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Subject: News from Pennsburg - April 23, 1904
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:52:24 EDT


Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - April 23, 1904

FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS

SALFORDVILLE

One of the guests at the RUTH-SHOEMAKER wedding held here on Saturday was
taken sick and Dr. BENNER was summoned to relieve the sufferer.

Mr. and Mrs. S. SMITH, of Woxall, attended the RUTH-SHOEMAKER wedding on
Saturday. Miss SHOEMAKER had been at home with Mr. and Mrs. SMITH until of late at
the Woxall hotel.

Dr. BLECKER, of Easton, salesman for C.H. Butterworth & Co., of Philadelphia,
was transacting business here in town among our business people last Friday.

Augustus SMITH spent Wednesday at Philadelphia.

Mrs. Enos BARNDT and children, of Souderton, spent several days with James
HARTZELL and family.

Jacob KLINE has purchased a fine horse from Jacob BUCHER.

Frank WALT, of Reading, transacted business in town on Tuesday.

Harry WOLFORD and family spent Sunday at Kratz Station, with Wm. WOLFORD and
family.

Samuel ATKINSON, of Chalfont, formerly of town, renewed his acquaintances
among his friends on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. WENTZEL, of Schwenksville, spent Sunday with their son-in-law
and family, Jacob GABLE.

Wm. WOLFORD, Jr., of Kratz Station, was in town on Friday evening and Daniel
HILTEBEITEL, of Hendrick's Station on Saturday evening.

John GERHART and wife, of Perkasie, were the Sunday guests of Noah HANEY and
wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne STAUFFER, of Zieglersville, spent Sunday with the latter's
mother, Mrs. BOLIG.

David CASSEL and wife, of Skippack, were noticed in town on Sunday.

Charles BUCHER, of Mainland, visited his parents over Sunday.

Daniel KEYSER Jr., of Salford Station is working with Joseph GROFF and son
assisting them in painting and paper hanging. Another assistant had been added
only a short time ago.

Earl HEANEY is attending the Schwenksville Acadamy and Wm. WOLFORD attends
the Perkiomen Seminary.

M.R. WELDNER and wife spent Sunday at Pennsburg among relatives.

Willie REED's arm is healing nicely from the burns it received Sunday a week
by pouring hot coffee over it.

WOXALL

S.H. SMITH who is ill had another relapse and is very weak.

William BAKER, of near this place, is very sick at this writing with
pneumonia.

Mrs. Katie KULP who spent a week in Zieglerville with her step-mother and
father, returned to her home again.

The following were the guests of P.U. HENDRICKS and family on Sunday: Jonas
FREED and wife, Susanna HENDRICKS and Aaron AUCHEY and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
DRIZZEL, all of Souderton; Mr. and Mrs. Jonas DRIZZEL and daughter Ella, of
Harleysville, and Mrs. Henry SMITH.

Miss Julia KLEINBACH and Ellen and Bertha CARVER spent Sunday with Annie
NECKER, of Bergeys.

Annie STAHLEY and Regina STAHLEY spent Sunday with their parents.

Frank SWINEHART and wife and John CARVER and children, of Spring Mount, spent
Sunday with Amos BADMAN and family.

NEW HANOVER

Henry SCHNEIDER, of Pottstown, paid a visit to his mother Mrs. Wm. SCHNEIDER
on Sunday.

Miss Ella PETERS servant with Mrs. Wm. SCHNEIDER left her place on Monday.

H.S. RITTER will move to Mrs. Wm. SCHNEIDER.

Miss Alice ACKERMAN one of the scholars of the Perkiomen Seminary was home
over Sunday.

Joseph PALSGROVE had a runaway last week, but not much damage was done only
the dasher was broken.

Clinton SCHOENLY and family, of near Geryville, were the Sunday guests of
David HUNSBERGER and wife.

Irwin BATZ last week moved to his father-in-law John GUNTZ.

Jacob STAUFFER has a house for rent.

Mrs. Rosa UNDERKOFFLER, of Schwenksville, was noticed in town on Sunday.

The funeral of Mrs. Geo. DENGLER, was very largely attended on Monday.

CONGO

James RINKER, is on the sick list.

Emma SCHANELY who was reported sick is out again.

Jacob ERB is building a new house.

George WEINSTREIGER had his house painted, Wm. HOUCK, of Boyertown, did the
work.

William KRAMER and wife spent Sunday in Gratersford.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin JOHNSON.

John DERR lost a valuable cow by death.

PLOVER

Report of Dubb's school for the seventh month ending April 7th 1904. Per cent
of attendance during month 94. Per cent of attendance during term 90. Names
of those present every day during month Howard YEAKEL, Wermon JONES and Mary
JONES, Richard A. KRATZER, Mabel JONES, Bertha RITTER and Eva SWAVELY missed
each half a day and Moses J. SCHELL and Elmer REINERT each one day. Howard YEAKEL
attended every day during the term. H.H. FETTERMAN teacher.

TELFORD

Mrs. W.H. WILE spent Thursday in Philadelphia the guests of relatives.

W.H. FENSTERMACHER made a business trip to Philadelphia and Norristown on
Wednesday.

Mrs. J.M. FENSTERMACHER and Mrs. Robert GERHARD spent Thursday in
Philadelphia.

Mr. and Mrs. R.S. MOYER, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. KLONINGER and Mrs. Wilson REED
attended the funeral of Mrs. Harvey KELLER, of Quakertown on Wednesday.

Charles SHADE, of this town contemplotes going into partnership in the
throughbred poultry business with some young man. Anybody wishing to enter into the
above referred business will kindly address Mr. SHADE.

S.B. BINDER and wife, of Ambler, spent Sunday with Jacob OTT and family.

Wm. BROWN, of Philadelphia, was a visitor in town on Thursday.

J.B. WOLF made a business trip to Philadelphia on Thursday.

Edgar MATTHEWS, of Royersford, was a business visitor in town on Wednesday.

Noah BERGEY has a prize pair of Rose Comb Black Minoreas and William KNAUER a
lot of White Leghorns that they offer for sale these are throughbred's and
are worth their weight in gold.

SKIPPACK

James RAPP will move to Reading on May 2. He has leased his hotel, The
Farmers' Hotel, to Wm. F.A. TITUS, of Tacony, Philadelphia. Mr. TITUS has been in
the news business in the city for some years.

John H. BEAN is remodeling his house.

Mrs. Michael HUNSBERGER and daughter Josephine WILLEVER were down with the
grippe.

Charles H. ALLEBACH sold a few fat cows this week at 4 cents a pound, live
weight.

Dr. KRIEBEL finds the roads not in the best of condition for his automobile.
On Tuesday he broke a chain as he was going up Pool's hill.

A.B. KULP, of Norristown, formerly of this township, has stopped going to
Philadelphia market. Frank S. TYSON, of Lower Salford takes the things along Mr.
KULP used to take.

The Supervisor, Henry COOKER, commenced scraping the roads on Wednesday.

VERNFIELD

William NYCE made a business trip to Philadelphia on Wednesday.

Gideon MOYER, of Hockertown, spent Sunday with the family of Aaron MOYER.

Miss Mamie SHELLY and her cousin, Florence SHELLY, on April 28, will leave
for Northfield, Mass., where they secured employment at a large boarding House.

Supervisor KEYSER, of Salfordville, has been quarrying stone near the cement
bridge. He will place the stones on the road leading from said bridge to the
turnpike. The past winter this road had been in bad condition, and good
repairing is now looked for.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry PRICE left last week for the Brethren District Meeting to
be held at Heidelberg, Lancaster county.

Jacob G. HACKMAN, of Lansdale, was noticed in town on Sunday.

MILFORD SQUARE

W.O. HENRY has purchased the house of Peter LYM and Henry BOYER has rented
the tenant house of Mr. ANDREWS.

Miss Florence ERDMAN made a pleasant trip to Trumbauersville last Friday
afternoon.

Messrs Herbert and Clarence STAUFFER, of Allentown, visited the family of Mr.
and Mrs. D.G. STAUFFER, last Sunday.

A family reunion took place last Sunday at the home of Mrs. Lydia MUSSLEMAN
in honor of her 80th birthday. A very pleasant day was spent.

Mr. and Mrs. L.H. SHOEMAKER, Chas. SHOEMAKER and Miss Anna NASE, of
Philadelphia were the Sunday guests of ????? SHELLY.

OLD ZIONSVILLE

A.H. STERNER who was laid up with rheumatism for the last few weeks is able
to be about again.

Mrs. B.R. DELLICKER and children, Howard, Paul and Mable made a trip to
Bechtelsville, on Sunday.

The Milford base-ball club has re-organized for the season and the manager
has secured a number of new men who with the old players will put up a good
game. All clubs desiring games should address Clifford KERSCHNER, at Shimersville,
Pa.

The following young people from this section are attending Perkiomen
Seminary: Misses Lizzie STICHTER, Adlaide MEYER, Messrs. Charles BORGER, Titus YEAKLE,
Stanley URFFER, Geo. SCHANTZ.

Nathan SEIBERT is working for Wm. SCHUBERT, a farmer near Powder Valley.

Miss Irene FEGELY has hired herself to Barton KLEPPINGER for the coming
summer.

CLAYTON

Miss Emma CLEMMER, Mr. and Mrs. Frank KNERR, of Allentown, and Miss Mary
CLEMMER, of East Greenville, visited W.A. CLEMMER and family, over Sunday.

Misses Susie D. SCHULTZ, Elizabeth D. SCHULTZ, Helen S. GERHARD, Lulu
FETTERMAN, Sallie CLEMMER and Ida CLEMMER, Charles FETTERMAN, Warren C. FUNK and
Charles FISTER spent Saturday in Philadelphia.

BALLY

In the correspondence to Town and Country of April 9th, it was stated that
Lloyd DELONG, hostler with Dr. I.B. YEAKLE, had typhoid fever. This was an
error, as Mr. DELONG merely had an obstruction with a cold in his bowels. This
correction should have been made in our last issue but we failed to receive the
information in time.

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