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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1930
Page
4
Two brothers fishing from a flat bottomed boat off the Donegal coast report a whale pulled their craft, the vessel veered and settled gently on the water. They claim a whale vanished beneath their bay as they looked over the hull.
A neighbor recalls the day Peter Tumble fell and a share in a thresher. Collecting money was hard, and Peter now disassembles machines to fix his own implements, risking the thresher's collapse into many pieces. Farm Journal.
The Butterfield stage line dated 1858 stretched 2880 miles from St Louis to San Francisco via El Paso and Los Angeles, lasting until the Civil War. Definitions for military, hunting, and park seat riding are given, describing posture and stirrup use. Also notes a tax collector’s jellyfish encounter at a French resort and a Fort Wayne journalist’s quip about bathers.
A concise motto attributed to Thomas a Kempts stresses that success hinges on firm purpose and the diligent effort required to advance. The saying links strong resolve with persistent work as the pathway to achievement.
A collage of trivia including Franklin and fresh air advocates, Parliament ventilation plans, a tale of rummaging a wife’s wastebasket, a grocer’s move announcement, and quips on seasickness, laughter in animals, river dredging, and curious predictions.
A long list of social visits and travel described from Easton and surrounding areas. Names include Madison V. Uhler Elwood T. Bauman and many locals visiting relatives, attending funerals, and taking weekend trips. Notes mention church events Old Folks Day and cradle roll activities plus a newborn Dorothy Mae Simmons.
A crowded social page notes births, visits, trips, and family gatherings across Nazareth area towns including Tatamy Wagnersville and Allentown. Highlights mention a Saturday birth to Mr Leo Curran, travels by Mrs John Reese and others, Temple birthday social for Golden Eagle members, and several residents touring cities like New York Bethlehem and Atlantic City. Business news cites Henry Schlegel offering lower prices on boys suits and Old Home Pork Sausage season opening with deliveries from Walnut and Pine streets.
Three year old Joseph P Avalon son of Mr and Mrs Peter Avalon Cedar street town was admitted to Easton Hospital with a fracture of the right leg. The injury occurred when his cousin James Avalon backed a car into an alley and struck him.
A poem fragment contrasts a distant horizon with a tender sky and fields. It images corn, geese, lowland and upland, and the blaze of goldenrod. The speaker notes some call it Nature while others name it Cod, referencing William Garruth.
A compact, era tone collection of foreign inspired dishes and methods. Includes Tripe a la Creole with butter green pepper and tomatoes, vent steak with sage seasoned pork, meat chowder with lamb and potatoes, and Tongue in Aspic with spices and gelatin served with watercress.
The annual loss from black stem rust of wheat oats rye and barley in the barberry eradication area declined from about 000 bushels in 1915 1919 to about 41 000 000 bushels in 1925 1929 according to the U S Department of Agriculture estimates.
Laura Schoch Hahn 46 wife of Robert A Hahn died at home near Bushkill Center from complications. Survived by husband, son Warren, two grandchildren, a brother Linford Schoch and two sisters. Funeral services were held at her late home then at Plainfield Cemetery with Rev J A Klick officiating. Rosie Alice Abel 30 died at home near Seipsville from complications. Survived by husband and three sisters and two brothers. Funeral at her late home then Arndt’s Reformed Church with burial in Arndt’s Cemetery. Stanley Howell 56 longtime resident of Martins Creek Easton area died after year and a half illness. Survived by wife Helen and six children, one brother Milton Howell. Funeral services were held Monday. he was member of Odd Fellows and College Hill Presbyterian Church.
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