Canaries Follow their Lost Chick 100 Miles to Chicago
J Harry Louden recounts finding a baby canary named Billy in St Joseph Michigan after a May 27 visit to an auto camp. The bird’s parents, a male with a jet black topknot and wing tips and a female with similar markings, later returned to the Louden home, where the male taught Billy to sleep on one leg. Louden says the male is Billy’s father and traveled about 100 miles from St Joseph to Chicago to reach him.
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J. Harry Louden
Mr. Louden
St. Joseph
Mich
Marcia Winn
Chicago Tribune
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Louden
Billy
Dickens
World's Largest Hatchery Operated by Blind Man
Hagopian a 1910 Perkins Institution graduate leads the world’s largest chicken hatchery in Wrentham Massachusetts. From 48 hens and 3 roosters he built a 300 acre complex with 16 incubators and 50 workers producing about 1.5 million chicks annually and 40 000 eggs daily under strict temperature control.
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Wrentham
Mass
Perkins Institution For the Blind
George Hagopian
Hagopian
Still Built in Trailer Detected Through Odor
Oklahoma City police officer Floyd Parks detected a whisky odor from a homemade trailer being driven on a business street. He signaled the car owner to pull over and found a 75 gallon traveling still under the tarpaulin with 32 gallons of white mule. The driver and his companion were arrested.
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Oklahoma City
Floyd Parks
Shafter Business Men Hear Routine Reports
At a Friday noon meeting of the Shafter Business Men's association in Cafe Neuman, City Engineer Althouse was instructed to proceed with a preliminary sidewalk survey and tentative curb and sidewalk areas will be set at the next council meeting. H Schirmer was named to head a decorations and Christmas party committee, with members to be named by President L H McGrane. E P Jones praised the football game shutdown by businesses and A R Duehren said a local credit bureau is taking shape.
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Shafter Business Men’s Association
Neuman
Shafter
Althouse
H. Schirmer
L. H. McGrane
The Lesson of Life by Emerson
A compact quotation attributed to Emerson urges daily effort to conquer fear. It asserts that true life lesson comes from facing fear rather than avoiding it. The line reflects a common nineteenth century emphasis on self discipline and moral growth.
Badger Sets Example in Cleanliness and Health
A Pearson's London Weekly essay praises the badger as a model of domestic hygiene. It notes the animal keeps its burrow clean by wiping paws at the entrance, spring cleaning, remaking beds, and storing leftovers in clever underground sinks.
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Pearson
London Weekly
Tea a Beverage Roots and Legacy Across Cultures
Tea refers to the leaves of the tea bush prepared as a drink and to infusions of other leaves. The term derives from the Amoy te and the Chinese cha. Legend credits Emperor Shen Nong with tea in 2737 B.C. Tea spread eastward, and Britain popularized it in the 1600s. The Boston Tea Party of 1773 targeted tea tax, not the beverage itself.
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Shenning
Orient
America
Boston
Boston Harbor
The Laurentian Mountains A Majestic Ancient Range
The Laurentian mountains span a vast crescent between the St Lawrence, Hudson Bay, and toward Labrador. Geologists say they are among the first to rise above the ancient seas, later carved by massive glaciers that left a polished chronicle on countless rocks.
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St. Lawrence River
Hudson’s Bay
Ottawa River
Labrador
Alps
Europe
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Asia
Laurentians
Time Cycles Named for Animals in Kirghiz History
The Kirghiz measure age by rounds of twelve years and twelve animal names per round. Allegedly a person born in a dog year has lived five rounds, reflecting a nomad Mongol Tartar time system. The Rocky Mountain Herald notes no Western calendar used.
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Rocky Mountain Herald
Propositions on November Ballot Discussed at Farm Bureau Meeting
Rio Bravo Farm Bureau met Friday at Rio Bravo grammar school to hear a discussion of propositions on the November ballot led by Bakersfield attorney T. H. Werdel. State assembly candidate Paul Newell spoke briefly.
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T. H. Werdel
Bakersfield
Rio Bravo Farm Bureau
Rio Bravo Grammar School
Paul Newell
State Assembly
Edward Haag
Kern County
Horace Strong
Emma Lou Hengst
Clyde Peters
Helen Calder
Thomas Devlin
Kern Flood Control Work Begun by Army Engineers
Army engineers started preliminary survey work in Kern mountain areas for flood control. A contract with Fairchild Aerial Surveys was signed for photographic maps of the Monache meadow reservoir site. The survey aims to provide data for Congress and secure appropriations. Total cost was set at 100000 dollars, reduced by 20000 dollars after scope adjustments.
Officials Watch Forest Grow at Blodgett Forest Experiment
The Division of Forestry at the University of California College of Agriculture oversees a 2,600 acre expanse of cut over land in Blodgett Forest Sierra 33 miles east of Auburn to study long term forest growth for future use.
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Divisen of Forestry
University of California College of Agriculture
Blodgett Forest
Sierra
Auburn
Potato Calico Proven Infectious Disease in Potatoes
Research by Dr. D R Peter at the University of California confirms potato calico as infectious. Field observations show natural spread and possible insect transmission. Affected plants display irregular yellow blotches and reduced yields up to thirty percent in some fields.
Nine Families Move Into Permanent Homes At Shafter Camp
Nine families in the Shafter Wasco area moved into permanent homes at the Shafter migratory camp after selection by a committee of businessmen and farmers. The camp plans to fill all 40 federal houses within weeks as more families are considered. Homes rent for 8.20 monthly plus utilities, feature three rooms, and include a half acre garden plot with water.
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Shafter
Wasco
Messrs. and Mesdames
George Russell
Elmer Thurman
Adolph Buhler
Alvis Paper
James Bond McFarland
Charles Knecht
Harry Jantz
Tennis Tournament Planned For High School Boys
Shafter High School announces a boys tennis tournament organized by Coach R. E. Gates. Each contestant will play four games against all others, with the winner ranked at the top. The system allows challenges to the two players above in the ladder. Competitors include Léland Bell Elmer Dahl Calvin Gaede Paul Garrett Henry Hofmian Clarence Kattenhorn James Livers Ruben Mettler Marlien Neufeld Elmer Unruh and Clark Wiedman.
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Shafter High School
R. E. Gates
Léland Bell
Elmer Dahl
Calvin Gaede
Paul Garrett
Henry Ho
Annual Staff Meets At Neuman Home
The first meeting of the Shafter High School annual staff was held Monday evening at Marvin Neuman’s home. Present were Elmer Dahl editor Hattie Meecham Leola Kirschenmann assistant editors Amanda Johnson feature editor Merwin Olson sport editor Don Kliewer art editor and Marvin Neuman business manager. The group plans to make this year’s edition different from previous publications.
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Shafter High School
Marvin Neuman
Elmer Dahl
Hattie Meecham
Leola Kirschenmann
Amanda Johnson
Merwin Olson
Don Kliewer
Alpaugh District Directors Recalled in Majority Vote
With 150 ballots cast Alpaugh irrigation district directors Mrs. Margaret Porter Tom Roller and W K Jackson were recalled by a two to one margin and replaced by W S Collins Charles Hopping and Perry Cotton A Delano lawsuit over water drainage from surrounding areas draws attention from Shafter farmers
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Alpaugh
Margaret Porter
Tom Roller
W. K. Jackson
W. S. Collins
Charles Hopping
Perry Cotton
Delano
Shafter
County Registration Near Sixty Thousand Record
Kern county reported 58 687 registered voters for the November election the highest total in history with Republicans 17 773 Democrats 40 506. Communist party two representatives Progressives 240 Prohibitionists 37 Socialists 120 Townsendites 130. Say you saw it in The Press.
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Kern County
Communist Party
You Will Pay More Under A Single Tax Prop 20
A historical column attacks California Proposition 20 on the November ballot, arguing the single tax would replace the sales tax, erode private land ownership, and threaten funding for schools and aid programs. It warns voters that the plan could reduce government revenue and civil rights protections.
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