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From: "Patricia Ratcliff" <>
Subject: RE: [PABERKS] News from Pennsburg - May 7, 1904
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 18:07:31 -0400


Thanks so much for posting this information. It is really interesting.


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> Subject: [PABERKS] News from Pennsburg - May 7, 1904
>
> Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
> Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
> Saturday - May 7, 1904
>
> COLLISION ON TURNPIKE
>
> Henry A. KNEULE, editor and proprietor of the Bauern Freund, of
Pennsburg,
> met with a mishap on Thursday afternoon while driving toward his way from
Red
> Hill. In the lower end of the borough he came up to another team going in
the
> same direction. He tried to drive ahead of this team when the teams
collided.
> Both wagons were upset and the occu..... (missing next line) .....horses
were
> ???? and ????? and did not run away. Both wagons were badly wrecked. One
of the
> occupants of the wagon which was run into was Harvey SMITH, of
Hoppenville.
> His companion, whose name could not be ascertained sprained his leg.
Neither Mr.
> KNEULE or Mr. SMITH were injured. The team which Mr. KNEULE had was one
of
> liveryman John F. WEYAND's.
>
> BOY FELL AND CUT GASH IN FACE
>
> A son of Daniel EDDINGER, of Pleasant Run, on Monday, fell while romping
> around and struck a stone with his face. A gash of about four inches was
cut in
> his face. The lad was taken to the home of Dr. LAMPARTER, of near
> Perkiomenville, who placed three stitches in the wound.
>
> SUPERINTENDENT VISITS BOROUGH SCHOOLS
>
> County Superintendent J. Horace LANDIS on Thursday visited the schools of
> East Greenville and Pennsburg. Yesterday he examined the graduating
classes of
> these boroughs.
>
> FIRE LOSS ADJUSTED
>
> The appraisers of the Goshenhoppen Mutural Fire Insurance Company
adjusted
> the loss on the barn of William BAUER of near Pennsburg at $200 for the
> building, and $55 for contents.
>
> AUTO CAUSES TROUBLE
>
> George ANTHONY, of Norristown, had a narrow escape with his life ???
miles
> north of Norristown, in a..... (missing next line) .....team. His horse
took
> fright at an automobile and ran away. This is considered the steepest
hill in the
> county and while dashing down this hill Mr. ANTHONY held on to the reins,
but
> as he neared the foot of the hill the horse fell and broke its neck and
Mr.
> ANTHONY was thrown out of the wagon into the Skippack creek. He narrowly
> escaped drowning, but the landing in the creek evidently saved his life.
The dead
> horse was the property of M.F. MACK, of Norristown, as was also the buggy
which
> was a complete wreck.
>
> AN UP-TO-DATE HOTEL AT HOPPENVILLE
>
> Wilson YERK, the new proprietor of the Hoppenville Hotel, has made
extensive
> improvements to his property since he took possession. His bar-room has a
> thorough overhauling and entire new fixtures were installed. The hotel is
now
> thoroughly up-to-date and Mr. YERK is to be congratulated upon the
appearance of
> the same.
>
> TRAIN KILLS PET CAT
>
> Topsy, the pet maltese cat of Earl RUTHARDT, of Pennsburg, was killed by
a
> train on Wednesday. The wheels severed its head from the body.
>
> FREE OF DEBT
>
> Two months ago the Board of Trustees of the Topton Orphans' Home was
> considering ways and means with respect to raising or renewing the bonded
indebtedness
> of $10,800, plus the interest still remaining on the Home. E.S. WERTZ, of
> Reading, made a proposition that if the whole debt was paid by April 1,
he would
> personally contrib-..... (missing next line) .....subscriptions amounted
to
> over $13,000. Mr. WERTZ paid the $500 and the debt on the Home is now
paid. The
> annual meeting of the corporation of the Orphans' Home will take place at
the
> home on Wednesday, May 11, at 11 A.M. The annual report will be read,
there
> will be several important subjects presented, one in regard to the
enlargement
> of the home and the other the erection or establishment of an old
people's
> home. There will be an election of four members of the Board of Trustees,
two
> ministers and two laymen.
>
> BIBLES IN MANY TONGUES
>
> Bibles printed in forty-three languages all spoken in Pennsylvania, were
> distributed last year by the Pennsylvania Bible Society, which held its
annual
> meeting on Wednesday in a Bible house, at Philadelphia. Bishop WHITAKER
was
> elected president to succeed the Rev. George D. BAKER, who is dead. The
secretary's
> report showed that 29,127 Bibles, 34,055 Testaments and 50,000 tracts
were
> distributed since the last meeting. Many of the Bibles and Testaments
were made
> expressly for the blind. On exibition was the first minute book fo the
> society, bearing the date of December 12, 1808.
>
> PENNSBURG BOY LEAVES HIS PARENTS HOME WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE
>
> John, the fourteen year old son of Benneville DELONG, of Pennsburg, left
his
> home for parts unknown last Saturday. The parents are at a loss to know
what
> induced the boy to take so rash a step. Last year he was employed on a
farm in
> the vicinity of Dorney's Park, near Allentown, and some time during the
winter
> came home and attended the borough schools for a few weeks when he
secured
> work in one of the cigar factories of East Greenville, as stripper. About
a week
> before he left home, he was discharged but failed to inform his parents
of
> the fact. To keep up appearances he left home at the unsual time in the
morning
> as if he were going to work and returned regularly at meal times as
usual. On
> leaving home he took along all his clothing packed in a trunk which he in
some
> mysterious manner smuggled out of the house. He also took along six pairs
of
> pigeons that belonged to him. He evidently placed all his belongings on
an
> express wagon as the wagon disappeared at the same time he did. It is
presumed
> that he struck out for the farm on which he was engaged last year. The
parents
> take the matter philosophically as the boy is very masterful and will be
able
> to take care of himself.
>
> COTTON WASTE SATURATED WITH REFUSE OIL THROWN INTO COAL SCUTTLE
>
> Harry DAMBLY, a printer in the Transcript office, at Skippack, met with a
> painful accident while fixing the fire in the printing establishment.
Some cotton
> waste saturated with coal oil and lubricating oil which had been used on
the
> machinery had been unknowingly to him, thrown into a coal scuttle which
he
> used while fixing the fire in the office store. He was fixing the stove
when he
> saw that more coal was needed and picking up the coal scuttle he poured
the few
> coal, with the saturated waste into the fire. In an instant a combustion
took
> place and the flames shot out of the stove into his face, arm and hands.
He
> was dazed by the flash, but soon recovered enough to extinguished the
flames on
> the coat sleeve. Mr. DAMBLY's eye brows and part of the hair on his head
were
> singed and he was badly burned from which he suffered excruciating pain
for a
> few days.
>
> TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA
>
> Andrew MILLER, son of John MILLER, of Delphi, and wife, both well known
in
> this vicinity, left Philadelphia the latter part of March to visit the
St. Louis
> Exposition for several months. After being there a few weeks their
friends
> here were surprised by receiving letters that they had taken advantage of
a
> tourist's excursion from St. Louis, and were on their way to California,
stopping
> off at various points of interest while enroute. They reached Los
Angeles,
> Cal, on Wednesday morning having stopped off at..... (missing next line)
.....ver
> is a pretty city and that while the weather had been pleasant when they
left
> below to ascend Pikes Peak on the top they found snow drifts to a depth
of
> fifteen feet high and overcoats were freely used. They will stop at Los
Angeles
> four about a week, then they will take in the sights of the World's Fair,
> thence return home.
>
> GAVE HUSBAND POISON IN MISTAKE
>
> A mistake by his bride of a year may cause the death of Selvasto GIVAIN,
of
> West Conshohocken. He went home suffering great pain on Tuesday night,
and
> requested his wife to give him a drink of whiskey from a bottle standing
on a
> shelf. The woman handed him a bottle of what she supposed was whisky but
which
> proved to be a poisonious wash GIVAIN had prepared for a lame horse. He
swallowed
> freely of the stuff and soon was in greater distress from the remedy.
> Powerful emetics were administered by a physician and the man is in a
critical
> condition and his wife is prostrated.
>
> HUFFS CHURCH BOY LOST
>
> Lloyd REINHARD, a six-year-old boy of Huff's Church, was at Allentown, to
see
> the circus. He was stopping with the family of Daniel ARNOLD, 621 Court
> street. On Wednesday morning the chap wandered off and was lost. Ed.
CLEWELL, a
> driver for KICKLINE's brick yards, found him at Tenth and Hamilton
streets,
> crying piteously for his parents. He was too frightened to give his name
and Mr.
> KICHLINE took him home. His fright wore off after partaking of a good
dinner and
> he gave his name. During the afternoon he was claimed at the police
station.
>
> BOYS QUARREL AND ONE IS STABBED
>
> As the result of a quarrel over a base ball glove, Milton THOWLER, 17
years
> old of Conshohocken, was stabbed in the back on Monday during a ball
game.
> James CROWLEY, 14 years old, is under arrest awaiting the result of
THOWLER's
> injuries. It is alleged the two got into an altercation over the
ownership of the
> glove and that CROWLEY drew a knife and plunged it into THAWLEY.
>
> SISTERS DEATH KILLS GIRL
>
> Grief stricken over the death of her ten-year-old sister, which occured
on
> Sunday, Irma Jane DEAROLF, of Pottstown, aged 12 years, refused to be
comforted
> and died on Tuesday. With her sister Mary, she returned from school on
Friday
> last, when Mary was suddenly taken ill, dying on Sunday from convulsions.
The
> shock of Mary's death is thought to have killed her sister.
>
> SECURED A MARRIAGE LICENSE
>
> Jacob E. BOYER, of Powder Valley, this week secured a license to wed Miss
> Katharine V. STEIN, of Allentown.
>
>
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