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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
6
In a New York case a girl calling herself Patri or Veronica Kern writes of a troubled life from Oklahoma, running away at 14, wandering across many states, and planning suicide with poison. She describes hunger, homelessness, and a plea to readers not to pity her but to warn others away from similar paths.
In New Orleans the 78 year old wisteria known as the twisted vine that shades the Courtyard of the Twisted Vine survives a courtyard fire. Despite heavy damage experts say the roots remain. with proper pruning it may bloom again next spring in the French Quarter setting.
In Watertown Mercy Hospital surgeons completed removal of two curled toes from 66 year old John Lapham after months of failed pleas to doctors. He used a chisel and wooden mallet at a shed, with alcohol as anesthesia and patent medicine as antiseptic, and his wife tied a rag around the wound post procedure.
London report recalls Charles Morgan, wounded in 1915, who survived a brain operation after a surgical needle remained in his head. The needle began causing trouble decades later, prompting medical attention.
The piece traces fear of the number 13 and Fridays as omens across history. It notes Norse myth links, the crucifixion on Good Friday, and legends about Loki. It cites Columbus and the early American use of 13 in colonial symbols.
Narrative recounts a 1625 clash on Lake Erie between the Eries and eastern tribes near Buffalo. Descriptions cover canoe warfare without guns, brutal close combat, and legends preserved by H. J. Carr. The piece also includes calculations converting rainfall and snowfall to water volumes and weights.
Rheumatic fever mainly harms the heart rather than joints and often recurs, becoming more dangerous with each attack. It strikes children and teens and can return repeatedly. Each year it kills about 40,000 people in the United States, with victims averaging thirty at death.
Quebec City was founded in 1608 by Jacques Cartier. The city’s epic story unfolds along battlements in churches and universities, with Chateau Frontenac and the Citadel looming on Cape Diamond overlooking the St. Lawrence. The fortification contrasts with graceful Norman style amid cobbled streets.
Shafter High School Generals host Corcoran High in a 2:30 PM practice game on the local field. Coach Bill White tests his squad against Tuolare County league rival Corcoran, with Olson at fullback and McCoy at quarterback.
Meeting place for 18 boys in three patrols, Ned Marksheffel and Howard Miguel outline year long plan to expand membership to 32, extend the program, and build a cabin due to lack of room at Richland grammar school. Aids sought from an assistant scoutmaster and a ways and means committee has begun preliminary work to determine cabin location.
The Church with Message and Melody led by Wm J Bestwater lists services for Sunday October 2. Sunday School at 9 15 Morning Service at 10 15 with Rev J N Williams. Young People meeting at 6 30 and missionary address at 7 30 by Rev and Mrs J H Pankrantz. Lord's Supper observed. Reports on Monday October 3 by Rev and Mrs Pankrantz. All welcome.
The Pentecostal Church of God at 224 Marengo Street invites attendance for evangelistic services led by Pastor R. W. Miller. Evening services are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. with midweek activities noted for Thursday.
The Onion Congregational Church lists evangelistic services Saturday at 7 30 p m and Sunday morning activities including church school at 9 50 a m and worship at 11 a m. An evening evangelistic service follows at 7 p m with the minister Alfred T Chandler preaching Are Jesus Teachings Practical Today. All welcome.
Edgar H. McAllister, pastor, leads Sunday October Bible School at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11:00 at 289 East Lerdo Highway.
A church schedule lists evening sermon The Gospel of Marah and The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Unbeliever. Prayer League and Young People societies meet at 6:50 p m with an evening service at 7:30 p m. Wednesday October 5 features a prayer praise and Bible study at 7:30 p m.
Pentecostal Gospel Mission schedules 2 00 p m service supper at 5 00 p m and 7 45 p m revival with Rev Harry Hauff from Van Nuys leading a fellowship meeting. Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church invites all for singing school and daily services led by Sam Wilcoxon and Donald Graves with 9 45 a m Sunday school.
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