Shafter Social Notes and Visiting Folks Week End
Week end visits fill Shafter as C H Stewart and Mrs Stewart stay with relatives in Colton. Ed Winn of Porterville tours Shafter for business. The Unruhs return from San Jose after months away with son Ernest. Schultz men travel to Santa Maria for business amid reports of coast rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Stewart
The
Shafter Furniture Company
Mrs. Stewart
Colton
Porterville
Shafter
Ed. Winn
Orange
H. E. Unruhs
San Jose
H. E. Unruh
Ernest
Santa Maria
P. Schultz
Ernest Schultz
Bay Region
William White
San Francisco
Palo Alto
Ralph Short
Tulare
Daughter Visits N A Rightmire in Sonoma
Velma Downey, living in Sonoma four years, visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. H A Rightmire for several days. Stewart Nill and family visit Shafter old friends. Nill founded the McClure Drug Store and now runs a drug business in Avenal. P V McClure and Mrs McClure spend Sunday in Los Angeles with the Spinters. McClure golfed with southern California friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Laban
Winkler
Manitoba
Wm. J. Bestwater
Labans
Bestwaters
California
Los Angeles
Shafter
Mathis
Richland School
John
N. A. Rightmire
Velma Downey
Sonoma
H. A. Rightmire
Stewart Nills
Stewart Nill
Stephen
Mr. Nill
McClure Drug Store
Avenal
P. V. McClure
McClure
B. J. Spinner
Southern California
Zimmermans Return From Coast After Santa Barbara Stay
Mr and Mrs Julius Zimmerman and granddaughter Charlotte Skaggs returned Sunday from Santa Barbara where Mr Zimmerman was a patient at Cottage hospital Otto Zimmerman and his wife accompanied by his parents drove to Santa Barbara for the day and brought them back to Shafter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Zimmermans
Julius Zimmerman
Charlotte Skaggs
Santa Barbara
Shafter Entries Win Frontier Day Parade Prizes
Bakersfield Frontier Days parade results list Shafter winners Camp WestLoriders second in silver mounted class and Harry West securing best four to six horse team. West also took best single horse and buggy while Nell Camp earned best silver mounted outfit in open division. West won first in Kern county silver mounted division with Lawson L. Lowe second. Katherine Parish and Gene Thomas were named best silver mounted pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lis
Camp West Lowe
Shafter
Harry West
West
Nell Camp
Kern County
Lawson L. Lowe
Katherine Parish
Gene Thomas
Hancock Oil Co. reports over one million net profit
Hancock Oil company of California shows a net profit exceeding one million dollars for the latest fiscal year as business activity grows. W. P. Tate of Bakersfield Gasoline Co. notes earnings per share rising over five years on 217,000 shares and highlights $1,714,354.64 in taxes paid and $435,118 in dividends. The firm drilled twenty two more wells and expanded distributors to Oregon and Washington, signaling coastwide growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock Oil Company of
California
W. P. Tate
Bakersfield Gasoline Co
Hancock Products
Kerncom
Tate
SOR
Encreanpecsic
Hancock Oil Company
Oregon
Washington
Hancock
Pacific Coast
Twenty Five Measures On California Ballot For November
A list of twenty five California ballot measures for the November 8 election covers labor regulation, anti vivisection rules, highway funding use, pension exemptions, oil leases, tax and debt issues, judges removal and retirement, public money distribution, and a broad set of fiscal and governance reforms. The items include labor rights definitions, taxation changes, state board reorganization, and detailed terms for public land leasing and retirement payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Labor
Senate
Olson
O’donnell
Huntington Beach
Battle of Cows Captivates Swiss Rhone Valley
In Switzerland the Rhone valley hosts its annual battle of cows featuring long horned dairy cows bred for combat. Spectators flock to witness these sturdy cattle staged in a traditional event blending rivalry and milking prowess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Rhone Valley
Bergen Rain Keeps Streets Clean Daily Weather Charm
The report notes Bergen Norway receives about six feet of rain annually. Rain falls nearly every day, washing streets and leaving the city unusually spotless and well kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergen
Norway
Soldier Out of Luck
A brief note explains S. O. L. in American soldier slang as meaning a soldier who is out of luck or short of luck. No additional context or events provided.
Great Pyramid Believed Built by King Cheops
The Great Pyramid of Egypt is dated to 4700 B C with King Cheops credited as builder. Reports claim 100000 workers labored ten years on a 3000 foot causeway to haul stones and another 100000 labored twenty years to finish the pyramid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Pyramid of
Egypt
Cheops
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Paigocals Aon
William Siemens
Siemens
E. J. Kraft
P. J. Gaede
Mr. Kraft
Mrs. Gaede
South
Lawrence Magee
Miss Ann Guidinger
Magees
Mr. Magee
Santa Monica
Miss Guidinger
San Pedro
Fresno
Ed. Cary
Bobbie
Mr. Cary
San Joaquin Light & Power
Fred
Richland Grammar School
Shafter Nursery School
Visalia
Harry Farrar
Vancouver
B. C
Lowell Thiessen
Pasadena
E. J. Thiessen
R. W. Partridge
Charles R. Codd
Long Beach
Sanderson
Jackson
Michigan
Ralph Sanderson
Honeychurch
R. P. Kirkhams
James Forbes
Placentia
Kirkham
R. P. Kirkham
Rio Bravo
Kirkhams
Fred Kirkham
Berkeley
John Reily
Frank Shaw
Madera
Reily
James Beard
Ray Ferguson
Bank of America
California Hot Springs
Mrs. O. L. Hancock
Shafter Guest
O. L. Hancock
Gilroy
Taylor Tabb
Tabbes
Paso Robles
Thomas Wedge
Annabelle Wedge
Donald Wedge
Shafter Home
Henry Lepp
Naomi Ruth and
Esther
Amarillo
Texas
Henry Penner
Dodge City
Kansas
Reedley
A. W. Gaede
Shafter Area
Hancock Oil Co
State Fish and Game Commission
U. S. Army
Navy
Imarine Corps
State Board of Equalization
Los Angeles County
Shafter Blue
Ritz
Roe Roses
Smiley Burnett
Billy the Kid
Wayne Morris Claire Trevor Valley OF
the Giants
John Barrymore
Joan Davis
L. H. McGrane Optometrist
Central Ave
Calif
Owizar
F.H.A
Bank of America National
Association
Melcer Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
TAYPE
Rings
Rern
Cousins Tractor Company
Hanford
East Seventh St
Corcoran
Whitley Five
John Deere
Killefer
LE Tourneau
Bakersfield
Nineteenth St
Wasco
Seventh St
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