Remember 1924? The Roaring Twenties? It was just 100 years ago — what a time it was!

In 1924, Calvin Coolidge gave the first presidential radio address from the White House, on his way to re-election in the fall. Unfortunately, the fascists won the Italian general elections, and J. Edgar Hoover began his 50-year rule at the FBI. American astronomer Edwin Hubble informed the world that Andromeda, which everyone thought to be a nebula, was actually another galaxy and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies.

In Chamonix, France, the first-ever Winter Olympics were held. Closer to home, 1924 marked the only year of existence for the Anthracite League of professional football, from which the powerful Pottsville Maroons would emerge to win the controversial NFL championship a year later. Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight champion of 1924, and the Washington Senators won the World Series.

In 1924, Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” debuted, and Wendell Hall’s recording of “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’” topped the charts. Edgar Rice Burroughs published “The Land That Time Forgot.” James Baldwin and Truman Capote were born, and Franz Kafka and Joseph Conrad died. “The Sea Hawk” was the highest grossing movie of the year.

And in 1924, the Woman’s Club of Catasauqua organized a public library for the citizens of the two boroughs. Run out of the club at the start, the library soon became an independent entity located in the old church building at Third and Bridge streets. Here we have remained!

The Public Library of Catasauqua will hold a block party Oct. 12 to celebrate and to thank the community that supported it for 100 years. There will be free games and activities for the kids, animals to learn about, puppets and treats sold from food trucks. Join us for fellowship and fun!

Don’t forget about our ongoing events, including a book club, a Thursday afternoon reading program, the Stitches fiber arts group, a Saturday children’s movie day and more. The movie will be “Kiki’s Delivery Service” Sept. 28.

Stop by or call for more information.

SEPTEMBER BOOKS

Fiction: “Safe Enough,” Lee Child; “Peach Tea Smash,” Laura Childs; “The Night We Lost Him,” Laura Dave; “Fatal Invasion,” Jeffery Deaver; “Robert B. Parker’s Buzz Kill,” Alison Gaylin; “Capture or Kill,” Vince Flynn; “The Life Impossible,” Matt Haig; “Den of Iniquity,” J.A. Jance; “On the Hunt,” Iris Johansen; “The Forest of Lost Souls,” Dean Koontz; “Clive Cussler’s Ghost Soldier,” Mike Maden; “Summer Romance,” Annabel Monaghan; “Here One Moment,” Liane Moriarty; “Worst Case Scenario,” T.J. Newman; “Lies He Told Me,” James Patterson; “Passions in Death,” J.D. Robb; “Intermezzo,” Sally Rooney; “Counting Miracles,” Nicholas Sparks; “Tell Me Everything,” Elizabeth Strout

Nonfiction: “Targeted Beirut: The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror,” Jack Carr; “Connie,” Connie Chung; “Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love and Liberty,” Hillary Rodham Clinton; “The Siege: A Six-day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special Forces Operation That Shocked the World,” Ben McIntyre; “By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-long Fight for Justice on Native Land,” Rebecca Nagle; “Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden,” Bill O’Reilly; “Upworthy Good People: Stories from the Best of Humanity,” Gabriel Reilich; “The Rising: The Twenty-Year Battle to Rebuild the World Trade Center,” Larry Silverstein; “10/7: 100 Human Stories,” Lee Yaron

Young Adult: “Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights,” Scott Cawthon; “Wednesday: A Novelization of Season One,” Kay Mejia Tehlor; “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess,” Rick Riordan

Juvenile: “A Kids’ Guide to the National Baseball Hall of Fame,” James Buckley Jr.; “The Wild Robot Field Guide,” Peter Brown; “The Story of Taylor Swift,” Rachelle Burk; “Speaking of America: United States Presidents and the Words That Changed History,” Jared Cohen; “Spy School Goes Wild,” Stuart Gibbs; “InvestiGators 8: Class Action,” John Patrick Green; “What Is the Story of Smokey Bear?” Steve Korte; “The Baby-Sitters Club 16: Kristy and the Walking Disaster,” Ann Martin; “Ren’s One of a Kind Cupcakes,” Coco Simon

Children’s picture books: “The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Everything,” Nadia Ahmed; “Shadowlands,” Bluey; “The Crayons Give Thanks.” Drew Daywalt; “Grumpy Monkey Play All Day,” Suzanne Lang; “Construction Site Garbage Crew to the Rescue,” Sherri Duskey Rinker; “The Most Boring Book Ever,” Brandon Sanderson