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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
7
The article discusses flooring styles for winter decor, noting how architecture guides floor choice. It contrasts wide old boards with narrow modern hardwood, marquetry, and finishes such as wax oil shellac and varnish. Spatterwork floors, once costly, have regained vogue for painted or decorative schemes.
Bradford Washburn of the National Geographic Society reports aerial infrared photographs from four flights near Mt McKinley and Mt Hayes in Alaska. The images show the peak’s vast terrain and reveal Mt Hunter’s existence. Washburn led expeditions in 1935 and photographed Glacier region terrain near the Canadian border.
Air plants are hardy wild orchids that cling to oak bark and live on air and water. They resemble Spanish moss, are not parasites, and can be detached easily.
Leonard A. Barrett argues that imitation harms motivation and originality. He compares a wife’s praise of a “model husband” to counterfeit money, noting that reliance on imitation erodes realism as machines replace manual labor.
A passage argues that humans are more than mechanistic beings driven by material needs. True power lies in inner spiritual forces—thought, will, love, and obedience—already within us and not fed from external goods. Dialogue urges self-mastery and virtuous action over mere wealth. Western Newspaper Union.
A reader shares practical tips from home life including waxing floors sparingly for shine, using felt on vase bottoms to prevent scratches, parboiling green peppers to enhance flavor, refrigerating peppers after boiling, and priming radiators with aluminum bronze or red lead before painting to prevent rust and discoloration.
Federal agents set a covert trap for Eddie Green on April 3 1934 in St Paul after learning his true identity. Green linked to Dillinger and Barker gangs robbed banks with them and used the St Paul home as a gang hub. He was shot when he reached toward his hip pocket during a command to halt, living eight days before dying.
A reflection on what it means to be a true neighbor and citizen linking personal virtue to public responsibility. The passage urges accepting good advice to strengthen one’s ability and to internalize the state within individual life.
A reflective line contemplates the residual value of a good time, arguing that only after an experience ends can its true worth be judged. The statement frames time spent as a measure of fulfillment rather than immediate enjoyment.
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