Obviously, for those of us who fondly recall the revelry of the Hallowe'en parades of yore, a bit of mayhem along Main Street is nothing new in this town. Even better, this mayhem, Gehring noted, began at four a.m. with a 100-gun salute and a drum corps parade through the town (qtd. in Deatrick 162)--clearly this was not a day for sleeping in! Dr. J.S. Trexler was the parade's Chief Marshall, followed by his aides Z. T. Miller, William C. Dietrich, William D. Gross, N.S. Schmehl, J.D. Sharadin, D.W. Sharadin, George Eason, and Philip Kline. Chief Burgess S.S. Schmehl came behind. Four of John Bieber's horses drew the Liberty Car, preceding George and Martha Washington, played by Albert A. Adam and Mrs. H.M. Cloud, with their two "colored" attendants, all on horseback, and a second Liberty Car drawn by four of George Kutz's grey horses.
Source unknown. Submitted by Judy.
Architect Fred Barrows is employed to make plans for a new hotel and roadhouse on the Harrisburg Pike at Wyomissing, to be erected by Aaron Heater.
Source unknown, January 31, 1897. Submitted by Rick.
Charles L. Moll one time city comptroller of Reading was married Dec. 4, 1886, to Catherine Obold, the daughter of Elias Obold, a retired merchant and justice of the peace of Mt. Pleasant, Berks County. Six children were born to this union: Alfred, Abner, Herbert, Florence, Russell and Lloyd. Mr. Moll belonged to Reading Lodge, No. 115, B.P.O. Elks as well as a number of other organizations. Politically he was a Democrat and was a member of St. Stephen's Reformed Church.
Source unknown. Submitted by Rick.
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