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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1929
Page
3
The piece muses on attitudes toward Prohibition agents and firearms, questions community loyalty and gender advocacy, and reflects a graduate’s frustration after high school. It contrasts public suspicion with civic duty while contemplating career prospects in a modern world.
A statistician presents figures claiming women now own over forty percent of the nation’s wealth. He notes four of five life insurance dollars go to women and seventy percent of estates left by men go to women, predicting a future where women dominate finances and possibly push men to seek equal rights.
A discussion praising Alexander Legge for leaving a $100000-a-year role as president of International Harvester to head the Federal Farm Board under Hoover at 12000 per year. The piece extols public-spirited sacrifice by officials who choose national service over private gain, lauding the tradition of public duty over personal profit.
The article notes White House public receptions were reduced from thrice weekly to once for the summer and then abandoned. It argues citizens deserve access and urges limiting ritual visits to protect the president’s time, favoring democracy and sensible intrusion limits.
The piece argues that relative strength and wealth are measured by comparison to a single strongest man and the world’s wealthiest person. Precise tests determine strength, mathematics measures wealth, yet such distinctions serve little purpose though they are laudable and inspiring.
The piece argues there is no single most famous, beautiful, courageous, or intelligent person. It contends beauty is subjective and varies by culture, and that enduring, less measurable traits are more desirable. It questions the desirability of absolute power or achievement and imagines the unhappiness of a world where one person holds every ultimate attribute.
An organizer argues against delay in civic action urging immediate elbow grease and loyalty. He cites Nazareth as a model where citizen hours and merchants efforts build cleaner streets, better service, and stronger local commerce, warning that “this isn’t the time” is a dangerous alibi.
The Town Doctor extols travel as education and character building. He urges Americans to visit diverse regions, from the National Capital to parks and historic sites, and to represent their home town responsibly when meeting others. He stresses seeing and learning, not lingering in one place.
A prose admonition argues that moral conduct is sound business. It urges daily logging of crime, folly, and wrongs to prove right living. It warns against drink, cheating, and fraud, noting the long costs and the value of a clear conscience and the Golden Rule.
A new insect pest the Mexican Bean Beetle has been reported across Northampton County. Adults are yellow with 16 black wing spots. larvae are yellow, spiny, about a quarter inch. Bean leaves skeletonize and pods show pits. plants can die. Control methods include calcium arsenate dust and squid sprays with calcium arsenate, hydrated lime, and water. apply to undersides, protect vines for up to ten days, and wash beans before use.
Nazareth Temple No 10 Ladies of the Golden Eagle held an installation of midyear officers in the I.O.O.F. hall. Newly elected officers included Mrs. Mary Frutchman as past Tempar, Stella Smith as noble templar, Cora Smale as vice templar, Laura Hess as priestess, Stella Milheim as prophetess, Florence Werkheiser as guardian of music, Corna Stoffler as marshal, Carrie Barrall as inner portal, and Katie Broad as outer portal. A grand drawing followed with Frutchman winning a quilt, Ruloff an umbrella, and Siebler a lady’s purse. the evening concluded with social time.
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