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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1935
Page
3
An ad promotes Quaker Oats as a Vitamin B rich breakfast to boost appetite and energy, urging a two week test starting tomorrow. It claims oats supply muscle building nutrients, food energy, and a nutty appealing taste, noting grocers carry the product at about four cents per dish.
A quotable note proclaims that true worth becomes evident to others. It emphasizes that being a somebody ensures recognition without fear, encouraging patience and self assurance in pursuing achievement.
The piece profiles Stephen Leacock a noted economist and humorist born in Swanmoor Pengland. It traces his education at Toronto and Chicago and his career from Upper Canada College to the University of Chicago and McGill University where he led the economics department. It notes his reputation among Canadian humorists and lists works such as Moonbeams From the Large Lunacy and College Days.
Stephen Leacock describes a tongue in cheek club that admits members by quiz and whimsy. The Ignoramus Club mocks world affairs with playful questions and a light service agenda including notional fundraisers for Scouts and a summer camp for underfed kids.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that Ohio tribes blamed witchcraft for illness and misfortune and murdered suspected practitioners. Sick members were isolated with minimal care, and burial rites included placing offerings in graves for spirits, later taken by malevolent forces.
A London report notes tests by the London Chamber of Commerce show synthetic diamonds closely resemble real gems, prompting concern over potential losses totaling near a billion pounds. The piece observes diamonds as a trade barometer and describes Hatton Garden as the teashop scene where the trade is conducted over small cups of tea.
The Columbia reneyclopedia notes Osceola as the top Indian town name nationwide with towns in Arkansas Iowa Missouri Nebraska and Pennsylvania. It lists Chillicothe Tocahontas Tecumseh Shenandoah Montezuma and other Indian names across multiple states including Wink Sleepy Eye Social Circle Frostproof What Cheer Cle Elum and Itta Bena.
Yellow water appeared at La Jolla Bay near San Diego California with uniquely small causative organisms about six thousandths of a millimeter long and four flagella. The period of abundance lasted from July 27 to August 7 and showed an absence of other plankton. The organism has not yet been satisfactorily identified.
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