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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1930
Page
3
The passing of William Howard Taft is praised for his patriotism peace advocacy and justice. The article notes his public service and ability to win respect from political opponents despite policy differences.
Clyde Tombaugh of Burdett Kansas identified a tiny speck on a photographic plate at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona proving the discovery of a new planet. The finding places a rural youth among historic explorers like Heredhel Galileo and marks a landmark in astronomy.
The article explains Easter origins long before Christianity with Germanic tributes to Ostara the spring goddess. It notes colorful eggs as symbols of new life and relates egg gifts, egg hunts, and the Frühlingsfest customs to ancient beliefs, mentioning the Frühlingsstier rabbit figure.
Christian missionaries in Rome vs. Germanic heathen rites led to Easter replacing Ontara. The spring festival of Ostara, linked to Ostern, became the Christian celebration of Christ's rising, observed on the first Sunday after the fourteenth calendar moon’s after 21 March, near Passover timing and reflected in names like Pasquale and Pascal.
The 1930 agricultural season draws national attention as big business starts viewing farming as a potentially profitable industry. Farmers carry varied fortunes, yet government aid and cooperative marketing drive growth while others warn against easy money attracting opportunists.
A minor two vehicle crash on a city street draws a crowd as a Bible found in the coupe shifts suspicion away from the young couple. The officer delays censure until the facts are known, illustrating how perception can misjudge strangers. The piece notes the Bible’s presence as evidence of character, while affirming the legal need to determine fault.
Raymond Fetzer of the Heimbach Baking Co announces a Write a Letter and Win a Prize contest with ten prizes totaling 16000 and no award under 10. Entries describe a bread meal since infancy and are due by midnight April 30. Families urged to participate and submit wrappers with letters. Also notes resignations and visits in local businesses and a note on Mrs Sheppard confined to her room with tonsillitis.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a chairman attempts to say schoolhouse and bungles words. The audience snickers as he repeats mispronunciations, recovers briefly, then collapses in a moment of comic self doubt.
The article guides touring and study of Matthew’s sixteen chapters with maps and itineraries from B C 5 to A D 29. It praises art depicting Jesus and suggests unveiling paintings, then asks readers to reflect on Jesus traits and miracles while noting prophecy fulfillment in Isaiah 9 6 as the Golden Text.
The Sons of Veterans Auxiliary No. 20 was inspected by Cora Peters of Allentown and received a 100 percent rating for its work. Speeches came from officials and members in Lehigh Valley camps. An auction followed and refreshments were served as planning for the next meeting was set. Several local residents hosted a social gathering at George Kerchenthall’s home.
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