Amandus YOXTHEIMER, a farmer, died Sunday evening while sitting in a chair at his home near Dillingersville, of heart failure, aged 69 years. He had been sick for three weeks. He is survived by his wife and two sons and two daughters, Willoughby A., of Idaho; George W., of Minnesota; Mrs. Levi BLEAM, of Allentown and Mrs. Charles J. MILLER, of South Bethlehem. Two sisters also survive, Mrs. Simon HOFFMAN, of Trexlertown, and Mrs. David FOLWEILER, of Monroe county.
William F. IOBST, a prominent and highly respected resident of Emaus, died suddenly on Sunday of heart trouble, aged 55 years. He was a son of the late Frederick T. IOBST and was formerly in the general store business retiring some years ago. Since then he lived practically a retired life. The family is one of the oldest in Emaus and original members of the Moravian church. He leaves his wife, one son, and one daughter, Squire Chas. H. IOBST and Miss Mary IOBST; also three brothers, Henry G., John Z. and Joseph S. IOBST, of Emaus, and one sister, Mrs. Herman GIERING, of Emlenton, Venango county. Deceased in his time served many positions of trust in the Emaus Moravian congregation and was formerly school director. The funeral was held on Thursday. Rev. S.H. GAPP officiating.
Daniel MILLER, of Old Zionsville, died on Friday of paralysis, aged 78 years. He is survived by two sons, Frank and Charles, both of Old Zionsville. The funeral was held on Thursday at the Old Zionsville Lutheran church. Rev. I.B. RITTER officiated.
Abraham E. KOCH, an aged and retired farmer of Bally, died suddenly on Tuesday evening, at about 9 o'clock. He was in perfect health when he and his wife retired and a few minutes later his wife heard him breath heavily. She spoke to him and he did not answer. She then got out of bed and lit the lamp and was horrified to see him dead. Dr. LECHNER, of Bechtelsville, was called who pronounced death due to heart failure. He was born June 14th, 1830, and brought his age to 71 years, 6 months and 18 days. In his younger years Mr. KOCH was a carpet weaver, but for the past thirty-five years he conducted a farm. Last March he retired from active farm life and moved to Bally. He is survived by his wife and the following children: J.D. Clinton KOCH, of Bowers Station, Berks county; Joseph W., of Pennsburg; Abraham D., of Boyertown; Amanda, wife of F.F. HUBER, of Pennsburg; Leanna, wife of Wm. D. RENNINGER, of Pennsburg; Lucinda, wife of Abraham B. FRANK, of Fruitville; and Lizzie, wife of Warren R. SCHANELY, of Pennsburg. Three children died in childhood. The funeral will be held on Monday, at the house at 1 o'clock. Services will be continued at Hubers Church, Niantic. Interment will be made on the church cemetery. Revs. O.R. FRANTZ, of Zionsville and Eli KELLER, of Allentown, will officiate.
Mrs. William WALP, of Red Hill, died on Monday afternoon after suffering with dropsy for the past three months. She is about 64 years of age. Mrs. WALP was a former resident of Topton, and was married before to a Mr. SMITH. The following children from the first husband survive: Mrs. Oliver ERB, Mrs. Charles HEID, Thomas SMITH and Jennie SMITH, all of Red Hill. The funeral will be held this forenoon. Interment will be made at the Mertztown, Berks county, cemetery. Rev. J.L. ROUSH will officiate.
Charles D. MOYER, of Boyertown, died on Monday evening at 11 o'clock of lockjaw, at the home of his brother, Harry, aged 32 years and 10 months. Mr. MOYER was injured last week, while helping to unload a car of poles for the Consolidated Telephone Co. injuring his little finger, which had to be amputated. Mortification set in, however, and resulted in lockjaw. He was unmarried. His father, James, and these brothers and sisters survive: Frank, of New Berlinville; Irvin, Gabelsville; Harry, Boyertown, and Sallie, wife of Jacob EDDINGER, Gabelsville. Interment was made at Boyertown.
Esther HELFRICH, widow of John H. HELFRICH, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday at the home of her sister, Mrs. James WILT, Centre Valley, after an illness of several weeks from heart disease and dropsy. She was in her eighty-seventh year, was born in Longswamp and lived in Allentown until two years ago. She left two sons, A.J., of Allentown, and Nevin G., of Philadelphia. The body was removed to her son's home at Allentown, where the funeral will be held.
John HENRY, a farmer residing with his son Joseph, near Niantic, died on Wednesday evening. He has been a sufferer with gangrene for some time. He is about 73 years of age. The funeral will be held at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, at Bally.
Allen F. BLANK, of Philadelphia, was on last Thursday married to Miss Maggie TURNER, of the same city. The happy couple spent Saturday and Sunday with the former's parents Mr. and Mrs. A.H. BLANK, of near the St. Paul's Lutheran church, Upper Hanover township. The bride is a daughter of Joseph TURNER, of London, England. She came to Philadelphia to visit relatives and after a brief stay decided to remain here. The couple started housekeeping at their furnished home at 4823 Woodland avenue. Mr. BLANK is a conductor on the Darby branch of a Philadelphia trolley.
Harry BRUNNER, 40 years old, of near Telford, was struck by a car on the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley traction line, while sleeping on the tracks, near Souderton Friday evening. He died shortly after the accident.
George FRITZ, the miller residing near Mainland, who was so horribly mangled in the machinery of his mill last week, died on Wednesday morning, at six o'clock. His death was caused by lockjaw which set in several days after the accident. Mr. FRITZ is survived by a widow and five small children.
Miss Barbara BIELER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry BIELER, of East Greenville, was on Saturday married to Mr. Wayne FLICKINGER, of East Greenville. The wedding was solemnized at the parsonage at Allentown, by Bishop W.F. HEIL. The young couple will reside in East Greenville.
William CHRISTMAN, of Perkiomenville, was bitten in the hand one day this week by a dog which he was loosening from a trap in which he was caught. The wound was quite painful for a few days.
Warren MAIER, of near Perkiomenville, found a dynamite cap in the yard at his home. He started to tamper with the dangerous cap and as is generally the case it exploded and young MAIER was severely hurt about the face by flying particles.
Thieves on Friday night, entered the house of Allen FUNK a farmer residing near Clayton, Berks county, and started to ransack the house. They were disturbed by Mrs. FUNK who was walking the floor while suffering with toothache. The thieves pried open a shutter in the rear part of the house which was nailed and had not been used for some time. They used an axe in doing this. After gaining entrance to the lower part of the house they started to ransack it. Every drawer was opened and the contents strewn upon the floor. At about two o'clock Mrs. FUNK was awakened by an aching tooth and she got out of bed to apply some home remedy to relieve her of the pain, when she heard a noise down stairs. She awakened her husband and they were confident that some one was in the house. During this conversation the thieves had made their escape. When Mr. and Mrs. FUNK came down stairs they found the outer door wide open and every drawer in the lower part of the house open. The only articles stolen, which they could account for were a pair of gold glasses belonging to a daughter, three razors and one and three-fourths dozen eggs.
William F. BUTTERWECK, of Red Hill, is the assessor for Upper Hanover township, and he lives in the recently incorporated borough of Red Hill. Some residents of Upper Hanover township have an idea that he cannot serve out his elected term as assessor of the township and as a result Jesse GERHART of near Hoppenville, and Edwin GERY, of Palm, have circulated petitions for signers, which will later be presented to the proper authorities, in order to have themselves appointed assessor for Mr. BUTTERWECK's unexpired term.
William RHYMAN, a farmer residing near Woxall, met with a painful accident one morning this week while delivering his milk at the Woxall creamery. His horse took fright and started to run away. Mr. RHYMAN was thrown from the wagon and he was tangled in the lines which caused the horse to drag him over the rough ground for a short distance. His face was badly lacerated and it was necessary to call a physician. Dr. John GROFF, of Harleysville, was called who placed a number of stitches in his face.
The old stone house on the Quakertown road near Pennsburg, owned by the Geo. GRABER estate, until recently, is being torn down and the stone used for other purposes. The house has not been used for the past eight years and as a result was falling together.
The one hundred and thirty acre farm of the late George GRABER, located near Pennsburg, was on Wednesday sold by Granville W. GERHART, of Pennsburg, who bought it at public sale a few weeks ago, to Dr. W.H. HUNSBERGER and Thos. MARSTELLER, of Pennsburg, at private figures.
One evening last week while Mrs. Wm. C. BEAN, of Mainland, was carying a can of oil into the barroom she struck the can and the bottom fell out, the oil running over the floor. Thinking there was but little oil on the floor a match was applied to it and instantly the flames leaped to the ceiling. Hard work was necessary to extinguish the flames.
The large whole sale store of BITTNER, HUNSICKER & Co., dealers in dry goods, notions, etc., at Allentown, was totally destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning. The loss amounts to about $150,000. The fire, it is supposed, started from the electric wires. Other buildings nearby were also badly damaged by fire and water. The fire was one of the fiercest that Allentown had for many years.
The newly elected councilmen of the borough of Red Hill, held their first meeting on Wednesday evening. They formed an organization by electing Wm. H. KERN as President; John P. KLINE as Secretary, and John REITER as Treasurer. After organizing and transacting some business the council adjourned to meet on Monday evening.
The ruins of CLEGG's shoddy mills, near Hoppenville, are fast disappearing. Almost all the brick have been sold and removed and this week the old boiler and engine were removed by an Allentown junk dealer.
Martin TRUMBAUER, of near Schwenksville, had a thrilling experience on Wednesday while he was about to cross the branch of the Perkiomen creek below Schwenksville. He attempted to cross the creek near the DIPP farm, at the same time he noticed that the stream was considerably swollen by the recent rains, but did not think the current was so strong as not to easily crossed. Soon after he drove into the stream the current carried both the horse and wagon down the stream. The horse then tore himself out of the wagon, swam to shore and ran home. Mr. TRUMBAUER saw that his life was in danger, so he jumped into the creek and after considerable trouble he succeeded in swimming to the shore. Mr. TRUMBAUER is hired with farmer Henry S. GARGES and it was the latter's team he was driving. He claims his escape from drowning was a narrow one.
The barber shop of Daniel ZEILER, of Sumneytown, was on fire on Sunday morning, but luckily Mr. ZEILER discovered the fire in the nick of time and extinguished it. The building is a frame one and Mr. ZEILER at present uses wood for fuel. He had just built a good fire and left the shop. After going a few yards away a customer met him and asked for a shave. The two returned and when the door was opened they at once saw that the wood ceiling through which the stove-pipe extended was ablaze. They at once started a bucket-brigade and called for help and in a short time the fire was extinguished. The loss to Mr. ZEILER is not great, but had the fire not been noticed at this time the entire building would have been consumed.
Burglars entered the establishment of Undertaker WAMPOLE, at Telford, on Wednesday night, and stole tools. They also entered the store of Edward FREED at Franconia and hauled away goods with a horse and wagon stolen from a farmer nearby. The team was later recovered at the Hotel Norwood, in Lansdale.
Thieves operated on Thursday in the village of Skippack. Rapp's Hotel and several stores were robbed of goods amounting to several hundred dollars. The thieves also stole a team from in front of the postoffice and drove off with their booty. The team was found in the evening by A.J. MARTIN in Lansdale, but the robbers had flown.
A survey for the proposed borough of Schwenksville was made this week by A.C. ALDERFER, of Harleysville. The new plan has the Perkiomen creek, Frederick and Limerick townships as boundaries and a line from the tollgate to the Limerick line. It embraces about 325 acres of land.
Dr. J. Treichler BUTZ and Miss Florence May HARTMAN, both of Allentown, were married on Thanksgiving Day in Grace Episcopal church, Allentown, by the rector, Rev. R.H. KLINE. On account of the illness of the bridegroom's mother, the wedding was a quiet one. The bride was given away by her uncle, Hon. James B. BIERY. She was left an orphan when a child and since then was at the home of her uncle. After the ceremony they went to 305 North Ninth street, where they will live. The bride was a daughter of the late Peter and Amanda HARTMAN, and took a course as junior nurse at the Allentown Hospital. The bridgegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A.K. BUTZ and was graduated from U.P. in 1899. He is hospital steward of the Fourth Regiment, a member of the staff of the Allentown Hospital, and professor of anatomy, physiology and hygiene at Allentown College for Women. Dr. BUTZ was born at Chapel, Berks County, and lived at East Greenville for a number of years. He is well known in this section.
Dr. Jesse Z. HILLEGASS, of Red Hill, and Edwin SCHULTZ, of Palm, are having their corn husked by gasoline power and a husking machine. William H. BENFIELD furnishes the power and attends to the operating of the machine. The operation has attracted much notice, and these are the first machines of that kind ever used in this part of the county. Never before has there remained so much corn to husk so late in the season as is the case this year throughout the region. The crop was heavy and farm labor difficult to obtain. The husker has a shredding attachment. They are the McCormick manufacture and were sold by G.W. RICHARDS, of Red Hill.
Bessie, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. NYE, of Lansdale, was playing round her father's desk on Friday, and placed her hands upon a paper of pins. Before Mrs. NYE could reach her, the child took out one of the pins and swallowed it. A local physician was summoned but the pin had passed into her stomach, and it was decided to give nature a chance to effect removal. The child experienced no pain and on Saturday the pin passed from her. It was bent and twisted. It is thought the little girl must have bent it with her teeth before swallowing it.
For failing to send his children to school James SICHER, of Salisbury, Lehigh county, was on Monday sent to jail for five days.
While Dr. M.R. KNAPP, of Gwynedd was driving along the road to answer a call Thursday night; he saw a woman walking alone, lugging an apparently heavy valise. The physician, pitying the wayfarer, asked her to side in his carriage. The woman after much trouble with her skirts climbed in. It was but a minute or two before the physician found that the "woman" was a man, wearing woman's clothes. He didn't know just what to do. He wanted, by all means to get rid of his passenger. Suddenly whipping the horse, he managed to knock his hat into the road. He pulled up and asked the "woman" if she would kindly get the hat, as the horse was frisky and wouldn't stand, and wouldn't allow a stranger to touch the lines. After emurring the "woman" got out and started to pick up the hat. Just then KNAPP whipped up the horse and went sailing down the road, leaving the hat to the "woman." When he got home he found that the heavy valise contained a complete set of burglar's tools. The police believe KNAPP's strange companion was a crook.
Melvin H., the 12-year-old son of Henry A. RUTH, of Skippack, while helping Frank S. MOYER, of Ironbridge, to grind sausage meat by engine power at the creamery last Thursday, had the end of his middle finger cut off in the grinder. Dr. J.N. HUNSBERGER, of Skippack, was summoned, who placed the boy under ether and trimmed and dressed the injured finger.
The will of John E. LENTZ, a wealthy shoe manufacturer, of Allentown, probated, makes public bequests as follows: $1000 each to Allentown Hospital, Muhlenberg College, Allentown College for Women, Bethany Orphan Home, Womelsdorf; Franklin and Marshall College, and $500 each to the Allentown Y.M.C.A. and the local poor fund. If his children die without issue the estate will be divided among the first five.
F.B. WOCHRLE, of Bangor, engineer at a shirt factory, was on Saturday arrested on a charge of stealing large quantities of goods from his employers. Booty to the value of nearly $3,000 was recovered. In an attic 202 shirts were found, and $150 worth of thread was discovered. The thefts were conducted for over three years.
President John MITCHELL, of the Miners' Union, has contracted to write a book on capital and labor, in which the recent coal strike will figure largely. Four Chicago publication houses have made bids for the work. Major POND has made Mr. MITCHELL an offer of $1600 for eight lectures to be delivered in large cities.
A man who registered at the Lafayette Hotel, on Friday, night as "Milton GERSHART, Reading," was found dead in his room Saturday afternoon. He was 50 years old. Death is supposed to have been due to heart trouble. His relatives and residence cannot be found in Reading.
Grief over the death of her son, Register of Wills Harry F. LONGNECKER, of Allentown, who died several weeks ago, caused the death of Mrs. Godfrey PETER, a well-known resident of Allentown.
Mrs. J.F.M. SCHIFFERT, of old Zionsville made a misstep while descending a stairway and fell fracturing her right arm near the wrist and sustained other injuries.
A son of the county of Berks, of the new world, is now in the city of Jerusalem in ancient Palestine, where King Solomon once wielded his mighty scepter and where centuries later the world's greatest tragedy was enacted. His name is Irvin Hoch DELONG. He hails from Bowers and he is known to many of our readers. Unfortunately his stay in the holy city is of the enforced order and at best is more profitable than agreeable. And even the profitable part must be measured from a student's and not from a business man's point of view. He is cholera-bound. That is he himself is not afflicted with that dreaded Asiatic disease, but the city was quarantined because of the existence of cholera within its walls shortly after his arrival there. Mr. DELONG was graduated from Franklin and Marshall college, Lancaster, in 1898, and from the Reformed theological seminary in 1901. He later taught a number of branches at Perkiomen Seminary. He is pursuing a post graduate course on Assyriology in the Holy Land, having won a scholarship there.
While Frank SHINGLE, 30 years old, of Douglassville, was walking over the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, which spans the Schuylkill at that place, Sunday evening, he was struck by a passenger train and hurled into the river 25 feet below. Being so badly injured that he could not swim he would have drowned but for the train crew, who pulled him out as he was sinking. He was taken to the Pottstown Hospital, where he is now in a critical condition.
Using the bones of two geese, hatched last May, Elias HARTZ, of Reading, makes his weather predictions. The bones are colored alike, and he says each verifies the other, showing that this winter will be unusually severe, beginning before the middle of December. "It will be one of the old-fashioned kind," he declares, "cold, stormy and with little variation in temperature." Much snow and a late spring are predicted.
George W. HENDRICKS was placed on trial at Norristown, on Monday, on the charge of felonious entry and larceny. He has just been released from the Eastern Penitentiary after having served a seven years' sentence for the same offense committed in Bucks county. He is broken down in health and can live but a short time. He pleaded guilty and the judge will sentence him today.
Four hours hard work was required for a dozen men to extricate Frank NORROK and Antonio MARELLA from beneath 100 tons of iron ore, which fell on them at Swedes' Furnace, near Bridgeport, Sunday. NORROK was dead, and MARELLA has both legs' and an arm broken and is probably fatally injured internally. The men were working in the stockhouse when the wall collapsed, and they were buried eight feet deep under the ore.
A pleasant surprise was tendered Mrs. Sarah W. SCHANTZ, widow of H.G. SCHANTZ, of Zionsville, Lehigh County, on Thanksgiving day. Mrs. SCHANTZ was visiting in the forenoon and at this time the guests assembled at her home. She was very much surprised upon her return to find her daughters preparing an elaborate dinner. She soon recovered and was enjoying the pleasures of the day with all the rest. Miss Estella MOYER, of Limeport, enlivened the occasion with excellent music on the piano. This occasion was a surprise to Mrs. SCHANTZ and it served as a birthday anniversary of Susan H., the nine year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. SCHANTZ of Shimersville. The following and their families comprising twelve grand children were present: Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. SCHANTZ, Mr. and Mrs. H.F. SCHREIBER, of Shimersville; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. CARL and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. SCHANTZ, of Zionsville; Mr. and Mrs. C.D. MOYER, of Dillinger and Mr. and Mrs. E.G. MOYER, of Philadelphia.
Ammon SCHWARTZ, of Red Hill, on Monday started to work for the Perkiomen Railroad Company as brakeman. He was examined at Reading in the latter part of last week and on Monday he was to begin work. Mr. SCHWARTZ was employed by baker Christian KAUFFMAN, of Red Hill, and has been engaged in the bakery business for three years. He expects to move to Allentown in the near future.
A young son of Henry LOSER, of Fredericksville, Berks county, ignited a strawstack "to see what it would do." In a moment there was a big blaze, and the child narrowly escaped being burned to death. Several adjoining buildings caught fire.
Cyrus T. IREY, of Wallace township, Chester County, while out hunting on Saturday, was accidentally shot, and lay unconscious in a field until early the following morning before being discovered. A portion of his head was blown off, and he is not expected to recover; yet he had been able to crawl a considerable distance toward home before he was discovered.
At the end of 29 days of marriage life, during 14 of which they have been separated, Mrs. Sallie B. MOYER, of Reading, on Monday instituted divorce proceedings against her husband, William F. MOYER, alleging infidelity. The husband is in West Chester, where part of their honeymoon was spent.
For the first time in 45 years Mrs. Henry KNAUSS, of Emaus, and Mrs. Ella ZELLNER, of Toledo, Ohio, sisters, met each other at a public reception tendered to Mrs. ZELLNER at the home of Mrs. KNAUSS.
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