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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1937
Page
2
Poem addresses a hidden social neighbor the speaker calls neighbor of mine. It questions where he lives and who he is, asking if he is rich or poor, powerful or humble, and if he struggles with alcohol and ruin. The speaker insists love remains, offering pity and hope through a mother's prayers.
Picking of 10 acres of Garigan grapes on the Bill Handel ranch ended this week. Grapes shipped to a Lodi winery, about 15 tons every second day, with total harvest near 100 tons. Handel, a leading Shafter grower, plans Red Emperors next, fifteen acres set for harvest later in October or November, with strong market prospects and high prices expected.
Workmen finished construction of a warehouse for the Home Appliance Co at 161 63 Central Avenue this week. The corrugated iron structure occupies the rear portion of the lot and measures 28 by 50 feet with a cement floor.
The article notes how birds such as owls kingfishers and woodpeckers lay pure white eggs and conceal or expose them in dark nests holes and tunnels. It describes tawny barn little and other owls nests and how kingfishers create long sandy-bank tunnels with white pellet nests while woodpeckers bore into trunks.
Brides on Granna Island wear a historic queen’s crown dating to Ebba Brahe and Gustavus Adolphus era. The Brahe castle once stood nearby and church displays the heirloom. Granna, famed as the Pear Town, hosts a crown tied to centuries of local lore.
The article traces early American horse racing to Virginia with turf contests by 1674 while noting New York hosted trophies as early as 1665. It cites a likely March 1665 race on Col. Richard Nicolls’ New Market course in Hempstead Long Island, with a 1668 race documented in Yale collections.
Describes the Golden Gate Bridge as seven hundred feet longer than the George Washington Memorial Bridge over the Hudson at New York. Claims it is the greatest, widest, costliest bridge and the only one spanning the outer mouth of a major ocean harbor. Mentions its iron rivets forming an imaginary serpent when placed end to end.
Aden once called the Gibraltar of the East marks Britain's early era in Yemen, reflecting colonial strategy and coastal defense. The narrative traces its status as a premier fortified port and gateway to the Red Sea, shaping regional power dynamics and trade routes.
A skeptical column rails against oversized modern novels and doorstop biographies while recalling Aunt Sophie era margins. A playful jab follows Leslie Howard and a stunt involving a crowd at a studio. Education notes critique privileged parenting and discipline, flagging future heirs and a party line urging moderate patriotism.
A. I. English of Wasco announced the Southern California Gas company is numbering all residences and businesses in Shafter at one third completion. The work will resume Monday once fresh figures arrive, with no charge to property owners and the 12 1/2 foot unit system set along Shafter highway and Lerdo road.
A fragmented account references a wild Idaho wilderness north of Sun Valley aiding the Civil War by supplying funds from a Yankee treasury, with gold-bearing earth described as yielding rich shovelfuls. It also notes several blackbird species including rusty, bronzed, grackle, red winged, and white-winged varieties.
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