A citizen of distinctive strength and sterling character, a forceful and vigorous writer, and identified in a peculiar way with the journalistic profession, being editor and publisher of the Straz Guard , the official organ of the Polish National Church and movement in America. Mr Dangel wields influence in the noble organization with which he has thus closely identified himself, while he is held in high regard as a citizen of worth and ability, maintaining his residence and business headquarters in the city of Scranton, Lackawanna county, where his paper is published.
In the year 1895 Mr Dangel established in Scranton a local newspaper, which he entitled the Pennsylvania Weekly , and which was published in the Polish language and in the interests of the Polish people. Two years later he was one of the leading spirits in the founding of the Polish National Church in America, being one of the most valued coadjutors of and co-workers with Bishop Hodur, concerning whom individual mention is made elsewhere in this work, together with details concerning the movement mentioned. Upon the inauguration of the new movement the Pennsylvania Weekly became the official organ of the church, and its title was then changed to its present consistent form, the Straz , meaning "the Guard." The church represents a reformation and its leading exponents have withdrawn their allegiance to the Church of Rome, while under the wise direction of Bishop Hodur the advancement has been along safe and legitimate lines, and it has been the function of the Straz to stand guard at the very threshold of this new movement, so important and vital to the Polish people. The paper is vigorous and aggressive in its policy, is a veritable guard and tower of strength in advocating and protecting the doctrines, tenets and material welfare of the church, while Mr Dangel has incidentally gained the highest esteem and the implicit confidence of his fellow countrymen and is a leader in the Polish circles of America.
Stanislaus A Dangel was born in the famed old city of Warsaw, Poland, 13 Nov 1871, being a son of Alfonse and Bronislawa Dangel, representatives of sterling old families of that noble country, whose once majestic fortunes have fallen upon evil days. In the excellent schools of his native city our subject was afforded the best of educational advantages, completing his scholastic discipline in the famous University of Warsaw. In 1894 Mr Dangel came to America, believing that under our institutions he could find a wider field for useful action and for personal accomplishment. He first located in the city of Toledo, OH, where he held a position on the editorial staff of a Polish newspaper for a period of six months, at the expiration of which time he came to Scranton and established the Pennsylvania Weekly, as before noted. He has since maintained his home in this city, and his course has been such as to gain for him a place among the representative young business men of this section of the state, while he has gained also the social recognition due to one of his high attainments and ability. He is a valued member of the Polish National Alliance, of which he is president at the time of this writing, being in his third term of consecutive service in this important capacity. He is affiliated with several national secret societies in Scranton, and politically is a stalwart adherent of the Republican party and an active and efficient worker in its cause. During the national campaign of 1904 he was a member of the Republican executive committee. Mr Dangel is a member of the Scranton Press Club, and at the convention of the International League of Press Clubs held in Detroit in July, 1905, he was elected a member of the national executive committee. On 18 Jul 1896 Mr Dangel was united in marriage to Miss Mary Kryger, daughter of William and Frances Kryger, of Scranton, and they have two daughters, Stella and Hadwig.