Mind your business or mind your own affairs
A column mixes notions of a Windsor defense society, satirizing meddling in royal affairs, with comic snippets about grooming and a Miss America contest, noting public curiosity and moral values debates. It also references political figures and manners of commentary amid social commentary in 1930s tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anta Monica
Calif
Edward VIII
Duke of Windsor
Simpson
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Stanley Baldwin
Stan
Irving
Cobb
England
New Jersey
Wood
H. G. Comfort Publisher notice from Shafter California
Public notice describes H G Comfort Publisher operating every Thursday from Central Avenue Shafter Kern County California with annual subscription 200 dollars payable in advance and single copies five cents. It states advertising rates on application and that the paper is entered as second class matter August first 1935 at Chafter post office under the act of March third 1679 telephone 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue
Shafter Kern County
California
Chafter
Preventing Home Fires Home Fire Underwriters urge inspections
A National Board of Fire Underwriters bulletin notes most fires start at home and cause half the loss of life. Fire departments report drops in fires and losses after annual inspections, urging community effort, posters, and thorough checks of heating, wiring, storage, attics, basements, and repairs to save lives and money. Fire Prevention Week noted with call for yearly home inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Standards Oil Frolic Demonstrates Safety Milestone at Santa Cruz
The Standard Oil Company of California invited 15 000 to 16 000 employees and families from Northern California and Nevada to a Santa Cruz event. Three thousand traveled by train and 12 000 by car with no motor vehicle accidents reported, in a hundreds of thousands of miles driven. The company framed the result as a striking safety achievement urging ongoing safety-focused driving nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company of California
California
Nevada
Santa Cruz
From call boy to railroad president in Omaha banquet
A former railroad call boy named William Jeffers rises to become president of a major railroad. At an inaugural banquet in Omaha dignitaries hear him reflect on America's opportunity of upward mobility and the ideal of rising through the ranks, praised by a union leader who delivered the welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jeffers
Log Cabin
White House
America
Railroad Brotherhoods
Ucus
California Climate Attracts Industry Says Economist
The California Magazine of Pacific Business cites Laurling A. Schuler noting California’s mild climate boosts workman efficiency. He argues Eastern manufacturers are relocating West to establish plants, attracted by sunny conditions and favorable production potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Florida
Alaska
China
California
Globe
Economist
Laurling A. Schuler
California Magazine of Pacific Business
Sunushine
Scenmries
Shafter Library Adds Broad Adult and Juvenile Selections
A new library display lists 52 titles and authors including Sorrell and Son by Warwick Deeping Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle and Come and Get It by Edna Ferber. The adult shelf features works by Hobart Norris Tarkington and Orczy among others while juvenile offerings include Peter Pan Picture Book and Swiss Twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Thomas Wedge
Sorrell and Son
Warick Deeping
Sir Peter
Frank Dilnot
Sir A. C. Doyle
Susan Ertz
Edna Ferber
E. A. G. Glasgow
James Baldwin
Nanette of
Esther Brann
Henry Drummond
Boy of the
A. D. Hewes
In the
Saddle
Uncle Bill
Will James
Little Fox
K. L. Keeler
Tommy
Tilly and
Mrs. Tubbs
Hugh Lofting
Pinocchio
Carlo Lorenzini
M. J. McElroy
Blue River
Charles Major
D. S. O’connor
Cloverfield—Farm
H.f.orton
L. F. Perkins
Southwest
E. C. Sullivan
Andersen
Crossword Puzzle Solution Preview
Puzzle clues list several misreads and garbled phrases tied to a 19 to 78 item grid. It indicates a 14th column Colved puzzle with a mix of across and down hints, including themes like Neptune and Hebrew measures, mixed with OCR errors and partial entries. The next issue promises the completed solution.
Empire and Kingdom Glacier History Fragment
The text defines empire as larger than a kingdom and notes varied nationalities and administrations. It mentions a glacier covering Michigan as late as 25 000 years ago with the front of the glacier.
Governor Merriam Sets Four Water Study Committees
Governor Frank F. Merriam will appoint four committees within a few days to study California water problems. The panels will report findings and recommendations to the federal natural resources committee and address the Great Basin areas of the lower Colorado, northern California, and central California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Merriam
California
Federal Natural Resources Committee
Central
Colorado
Officers Named for Letter Club at Shafter High
Monna Latta chosen president of the Girls' Letter Club at Shafter high school with Ernna Wendland as secretary treasurer and a vice president named in the first organization meeting. The article notes English soldiers acquired port wine in Portugal under the Duke of Wellington during the Napoleonic era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monna Latta
Shafter High School
Ernna Wendland
Napoleon
Portugal
Duke of Wellington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aster Rollo
Rollo
Senate
Rene
H. G. Comfort
Washin
Ta Ahla
Ter
Owewr
Dave
Star
Just
Taste
Womer
BPI Ailie
Pazzle No
Colved
T. V. Little
Shafter, California
Jetta
Roy Pasley
Teich
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Eeeas
San Joaquin
Michigan
Aatea
Eevee and
Emil Stoller
Letter
Metho Novelty
Shafter Theatre
Dick Foran
Singing Cowboy
Prairie
Warner Oland the
Super Sleuth
Chan
Warner Baxter
Loretta Young
Coast Guard
Paramount News
Mickey Mouse
Nino Martini
Radio Star
Western Gold
Jean Chatburn
Shirley Temple
Ritz Brothers
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!