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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1935
Page
8
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer proclaims tin as a vital metal shaping civilization. The piece lists tin’s everyday roles from kitchen utensils and food cans to telephones radios cars and lighting and notes tin’s alloy use in aviation transport toys fireworks and marine engineering.
An Indianapolis News writer notes the sun’s diameter about 864100 miles and distance to Earth 92897400 miles with a density 1.5 times water. The Moon’s diameter 2162 miles and distance 238857 miles. density about 3.44 times water. The Moon orbits west to east in 27.3 days and month length is 29.5 days. It keeps its same face to Earth and shines by reflected light.
The New York Herald Tribune reports the deepest dry well in Upton County Texas reached 12 786 feet with the bottom at 182 degrees Fahrenheit and 10 630 feet at 149 degrees. The last 2 000 feet rose 33 degrees and heat may exceed boiling soon. Practical extraction remains doubtful.
A Tit Bits feature notes spiders and their webs aid astronomy and instrument making. Eye piece scales on telescopes use varnished web lines, while York makers employ a specialist to gather a rare cross marked spider for winding webs onto forks, yielding about 40 feet per insect for delicate scientific instruments.
The piece contrasts British and Lapp school design noting the Lapps build underground schools with only roofs visible. Sunlight is scarce for months and fresh air is restricted with blasting and full heating. The atmosphere is harsh yet the people adapt to it.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer explains how ancient carvings of a single horn on a bull led Greeks to misread a unicorn. The beast, said to roam Arabia India and Morocco, carried magical horn powers. Hunters dressed as women to lure it, perfume scent, and then grabbed the horn after it slept.
Ancient elephants used shovel tusks as dredges in swamp bottoms to feed on aquatic plants. Fossil discoveries in the Gobi desert and later identifications reveal swamps in the region and spread of these mastodons to America, including California, Nebraska, and Kansas.
The Derby began in 1780 at Epsom with Diomed winning for Sir Charles Bunbury amid nine entries. The event drew little interest and even included a course cockfight to boost attendance. Reports note few outlets covered it and an accident to a one horse shay on the way home. In 1794 Daedalus won for Lord Grosvenor with only four runners.
Principle maxims attributed to Thomas Jefferson include do today what you can do now avoid delaying tasks spend only what you have and buy only what you want. Pride brings more burden than need or hardship and voluntary restraint prevents trouble. Practice calm speech count to ten when anger rises and use steadiness. Take things gradually and avoid rash actions.
Soviet scientists declare Oi-Mekon in eastern Siberia now the coldest place on earth surpassing Verkhoyansk. In Oi-Mekon temperatures fall below minus 102 Fahrenheit with water from a bucket freezing midair.
A brief ode notes the dog’s enduring bond with humans across Europe. In France and Belgium dogs pull milk wagons, in Switzerland monks honor St Bernard rescues, and ancient links to Anubis and kingship are recalled. The piece closes with the line that every dog has his day, and in Europe it is a long and happy day.
The Mennonite Brethren Church led by Minister Wm J Bestwater announces services for Sunday October 13 with Sunday school at 9 30 am and morning and evening gatherings. Rev N N Hiebert of Salem Oregon to deliver sermons and lectures all week as Foreign Mission Board secretary. Public invited.
The Christian Science Society in Wasco invites the public to Sunday and Sunday School at 1 00 p m and a Wednesday evening service at 8 00 o clock The sermon titled Are Sin Disease and Death Real explores Biblical healing and the Spirit of God The readings include James Matthew and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
The article traces Greenwich Village from the Bossen Bouerie to Green wich in 1721 deeds, noting English renaming after Dutch roots and its development as a favored suburb before being absorbed by Manhattan expansion while many old families still inhabit its precincts.
In Nova Scotia the opening of parliament is marked by bagpipes and Gaelic influenced newspapers. Inverness County shows 72 percent Gaelic speakers, higher than nearby Scotland’s Inverness area.
Description of Peiping as a city of nested walls with southern Chinese and northern Tartar sections. The Imperial city lies inside the Tartar city, featuring pink walls and green palace roofs, and within it the Forbidden city with purple walls and a projecting moat. Imperial palaces have golden tiles.
The passage notes an anatomic lag where head size does not predict overall body proportions. Propounded by Prof. Wilson D. Wallis of the University of Minnesota, the idea extends beyond heads to feet hands and other body parts.
Shafter events feature a Frontier Day dinner served by Girl Scouts under Mrs. Jack Hare and Miss Ruth Hubbard at the American Legion Hall with dances, solos, and a bazaar planned for November. A large crowd attends the McClain Grose wedding at the Pentecostal Mission as Lillie Grose and Otis McClain wed and depart for a brief southern honeymoon. The Richland P T A opens its season with a large meeting at the school, electing officers and planning health and menu committees, with ninety two members added and awards for class participation.
PANGOCALS notes Columbus Day a legal holiday on October 12 observed by the local area. Visitors include Fresno residents J. P. Harris and Mrs. M. Harris with George and Mrs. Caress from Inglewood Kansas. The Harris party returned the same day while the Caress couple extended their stay. South visitors Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Comfort of Hollywood spent the weekend with Shafter relatives. Hanford trips included F. F. Latta and H. G. Comfort. South visitors Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Peterson of Alhambra spent Sunday with friends in Shafter.
John Scaroni of the Shafter Ice Co traveled to Santa Cruz, a former home, for a short stay. Peter Martins of Taft arrived to attend the funeral of his cousin, the late David Epp.
Here From Mariposa Mr and Mrs Vignola of Mariposa county, parents of Ted Vignola, were here for a weekend visit and to take in the Frontier Days celebration at Bakerfield.
In New Home The new residence built in Vgcane subdivision by G.eld is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Porter. Wothke Virginia had as he iss ma ad as her week end new Saw Earlene Skaggs of Hanford.
A marriage between Theonen and Santos Renteria of Elano and Virginia Rosalez of Shafter is recorded. A son named Albert Lester Massey was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Massey of Shafter at Kern General Hospital on October 3.
The Ladies' Aid of the Congregational Church will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Tillie Struat.
Mr and Mrs W C Grose and son Vernie traveled to Stony Brook Sanitarium Keene. They returned Sunday with Vernie who had been visiting to attend his sister Lillie’s wedding and to act as best man for Otis McClean.
Albert Nikkel of Shafter Kern County California executes a fictitious name certificate for Nikkel Iron Works as sole owner. Notary Grant acknowledges the document on October 9 1935 in Kern County California.
Classified ad notes a leather jacket and wrist watch found. Owner may recover by proving ownership and paying the ad’s fee. Respond to W. H. Muse at Jesse Smith Store, Shafter.
Advert asks for about 160 acres of rolling or mountain land within 100 miles of Shafter. Seller seeks cheap price and very easy terms. Respond with full description, price, and terms in a letter to AB at The Shafter Press, Shafter.
Pioneer Realty advertises Buttonwillow as a fast growing farming community with ready residential and business lots. Houses plentiful, a potential bakery or general store, a fine school and churches nearby, and lots priced from 250 to 600 dollars for homes and 350 to 750 dollars for business plots. Agents H. M. Hillhouse and F. E. Manner handle inquiries.
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