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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
1
The Department of Commerce plans a three year project to replace the disliked whistle with a fixed broadcast frequency at Grand Island Nebraska. The goal is to improve radio reception by eliminating the nuisance whistle and stabilizing the station frequency for all listeners.
The Department of Agriculture urges using skim milk concentrate and powdered sour milk to cut costs in transport and utilize waste. Sour milk is noted as beneficial for humans. The piece cites 40 bargaining associations and 119 fluid milk marketing groups moving about 325 million dollars in milk and cream sales last year.
Scientists move from rats and guinea pigs to pigs in a farm study by the Agricultural Department. The goal is to link diet, bone tissue, and tooth development in relation to rachitis a swine disease resembling human rickets. The work aims to shed light on bone health in children.
John Coolidge and Florence Trumbull plan September 23 nuptials at Plainville Congregational Church. The couple, son of a president and daughter of a governor, vow a sober, hardworking life with mutual support and house duties shared. Local readers praise their practical marriage ideal.
The article notes enduring American passion for the World Series, tracing interest from 1884 to 1928 and ahead to 1929. It contrasts baseball’s lure with radio aviation film and talkies, stressing that baseball remains central and undistracted by other era developments.
The text notes the end of summer with heat easing into autumn and mentions fresh scents in drying leaves. It references the coming cool spell and hints at school children preparing for new adventures as autumn approaches.
The piece celebrates autumn as a time of renewed neighborliness and cultural activity. It notes busy business, new merchandise, and holidays ahead, with families drawing closer, radios improving, cars enlivening daily life, and a call for practical idealism to better equalize comforts and opportunities while individuals contribute their talents to society.
An editorial argues that taxes raise questions about both amount and distribution. It weighs whether public funds meet genuine needs, the risk of waste, and the balance between efficiency and democratic ideals. The piece explores how much development a society should pursue given affluence and governance.
A columnist argues for records over live broadcasts, claiming listeners can distinguish in person music from recordings and prefer recordings for quality. They criticize the Federal Radio Commission for requiring disclosures about records, urging regulators to consider listeners’ musical discernment and the superior production of electrical recordings.
At the Tenak Walton League annual meeting in Waynesburg Pa Grover C Ladner outlined efforts to clean the Schuylkill River s polluted water the Sewage Act of 1905 and industrial pollution disputes were discussed Philadelphia and Norristown areas were assessed for pollution sources and 380 industries faced cleanup actions after investigations and court steps were initiated to restore river health.
Misa Lena Klein and Alvin Heckman were married Monday in a ceremony led by Rev H C Rhyder at a local venue. Attendants included Charles Weldman and his wife. Heckman works as a druggist at Weaver's Pharmacy Easton and is a Nazareth High School 1920 graduate, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy alum. They will reside at the Heckman home after a wedding trip.
A surprise party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Strouse on South Main Street Thursday evening in honor of Mildred E. Strouse's birthday anniversary. Guests played 500, refreshments were served, and prizes were awarded for high and low scores to Evelyn Messinger, Owen Jones, Harold Flick, and Evelyn Wambold.
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