Nazareth News Roundup Adopts Church Rules and Local Happenings
In Nazareth 45 years ago the new St John s missionary society adopted its rules with dues set at five cents monthly. Frosty streets and icy sidewalks linger after last week s cold and recent light snow and rain. Residents include Mr and Mrs George Geiger planning a new home, and others traveling to or from Nazareth for work, schooling or sale of goods. A long paragraph notes a campus escape at Nazareth Hall and its recapture, while town leaders discuss remodeling Parochial Hall and attracting bids for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Missionary Society of
George Geiger
Lancaster
Nazareth
William Kreider
Cemetery Hill
Asher Knecht
Christian Spring
Schlabach
William Ackerman
Lower Nazareth
Robert Meller
Aluta
Keifer
C. C. Willauer
Stockertown
A. T. Shiffert
Asa
Martha Fraze
Kraemer
Harry J. Anangst
Beck Bros
Irvin Nicholas Will
New Village
Easton
John
Josiah Bruch
Philadelphia
Mr. Bruch
Margaretta
T. Walton
Linden Hall Seminary
Luiis
John F. Beitel
New Orleans
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Emile Wagner
Charleston
8. C
Nazareth Hall
Moorestown
Bethlehem
Allentown
New York
Professor Lanius
Lanius
18 Years Ago Snowbound Town Struggles After Storm
Snow banks six feet high clogged streets as the Hay trolley line reached the town outskirts. Workers back from out of town faced delays. power houses at Penn Allen Cement were damaged. residents faced bread shortages and transportation halts as storms persisted. Local and out-of-town workers endured weeklong disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Street Railway Co
W. Haldeman
Nazareth Hall
Edwin Clewell
Northampton County Almhouse
Maré Parseghian
High Street
Black Rock Lane
Gerald Knecht
Charles Knecht
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bethlehem
Harvey Troxell
Penn-Allen Cement Co
Walter Loux
Easton
Frederick Martin
Philadelphia
O Bath
Nazareth
Norman Uhler
University of Pennsylvania
Irvin
Stockertown
Hecktown
Pennsylvania Farm Security Board Named
Harrisburg reports J Hansell French State Secretary of Agriculture named to the Pennsylvania advisory committee for the Farm Security Administration. The group assists in Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act administration with members from several state institutions. Tioga Crawford Washington and Franklin counties designated for loans under the Farm Tenant Loan Program, with a $118,828 allocation for the year ending June 30, 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
J. Hansell French
Henry A. Wallace
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Farm Security Administration
George Schuler
Fleetwood
R. L. Watts
Pennsylvania State College
H. C. Metteroff
Department of Public Instruction
Homer Vancott
New Milford
Richard Vaux
Maple Glen
Wilmot D. Cloese
Lake Ariel
John Bush
Pleasant Unity
H. M. Pates
Kennett Square
Carson F. Marts
Somerset
Tioga
Crawford
Washington
Franklin
Bankhead-Jones
Carson F. Martz
Secretary of
State Farm Security Advisory Committee
FSA
Secretary of Agriculture
Motorist taxes rise sharply in Pennsylvania
The Keystone Automobile Club reports a 136.4 percent rise in motorist taxation in ten years, from 1926 to 1936, with state tax take up by 48,886,000 dollars. Officials anticipate further increases as 1937 figures become available, claiming tax levels exceed reasonable bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Keystone Automobile Club
Nived
Maxwell C. Barber
Club
Shakespeare and the rise of a literary icon
The piece reflects on Shakespeare’s obscure early life and rise to wealth, noting his London career, marriage to Anne Hathaway, and posthumous fame. It contrasts his modest beginnings with today’s high valuations for his works, while mentioning tax concerns and public attention to motorist charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Shakespeare
Anne
Anne Hathaway
Stratford
Slattery
Anne Whately
William Shakespeare
London
America
Shakespeare
Coud
New York
Doctor 8
A. Tannenbaum
Stratford-on-Avon
Civil Service Examinations Announced for Various Posts
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for Senior scientific aid preparator in pathology at 2000 a year with Army Medical Museum Physiotherapy aide at 1600 a year with U S Public Health Service and Veterans Administration Printer proofreader at 132 per hour for 40 hours at the Government Printing Office Full information from Miss Marion Hangen Secretary of the U S Civil Service Board of Examiners at the local post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Army
Medical Museum
U. S. Public Health Service
Veterans’ Administration
Government Printing Office
Marion Hangen
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Die Buva Am Shtor Scene in a Pennsylvania Dutch hamlet
A rough-edged vignette of a rural crossroad store and post office as the Pa German community gathers. The scene shifts among old cronies, country homes, and a WPA worker turned farmer, with a narrator recalling a 1910 census near Nazareth and Pen Argyl. The tale centers on labor, debt, and a slave worker named Danny, detailing plantation life and local power dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Die Buva Am Shtor
Debate Over Lincoln Gettysburg Speech and Shakespeare Authorship
The fragment notes claims that Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg and questions Shakespeare's existence, mentioning theories that Bacon or the Earl of Oxford authored his plays. It cites a 1937 copyright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Shakespeare
Sir Francis Bacon
Earl of Oxford
Fragmented OCR note on Pennsylvania event
A garbled OCR passage references Pennsylvania and a sequence of unclear names and phrases. The text lacks coherent facts to identify a person, place, date, or event with confidence. No verifiable details are available to form a complete news item.
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