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Subject: News from Pennsburg - March 19, 1904
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 23:43:22 EDT
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - March 19, 1904
OIL LAMP EXPLODES IN OLD WOMAN'S ROOM
A coal oil lamp exploded in the room of aged Mrs. John KELLY, of Macungie,
and set fire to the cover on the table, a picture hanging near and the carpet.
Mrs. KELLY, who is quite infirm and just recovering from an illness, tried to
extinguish the flames by blowing at them. Several men on the outside noticed
the flames, entered the house and extinguished them with carpet and water. In a
few minutes more the house with the old lady would probably have been burned.
PROFESSOR HOUCK LEFT FOR THE ORIENT
Professor Henry HOUCK, deputy state superintendent of public instruction,
left his home, at Lebanon, last week starting on the European trip made possible
by the contribution of $1,000 by the public school teachers of the state. He
will attend the world's Sunday school convention in Jerusalem. He has a
passport from Governor PENNYPACKER. Professor HOUCK on Sunday celebrated his
sixty-eighth birthday anniversary.
MADE SEVERAL PUBLIC BEQUESTS
The will of John G. CLEMENS, of Lansdale, gives to Rev. Christian ALLEBACH,
of Kulpsville, $500. Also $500 to the trustees and officers of the Towamencin
Mennonite Meeting, $500 to be used as they may see fit. He gives the homestead
and its furniture in Lansdale to his widow and also $12,000 in cash. The
remainder of his estate after some trifling bequests, testator gives to his sister
Elemina MOYER.
TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION AT SPINNERSTOWN
Rev. Thos. LEINBACH, of Spinnerstown pastor of the Trinity Reformed and the
Chestnut Hill churches at that place, handed his resignation to the
consistories on Sunday. He has accepted the call extended him by the St. John's Reformed
church of Reading.
SALESMAN FOUND DEAD IN BED
Frank A. BOISE, a traveling salesman from a New York house was found dead in
his bed at the Hotel Allen, at Allentown, on Tuesday morning. He was a
resident from Jamaica, Long Island. While on his way to Allentown he was taken sick
on the train, but before retiring he felt a great deal better. His death was
due to paralysis of the heart.
BREAD NOW COSTS FIVE CENTS THE LOAF
The bakers of these boroughs on Monday advanced the price of bread from four
to five cents the loaf. The one cent rolls and doughnuts have not been raised
in price neither have they been raised to former size by the yeast. To the
contrary they are almost "out of sight," that is they are getting, O! so little.
WILL APPLY FOR HOTEL LICENSE
Peter R. ZEIGENFUSS, who has been conducting a restaurant in Sellersville and
has had a restaurant license, has greatly enlarged his building and expects
to make application for a hotel license at the next term of court.
WILL SPEND SUMMER AT ST. LOUIS
Webster MESCHTER, son of Daniel MESCHTER, of East Greenville and Morris
SCHENKEL, son of Amandus SCHENKEL, of the same town, left this week for St. Louis.
They expect to spend the summer there.
DANGEROUS STREET ROLLER WILL SOON BE OUT
Pottstown's steam road roller, which went on a rampage last summer and almost
climbed trees, will soon be brought out of storage for an aggressive campaign
in the mud and cinder streets in that town.
NO FIVE CENT BREAD
The bakers of Pennsburg, East Greenville and Red Hill had last week agreed
between themselves to raise the price of bread from four cents to five cents for
the loaf, on account of the raise in the price of wheat and flour. The raise
went into effect on Monday morning, but the move fell flat by Wednesday
evening, much to the chagrin of the bakers who were sincere in their action. It
appears that several of the bakers kept on selling their bread to some of their
favored customers in these boroughs at the old price, and when they came outside
of the boroughs to distant towns they sold it altogether at the old price of
four cents per loaf. This fact soon leaked out when another baker came the
following day and wanted to charge five cents per loaf. The teamsters for the
different teams returned to their homes and informed the proprietors of the
existing conditions and to say it mildly, there were some unkind words spoken of
the bakers who were not as good as their word. Thursday morning, when the teams
went out the teamsters were instructed to sell the bread at the old price.
Another reason that the bakers were so anxious to return to the old price was
that many of their former customers had started to bake their own bread, rather
than pay the advanced price.
CHANGED SENTENCE FROM PENITENTIARY TO JAIL
To provide the Norristown jail with a good cook, Judge SWARTZ, on Wednesday
changed the sentence of Mabel LEWIS, convicted of the larceny of $550 during
the Pottstown Fair, from eighteen months in the Eastern Penitentiary to the same
period in the Norristown jail. To judge SWARTZ, Mabel is a bad woman; but to
Mrs. GOTWALS she is a good cook.
NEW VETERINARY SURGEON AT RED HILL
Dr. William KRUGER, of Souderton, on Thursday moved his household effects to
Red Hill, into the house which Dr. Jesse Z. HILLEGASS will shortly vacate. Dr.
KRUGER has started the practice of veterinary medicine and comes highly
recommended.
HIS BODY WAS CREMATED AT BROOKLYN
The body of Henry MAYER, of Lanark, Lehigh County, was taken from his late
home on Monday to Brooklyn, where it was cremated on Tuesday, in accordance with
the wishes of the deceased. Mr. MAYER was employed as a finisher at YEAGER's
furniture factory, at Allentown.
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