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Subject: News from Pennsburg - June 17, 1905
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:32:24 EDT
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - June 17, 1905
FATHER AND SON INJURED IN RUNAWAY
Jacob WAGNER, a well-known resident of New Hanover, and his son, Lloyd
WAGNER, the latter a student at Perkiomen Seminary, were victims of a seriuos
runaway accident on Monday while they were driving from their home to Pennsburg.
Mr. WAGNER was driving a spirited horse, and as the team approached Pleasant
Run a young woman with an umbrella appeared on the road. The horse shied at
the umbrella and got beyond control of the driver and ran away. He dashed down
a bank throwing both Mr. WAGNER and his son out. The young man landed on his
head and was painfully injured. His father fell heavily on his shoulder,
fracturing it and receiving other injuries. Young WAGNER, although painfully cut,
held the horse, which had fallen to the roadside. Finding that his father
was injured he mounted the horse and rode as fast as he could to Swamp, a
distance of four miles, and called up a Boyertown physician by phone. In the
meantime his father had been placed in a carriage by residents of the vicinity in
which the accident occurred and taken to the Swamp Hotel. An examination of
his injuries showed that he was suffering from a fractured shoulder blade and
bruises. His son was badly cut about the head and face. Both injured men were
afterwards removed to their home. The carriage was badly wrecked while the
horse escaped injury.
IN BICYCLE ACCIDENT
Charles BENNER of near Vera Cruz, formerly a resident of Pennsburg and
employed by William H. HERSH as a section hand, met with a painful accident on
Saturday morning. He used a bicycle to go to his work and on descending a hill
near Vera Cruz the fork of the machine broke, throwing him on his head. In the
fall he received severe scalp cuts. Dr. Albert TRUMBAUER of Vera Cruz was
summoned to relieve the sufferer after which he was removed to his home.
ALUMNI BANQUET
The open Alumni Meeting of the East Greenville High School, on Saturday
evening, was well attended and the program well rendered. Immediately after the
exercises the members of the Alumni were served with a banquet at the Keely
House. Rev. C.M. DELONG, Messrs. Rufus KERN, Melvin KURTZ and Howard ROYER,
Misses Rosa KRULL and Elizabeth HERBEIN responded to toasts. Prof. J.P. SCHAFFER
acted as toast master.
TRYING TO BLOW UP THE MAYOR
A fiendish attempt was made at Lebanon to blow up the city steam road roller
by placing a quanity of soap cut into small pieces into the water tank. The
engineer in charge made the discovery in time to avert an explosion by
drawing the fire. The roller was operated on the street close to the home of Mayor
WEIMER, when the discovery was made and indications point to the intention of
blowing up his home.
CHARGED WITH THEFT OF HARNESS
John HARTMAN, and Frank GEYER were arrested at Norristown on Monday and held
on several charges of larency. During the last week harness has been stolen
from the stables of Jacob SHAINLINE, Christian DARING and John SPRING. John
HARTMAN was arrested while trying to dispose of some of the stolen articles. He
made a statement to the police, in which he implicated GEYER.
HORSE AND MULE KILLED BY LIGHTNING
During a thunder storm a horse and mule belonging to Judson PHILLIPS, of
East Nantmeal, Chester County, sought refuge under a tree. A bolt of lightning
struck the tree and both of the animals were killed.
ALLENTOWN BAZAAR IMPROVED
Dr. Jesse Z. HILLEGASS, formerly, of Red Hill, has built nine new box stalls
at the Allentown Bazaar, repainted the entire inside of his large stables
and in his hospital levelled the ground and dug a well to supply the horses with
water.
ROMANCE IN WEDDING
A pretty little romance has just come to light with the announcement of the
recent marriage of Carroll DUNN, a popular barber, of Boyertown, and Miss
Lillian Russell YEAGER, of Baltimore, Md. The ceremony was performed by Rev.
William H. FORD, of the First M.E. church, of Boyertown. DUNN went to Boyertown
a year ago from Parkesburg, Pa. Five years before he first met his wife and
his attentions won her. Then they drifted apart and neither knew the
whereabouts of the other until a few months ago when, while using the phone in a hotel
at Boyertown, DUNN heard a familiar voice and recognized it as that of his
old sweetheart. Developments followed rapidly, the date was set, and the young
people have since treasured the accidental crossing of the telephone wires as
one of the happiest incidents of their lives. Mr. DUNN is the son of
Postmaster John H. DUNN, of Parkesburg. He will leave next month with Mrs. DUNN for
Clarksburg, Va., where he will assume charge of a hotel recently erected by
the Y.W.C.A.
NEWSPAPER MEN AT READING
The newspaper men of Berks and Lehigh counties had a reunion at Reading on
Sunday on the invitation of John D. MISHLER, of the Reading Academy of Music.
They took in points of interest in and about Reading and made a side trip to
Boyertown. Supper was served at Mineral Springs.
RESTAURANT PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS
Wm. H. STROUD, has sold his Railroad House restaurant property at
Collegville to Harry RINGLER, of Ironbridge. The price is reported to be $17,000. Mr.
RINGLER will take possession on July 1st. Mr. STROUD will live retired. He
expects later to reside on his farm along the trolley, below Perkiomen Bridge.
INSANE FROM AUTOS
Stephen BUTEL was made insane by seeing automobiles shoot through the
village of Green Ridge, near Shamokin, his place of residence. He thought they were
devils and imagined they were pursing him to cause his death. The man has
been removed to an Asylum.
LEG FRACTURED IN BALL PLAYING
Joseph FITZPATRICK, a clerk in the furniture store of T.J. McCABE, of N
orristown, had a leg fractured while playing ball. In trying to catch a fly ball
he came in collision with another player and was hurled to the ground with
terriffic force. On attempting to rise it was found that his leg was fractured.
READS WITHOUT GLASSES AT 90
Mrs. Catharine WOHLBACH, of Bethlehem, who is nearly 90 years old and who
can read without glasses, shows to visitors at her home a bottle of red cherries
preserved in alcohol which she picked forty-six years ago, and a cucumber
preserved in a bottle which she raised fifty-one years ago.
ADJUDICATION HANDED DOWN
In the Orphans' Court on Saturday morning Judge W.F. SOLLY handed down an
adjudication in the estate of Reuben D. UMSTEAD, late of Frederick township.
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