubborn Try Daily Regular Time
An old ad urges readers to treat stubborn bowels with regular daily evacuation time and a product named Adleriea, promoted as a double action blend of carminatives and laxatives. The copy lists McClure Drug Store and Shafter Drug Shore as suppliers.
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McClure Drug Store
Shafter Drug Shore
Church News Christian Science fete in Wasco
Wasco branch of The Mother Church The First Church of Christ Scientist Boston announces services Sunday at 11 am and Sunday school at 10 am. Wednesday evening meeting is the first Wednesday each month at 8 pm. Bible lesson topic for Sunday is Adam and Fallen Man.
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Christian ‘Science
Wasco
Church
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth
E Streets
Adam and
Fallen -Man
Advance Sermon Notice for Adam and Fallen Man Theme
Advance notice on the Lesson Sermon in Christ Science churches features the Golden Text from Ephesians and selections from Isaiah and Philippians. It cites Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy and notes Mennonite Brethren Church services led by H. D. Wiebe with Sunday school at 9:30 a m and preaching at 11 a m in German and American languages plus choir music.
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Churches of Christ
Israel
Mennonite Brethren Church
H. D. Wiebe
Evening religious schedule of activities listed
A village church announces a full evening program with a prayer circle at 6 45 p m Christian Fellowship at 6 45 p m general singing at 7 45 p m revival services at 8 00 p m midweek prayer services at 7 30 p m and the Fisherman's Club inviting boys to participate at 7 00 p m.
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Christian Fellowship
Fisherman's Club
Day of Atonement Yom Kippur Sacred Hebrew Holiday
Yom Kippur is the most sacred Hebrew holy day. It occurs at the end of September or the beginning of October.
Odd Wildlife Sightings Startled Loudonville Residents
In Loudonville Ohio a resident caught a red mouse drawing witness proof of rarity and a week later another citizen found a white frog showing it to about a dozen friends.
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Loudonville
Ohio
Make-up of Petroleum Complex hydrocarbon composition explained
The American Chemical Society notes petroleum consists mainly of hydrogen and carbon compounds. The arrangement of carbon and hydrogen atoms forms distinct substances, with six carbons and fourteen hydrogens forming gasoline components, while larger groups occur in lubricants fuels and paraffin wax.
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American Chemical Society
Memory Lane Progress Exposition Closes Amid Crowds in Shafter
The Shafter pageant of progress and merchants exposition ended with a record crowd. controversy over school additions looms as expected announcements near. A fatal collision near Hoover farm leaves Mrs. Frank G Whalen dead and three others injured. cotton theft and losses reported nearby.
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Frank G. ‘Whalen
Shafter Mattosi
Frank Whalen
Buttonwillow
Shafter
Cotton raid targets Maple School area home
Deputy Hodson reports thieves raided Herman Janzen's maple area home Wednesday night stealing a trailer and about 1000 pounds of picked cotton. Investigating officer notes ongoing inquiry into the incident.
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Herman Janzen
Maple School
W. Hodson
Storing Cured Meat for Long-Term Quality
If meat is properly cured and smoked it stores well in a dry dark cool ventilated place. Many farmers keep hams and shoulders a year or longer to mellow the flavor of stored smoked pork.
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Uae
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Jack Tibbs
John and
Alice
Pacific Grove
R. P. Kirkham
J. W. Mayer
Fred Singbery
San Diego
Walter E. Haag
H. T. Strong
San Luis Obispo
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Johnson
Schaaf
Kahn
Christopher
E. B. Stringham Drug
America
Church News
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M. M. Fen
Derson
Shafter Radio Electric
Pacific Avenue
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Navy
Annapolis
Pensacola
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