Mr. and Mrs. C. DEIBERT, of Allentown, visited Florist O.C. TRUMBORE and family on Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel YEAKLE, of Limeport visited the family of Cashier E.J. WIEDER, of this borough on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles LEVERING and Mrs. Mary LEVERING, of Roxborough, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel GREGOR, of this borough on Saturday and Sunday.
Alvin KURTZ, of East Greenville, moved into his new house on Main street on Tuesday.
Edwin STELTZ moved into the house of Edgar KRAUSS, of East Greenville, this week.
A sour crout lunch will be given at the American House, Pennsburg, on Saturday evening, next. CROLL's orchestra, of East Greenville, has been engaged to furnish the music.
County Superintendent R.F. HOFFECKER visited the school of Pennsburg and East Greenville, on Thursday.
Mrs. Annie HUNSBERGER and daughter Edna, of this borough, left for Ambler on Wednesday where she will work for Frank PALUMBO, the merchant tailor.
Rev. O.T. MOYER, pastor of the Milford Circuit of the Evangelical Association will hold services tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Milford; East Greenville at 2.30 p.m. and Hendricks at 7 p.m.
Mrs. Emma RUMBEL and Mrs. A.J. DRESSLER, of this borough, spent Thursday in Allentown.
Dr. Eugene Z. HILLEGASS, of Mantua, N.J., is spending a few days with relatives and friends in these boroughs.
Rev. and Mrs. Jacob DUBBS, of Coopersburg, spent several days this week with friends in these boroughs.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. WIEGNER, of Bethlehem, visited the former's mother Mrs. Caroline WIEGNER, of East Greenville, this week.
Miss Minnie FOLLWEILER, of Tamauqua, teacher of the Secondary School in this borough, came here on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Sophia SCHOCH, of Philadelphia, spent the week with the family of Tobias FREED, of this borough.
Rev. YERICK, of Shenandoah, will preach in the New Goshenhoppen Reformed church tomorrow forenoon in the German language. In the evening he will deliver an English sermon in the Chapel at East Greenville.
Jacob KURZ, of near this borough, left on Thursday for Brooklyn, N.Y., where he will spend a few days with his brother. He will also visit Reading and Philadelphia ere he returns.
John WEYAND, proprietor of the Pennsburg Carriage Bazaar, visited his branch office at Pughtown, Chester county, on Wednesday.
Wm. YEAKLE, of East Greenville, is seriously ill.
Rev. and Mrs. J.L. ROUSH, spent Sunday with the family of Jonas WAGNER, of Pottstown.
Harold HUTTEL, son of Principal M.N. HUTTEL, of this borough, returned to his home in this borough on Tuesday evening after spending the summer months at Manhattan Beach.
Horace MOYER, of this borough, on Monday moved his family to the Red Hill hotel. He has taken charge of the Red Hill hostelry.
John BARTHOLOMEW, photographer of Lansdale on Thursday erected a gallery in this borough on the lot next to the Pennsburg Carriage Bazaar. He will open the gallery for business today. See advertisement in another column.
Mrs. George DAY, of this borough, spent Wednesday in Philadelphia.
H.A. SCHULER, of Allentown, one of the editors of the "Welt Bote" spent Tuesday with Prof. O.S. KRIEBEL, of Perkiomen Seminary. Mr. SCHULER was born and raised in Hereford township, and is a son of the late Thomas SCHULER. He taught school in his native township for a number of years and Rev. KRIEBEL was one of his pupils.
A sour krout social and lawn party will be given tonight, at the residence of Miss Annie GERHARD, of Pennsburg, by classes number 5 and 10 of the Pennsburg Reformed Sunday school. The proceeds will be for the benefit of the building fund of the church.
Cresceus, the king of trotters will be at the Allentown Fair on Thursday, September 25. He will try to beat the worlds half mile track record of 2.02 1/4. His owner George H. KETCHAM will drive him. With Cresceus as a drawing card there is no doubt but that Thursday will be the big day at the Fair.
A grand farwell party was held on Saturday evening in honor of John S. RAUCH, of Harlem, who on Sunday morning left for Washington, D.C., where he will be employed on a truck farm. The evening was pleasantly spent in playing parlor games.
E.V. HENDRICKS, manager of the Keystone Laundry sold his place this week to Harvey TRUMBORE, of East Greenville at private figures. Mr. TRUMBORE will take possession on Monday.
W.H.D. GODSHALL, of Lansdale, on Saturday lost his purse on the road leading from Lansdale to Kulpsville. The pocketbook contained a little more than seven hundred dollars.
J.B. BERTOLET, proprietor of the New Hanover Square Hotel has advertised a horse race to come off on his track near the hotel on Saturday, September 27. There will be classes for all horses and a good race may be expected. In the evening he will give a lunch to his patrons.
Augustus ADAMS, a farmer residing near Niantic, recently purchased a gasoline engine from G.W. RICHARDS, of Red Hill. The engine is called "The Capital" and is a six horse power. It was erected on Wednesday. Mr. ADAMS expects to use it for thrashing, sawing and other purposes where power can be used to advantage on a farm.
Alfred WELLER, of Clayton, who placed a small advertisement in Town and Country recently relative to having 400 cords of wood for sale is so rushed with orders that he is unable to fill same at once. He came to this office and requested us to tell our readers who so kindly favored him with orders by mail that every order was placed upon his books just as received and it would be filled in the order as it was received. He further states that they need not fear that the order will not be filled, as he has plenty wood to fill all orders, but the teams cannot be secured to haul same at once. Mr. WELLER said that he received eighteen letters with orders with the first mail the second day after the issue of Town and Country with the advertisement in and a number came in person. He since has received as many as ten orders in one mail. This is one of the many who have found out that an advertisement in Town and Country brings the best results.
A quiet event was solemnized at the home of Rev. O.S. FRANTZ, of Old Zionsville on Saturday evening when Harry O. MOLL and Miss Minnie WETZEL, both of Siesholtzville, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The groom is a son of Reuben MOLL and the bride a daughter of David WETZEL. After the couple returned to their home they were serenaded by a calithumpian band. The band was invited to partake of refreshments at the hotel of Erwin C. GERY and the friends of the happy couple spent a jolly time. One of the young members of the band was unable to master his instrument successfully, so he good naturedly took a seat on a rocking chair on the rear porch and listened to the harmonious strains of the rest of the band.
Mrs. Charles KRAUSS, of East Greenville, fractured her left wrist on Wednesday while visiting the family of her brother, Rev. Daniel YEAKEL, of Corning, who died the night before. She slipped while coming down stairs and struck her hand against the steps. Dr. John G. HERSH, of East Greenville, reduced the fracture. Mrs. KRAUSS is well advanced in life being about seventy years of age.
The largest delegate election ever held in the borough of Pennsburg, by either party was held at the Pennsburg Hotel on Saturday evening by the Democratic party. There were one hundred and seventy-one votes polled and D.K. GRABER succeeded in securing the delegates. At East Greenville, one hundred votes were polled and the votes were evenly divided. Three received fifty votes each and the other one forty-nine.
Thieves visited the hardware store of Henry EDDINGER, of Bally, on Thursday night, of last week and stole about one hundred dollars worth of goods. They smashed the large plate glass in one of the front show windows and gained entrance. The glass was valued at $35. The scoundrels stole three or four shot guns, a rifle, a saw and a base ball and bat from the window. The same night thieves, evidently the same ones, broke the show window at John D. SCHIFFERT's hardware store at Chapel and stole seven breech-loading guns. Mr. EDDINGER offers a liberal reward for the capture, or any knowledge as to the thieves. He however has no clue whatever.
One night this week, thieves entered the kitchen of Orville KRIEDER, of Shimersville. They ransacked all the closets and drawers in the room. Mr. KREIDER does not miss anything but a pair of gold spectacles and two pair of shoes. It is thought that the thieves were disturbed before they searched the other part of the house.
Reuben SCHAEFFER, proprietor of the East Greenville restaurant, has made arrangements with the Secretary of the Allentown Fair, to erect an eating stand on the Fair grounds during next week. Mr. SCHAEFFER will be pleased to have the people from the Perkiomen Valley, who will attend the Fair, visit him while in the "peanut city."
E. Holmes SCHWARTZ, of Pennsburg, met with an accident on Tuesday afternoon while playing foot ball at Perkiomen Seminary. He in some manner sprained his left ankle, so that he was unable to use the leg. He was removed to his home at the American House and Dr. J.G. HERSH was summoned who dressed the injured limb.
Isaac HEIMBACH, of near East Greenville, teamster for Wm. BENFIELD, was injured on Friday while delivering ice at Perkiomen Seminary. He slipped on the stone steps and struck his leg against a sharp stone. He received a painful wound and he could not attend to his duties for a number of days.
Miss Carrie A. GEHMAN, daughter of William GEHMAN, of Macungie, will sail for Paris, where she will study voice culture and the violin. She will be accompanied by her cousin, Miss Minnie CLYMER, of St. Louis. Miss GEHMAN is well-known in this section, she being a teacher at Perkiomen Seminary. She is also a sister to Mrs. Rev. G.B. WALBERT of East Greenville.
The large picture that had been on exhibition at ANDERSON's barber shop, Boyertown, of the Cinco base ball club was presented to Otto EISENLOHR & Bro. by their employees.
Rev. Daniel YEAKEL, of Corning, passed away on Tuesday night at 11 o'clock. The entire community is mourning over the loss of one of their foremost citizens. He was only sick one week with summer complaint. From the time that he took to his bed he gradually grew weaker and frequent spells of hiccough hastened his death. Father YEAKEL was 76 years of age. He was one of the most prosperous farmers in the lower end of Lehigh county. He followed the occupation of farming all his life with the exception of a few years during which time he was engaged in preaching the gospel, having been ordained by the United Evangelical Ministerium. He served a charge for several years in Schuylkill county. Having been raised on the farm he was more infatuated with farming than with preaching so he returned to his farm. Rev. YEAKEL was frequently called upon to preach during his life as a farmer. He always was a vigorous man and up to the time of he being taken sick, he was able to perform a good days work on the farm. He is survived by his widow, Sarah, a born LAUDENSLAGER, three children and nine grand-children, two sons having preceeded the father in death. The surviving children are Rev. Horace L. YEAKEL, of Kutztown; Mary, wife of Edwin H. SCHULTZ, of Palm, and Annie, wife of Amandes S. MILLER, of Powder Valley, one grand-son Harry A. YEAKEL is well-known through these parts as an agent of Agricultrial implements. The funeral will be held next Tuesday at Grace United Evangelical church near Hosensack.
John LANDIS, of Shultzville, Berks county, died on Monday Morning at 10 o'clock, of diabetis and other ailments of which he was a sufferer for several years. He was 71 years of age. Last week he fell off his wagon hurting himself and was, there after confined to bed and it is supposed the accident hastened his death. His widow survives him. Deceased was childless. He was a director of the National Bank, of Boyertown. The funeral will be held today, at 9 o'clock, at the house. Services will be held at the Lutheran church, Boyertown. Interment will be made on the church cemetery.
Cornelius BERGEY, a retired farmer of Franconia township, died Tuesday morning at the home of his son-in-law, Reuben GEHMAN, near Morwood, of dropsy and old age, aged 78 years. Deceased was a tailor by trade, but followed farming the greater part of his active life. In 1846 he conducted the Harleysville hotel. He was twice married; his first wife was a DETWEILER, and died a few years after their marriage. His second wife was Leah, daughter of the late Abraham LANDIS, of the Branch Valley. She died about fifteen years ago. Three daughters of the second marriage survive: Mrs. Reuben GEHMAN, with whom he resided; Mrs. Henry NYCE, Reliance, and Mrs. Allen GODSHALL, Telford. Funeral will be held at the residence of Reuben GEHMAN on Sunday at 9.30 a.m. Interment will be made at the Salford Mennonite meeting house.
Oliver REAM and Miss Agnes SCHOENLY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George SCHOENLY, of Boyertown, were married at 7 o'clock Friday evening at the home of the bride's parents. They were serenaded by the calithumpian band.
James ENDY, Sr., of Gabelsville, was cutting wood when he accidentally cut himself on the left leg, inflicting a deep and painful wound.
Announcement was made at the services of the Dubbs Memorial Sunday school on Sunday that Rev. E.E. KRESGE, of Sciota, Monroe county, had accepted the call which was extended to him by the Dubbs Memorial Reformed congregation, of Allentown. Rev. KRESGE is an able preacher and the congregation is to be congratulated upon securing so able a man. He graduated with first honor from Franklin and Marshall College in the class of 1901. He is also a graduate of Perkiomen Seminary and is well-known in the Perkiomen Valley. He recently was married to a daughter of Josephus GERHARD, of near Clayton. He preached for the congregation at Hamilton Square, Monroe county, during his senior year and was elected pastor after his graduation. He will preach his farewell sermon on October 5, after which he will move to Allentown and reside at No. 517 Allen street. He re-established a mission at Pen Argyl during his ministry at Hamilton Square, where he has a class of catechumens. He will continue the latter work until after the Christmas holidays. Rev. KRESGE preached for the Dubbs Memorial congregation several Sundays ago and met with favor by all who heard him. He was unanimously elected the following Saturday and the call forwarded.
While Allen B. SMALE, of near Pottstown, was filling his silo he found among his green corn an ear which contained 18 rows with 60 grains to the row, and he was not looking for big ears that day.
On Monday the members of the Friendship Hook and Ladder Company, of Boyertown, commenced tearing down their house to make room for the new building, which will be erected as soon as possible.
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