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Subject: [PABERKS] News from Pennsburg - February 21, 1903
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:27:16 EST
Ref: Town and Country
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - February 21, 1903
UPPER HANOVER TOWNSHIP COUPLE CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING
An unusual festival, the fiftieth wedding anniversary, was celebrated at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel REITER (pictures), of near Hoppenville, on
Saturday. A feature of this rare occasion was the fact that the celebration
occurred in the same house where they started housekeeping fifty years ago.
Daniel REITER was married to Miss Edith WEIDNER on February 14, 1853. For
fifty years they lived on the Reiter homestead, in Upper Hanover township,
known as Reiter's mill, near Hoppenville. They have four children, Ida, Emma,
Oswin and Henry, and thirteen grandchildren. Mr. REITER is 74 years of age
and his wife 73 years old. The families of which Mr. and Mrs. REITER are
members of are both large families. Mr. REITER is the last of a family of
fourteen and Mrs. REITER is the oldest of a family of eight. Both have
attained ages older than any of their parents or kin. Both Mr. REITER and his
wife are quite active and number hosts of friends. Mr. REITER has been a
miller by occupation since his boyhood days. The aged couple enjoyed the
anniversary and they were the recipients of many costly presents. A splendid
collation was spread before the guests and when the dining room was opened
the aged couple were placed at the head of the table. Rev. Henry REITER, of
Quakertown, then made a brief address. After all had satisfied the inner man,
the rest of the afternoon was spent in a social manner. All the children and
grandchildren were present. Those in attendance were: Rev. and Mrs. D.H.
REITER and sons, Freddie, Daniel and Earnest, of Quakertown; Mrs. A.H.
CRESSMAN and children Lillie, Bertha, Lottie and Abraham, of Richland Centre,
Bucks county; Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer D. CRESSMAN and Ida REITER, of
Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Oswin D. REITER and children, Ida, Harry, Frank,
Thomas and Eva, of Red Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin D. REITER, of Hoppenville.
TO SAVE GREASON'S LIFE
The Board of Pardons was on Wednesday asked to completely pardon Samuel
GREASAN, of Berks county, under sentence of death for the murder of John
EDWARDS, the Stouchsburg quarryman. Several witnesses have been found to whom
Mrs. EDWARDS and Charles DEEM stated that their testimony against him was
false. DEEM was the jail barber, having served a sentence for larceny, and he
and Mrs. EDWARDS were the chief witnesses against GREASON. Depositions of the
new witnesses have been taken. Two of them shared Mrs. EDWARDS' cell. They
state that the condemned woman told them that GREASON is innocent of her
husband's murder; that he was not at their house on the night of the crime,
but that he had sworn so severely against her that she testified against him
to defend herself. The board continued the case with several others until
March.
OLD MAN OVERCOME BY COLD
An old man was found in a woods near Pottstown on Wednesday evening benumbed
by the cold. The man is James YODER, a soldier of Company A, Seventy-first
Pennsylvania Regiment. He was on his way from Philadelphia to Reading on foot
when he succumbed to the cold.
TOBACCO MAKES MAN SICK
Henry F. BEAN, of Skippack, was taken sick last Saturday night, which was due
to using tobacco very strongly, so that he had the "tobacco heart." He is now
trying to cure himself, so he stopped using tobacco entirely, which produced
the sickness. The medicine the doctor prescribed first was a chew of tobacco.
GOOD MUSIC AT RED HILL BAZAAR
Charles N. STROHL, of Pottstown, will render the music at the Red Hill
bazaar, this evening. He is known as the best cornetist in this county. He
will be accompanied on the piano by Miss HALLMAN and on the violin by Miss
POTTER, both of Pottstown. Mr. STROHL is known in this vicinity, having been
here on several occasions with the famous STROHL family.
WILL HAVE ARTESIAN WELL DRILLED
Harvey BAUS a prominent farmer of near East Greenville, will have an artesian
well dug on his premises. There is always a scarcity of water there during
the summer months and it is his intention to overcome this by drilling an
extra well. The well may be drilled on the hill near there, so that he can
get the water by gravity.
KILLED OLDEST HORSE IN BUCKS COUNTY
Henry KEILMAN, of near Finland, Bucks county, had an old horse killed this
week by John ROBERTS. The animal was 35 years old and the oldest horse in
Bucks county. The age interfered with the usefulness of the animal and it was
killed to relieve it of any future suffering.
PASTOR WILL MOVE TO POTTSTOWN
Rev. J.J. KLINE, of New Hanover township, will move to Pottstown in the near
future. He will move into the home of M.S. LONGAKER, who will move to the
Limerick Centre Hotel.
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