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vol xxi i no 14 amislkli pa maucii 81 1904 25 a ykar california letter joseph haywood of ammer prefers the eastern and middle states ¦¦¦ in iri'i h i i ii alt mi i angatoa i ' - • cnm l-i 1 ii inn in n#»w orlhmil — l.nrk nf walar lull tii>tirirf vtgstallofl continuing my former letter from california and especially of the city and vicinity ol los angeles i will say that one of the things to strike me forcibly is the g-eneral freedom preva lent oh sunday men n about to their labors as m any week day ami i saw mechanics working on n steel building in the centre of tin city the circus was open as well as the churches the sabbath is the only day on which sporting men go gunning,either shooting at the club or field hunting some other peculiarities are as fol lows i saw a horse tied in the street bearing a placard stating be was for side there are few hitching pouts in the city of los angeles and on almost any corner a horse may lie seen tied by one foot to the axle-tree of the wagon sometimes the two front feet are tied together but generally a east iron weight is carried in the wa^on and when the driver wishes to stop this in thrown out as an anchor the rope being tied to the bridle bit when in new orleans 1 rode in the street cars every coach ims a few seats at the back end designated to lie used by colored people having occa sion to go to the rear to speak to the conductor 1 sat down in this group of heath the conductor soon informed me 1 wan in the jim crow portion of the car at another time the car was crowded with white persons and several were standing but there were no colored passengers aboard and i again sat down in the forbidden sec tion this time i was informed that i was liable to a fine of f>0 for sitting in the section reserved for the negroes this seemed to me at first to be very harsh and arbitrary but on second thought 1 saw the iustice of the meas ure it applies to both classes alike consequently there is no discrimina tion it seems to give satisfaction and in this particular circumstance solves the race question so far as travel in the public conveyance ik concerned speaking of climatic conditions kobert j bnrdette known to nearly all eastern people while lecturing in pasadena recently as rain commenced falling said it is always possible to distinguish a tourist from a native as the former by the facial expression resents the atmospheric interference but the oalifornian is smiling and truly happy as the rain gives promise of reward for the husbandman and prospects of cheaper food for the la borer i was much pleased with the method of cleaning the streets out here where paved a sweeper is drawn by three he vehicle is made g : seems to be odorless it appears to work well ami is rnn only at night on sonie of the drives and especially in the cemeteries oil is used to keep down the dust i no ticed some which were oiled a year before and which are still perfectly free from dust and weeds one of our little excursions took us to the plaza where stands the old spanish mission and which resembles the one at san gabriel built in 1771 the old spanish part if the town is composed largely of chinese and spaniards mid has been a typical western town so far as lawlessness is concerned die chinese wear their hair plaited tied with a long black ribbon at the end which hangs far down the back to the knees another interesting place is west lake mark where there is a line lake covering several acres and on whose surface are many wild fowl such as coots ducks and swim the flowers are beautiful and off in the distance are plainly seen tl it sierra madras mountains with their snow capped tops oil wells abound here and we visited some hut there were not many damping one however was yield ing about 60 gallons per day prospective purchasers of land here are advised to secure water tirst.for if the latter is unobtainable the former in worthless only recently in a local paper there were published photo graphs of cattle found in the hilly country starving to death this cor roborates all that i have said of lower california where not irrigated we paid a visit to the raymond '«¦>- tel wear pasadena and found it to lie all that it had been represented it stands on an elevation ul the san gabriel valley beautifully situated and coinmandink a tine view of the surrounding country the grounds are very line with an aliundanre of shade with beautiful shrubbery and a great variety of rlowers the main gtanby are the geraniums of all varie ties the ivy geranium does very well and makes beautiful borders lor beds these mowers stand the winter and bloom perennially the other vurie ities gtow to immense size standing lix feet high at the raymond the pen aw planted every winter so that they are young aiid vigorous through the early spring the drives are well kept and t lit walk are of oonorete from the top of the tower ill the hotel a tine view of the san qabriel valley is obtained this place in the summer is deserted and the flowers and plant are merely kepi alive it i ¦ to6 mason of res , when nature recuperates her anergiet and utreayth tor the growing season when the fall rains are expected hollywood is a pretty village near los angeles and has mans orange and lemoil grovei which look very well unl aie nicely cared lor the html * la ? \< ii dioely being level and of good quality there is ulho some kig done pent were in blooju in human ind tomatoes were ready lor picking i he lower are v rv line and prettv i'.n ildillgs are generally liuill of the i'dttiige order funnel's win1 plowing in place lli use a gang plow turning three or four furrows at once but the ftlrtow ntf very small anil shallow not deeper than three inches the tend wan m dry ns a bone we paid the second visit to pawdeiih to take another look at t he tow n and vicinity i cannot say that the im pression made in anymore favorable than that received oil the occasion of tin lir-t visit there are many very pretty houses and grounds beautiful lawns decorated and ornamented with choice flowers many of them in full bloom which with an occasional orange grove or with n lew trees standing on the lawn make a very pretty picture and when interspersed with palms and other tropical trees complete the scene but it is a picture which can he viewed only at this reason of the year there are hun of honus about philadelphia more costly of greater architectural beauty and more ornate in every re spect than liny to be found here it is true the climate is delightful dur ing the winter months the season is about the temperature of the latter part of april or the beginning of may as i have previously said the culti vated and beautiful place made so wholly by irrigation are often disfig ured vy adjoining lots so desolate and dreary that the eye turns with delight and relief to the green grass and bright flowers which nature assisted by art science and industry can stimulate and produce 1 can only close this letter by saying that the caster i and middle states are more beautiful for a greater number of months in the year where nature wafers all alike and where the bless ings are bestowed on the lands of the poor as well ns on the gardens of the wealthy north wai mnyliii n»w imlnalry representatives of the textile man ufacturing company of philadelphia visited north wales recently with a view to making arrangements to locate their industrial establishment there thev were escorted about the town by a k shearer e k freed and 1 g lukens and were well pleased with the place after looking over several locations they selected the lot im mediately west of the railroad station as well adapted in every way for their purpose they named their conditions on which they would locate here and we are informed that thev are reason able a k shearer e.fe freed and l g.l/ukens arc now engaged in secur ing subscriptions to enable the grant ing of the required inducements the citizens are responding freely and the probability is the town will secure the industry the company proposes to erect a factory 100 feet by />() feet and install the necessary machinery to give employment to about 100 employes without delay jeshe mrcoombb mi coombs of penllyn died at 1 o'clock from two li.]kiplexy the last of which iiiiyimtast fc\ir,y jit vii tollgafp,'tmv'"p vtp been sexton if boehm's church blue bell he was a veteran if the civil war and belonged to the blue bell p o s of a deceased leaves a widow two sons james who keeps the blue bell tollgate and william and the following daughters : mrs eugene markley mrs thomas yeakle mrs harry ross mrs william shaffer and mrs george maust viously hh church kfiti-riiif call a congregational meeting was lield on thursday morning by the presby terian church of neshaminy of war wick to consider the questions arising from their recent cull to prof arthur phillips of doylestown at a meeting of the congregation upwards of a month ago a call was extended to ¦ mr phillips to become the pastor of the chruch the presby tery however declined to ordain mr phillips without further study hut gave the church the right to employ him as a supply suggesting to them that they permit him at the same time in attend four days in flit week princeton theologioal seminary at the thursday meeting after full and free discussion it was voted by a large majority to employ mr phillips un der tin terms of the call witli per mission to pursue the proposed course of study two hie shouts hi flmirtowii a fine lot of fast birds and an inter esting afternoon's sport featured the loth and linal shoot of the series of live bird handicap events at the flour town gun club's traps thursday there was a prize of 6q up and the eight best scorers qualified for money li frank henry of lansdale made the only straight score of the day and also shot high gun in the club shoots which were a close race all the wm through richard f diiwson.ol val ley forge shot second high only three points behind henry james everitt of gerinantown.aiid edmund rotzell nl i'luurtown tied for third money final score henry 78 dawson 7ii ; kveritl and rotzell each 65 lu-bird club si loot henry 10 dawson s kveritt «; campbell 8 valentine 8 km/.ell i clogjf 7 poster 7 ; win kle dr white dull pfleger each c uiat-and-out-s'weepstakes bezen fi iii nrs 5 dawsou 4 pfleger 4 r i ; olegg 8 and white 3 sportsmen from philadelphia nu>l nearby points attended the shoot held at the same ciuii traps saturday after noon george matz and a nildock unii out on the ninth round on the miss-and-out i'lan the sweepstake events were well contested william oloverdell ihootinu high gun at the blue rook targets li i noorei shoot for gun niblock.st mat '¦> : r'niw n s : t'uiiildosi s i loverdell 8 nash rotzell 7 ; potts 6 jamison 6 hurley •''¦ norman b and dookl i sweep 1 au bo targets luverdcll nhul ptiuiruum w new church at spring mill baptists break ground lor a 1500 edifice i mini u-'1 '"" c'mii|»r»^i 0 mfiiiliit wltll bct ctitlyi j.panptiln ¦» pastor chorea orrhiil il liom mt-klmi ninrlimi in cnki i'ullll ll»|lll.lh ' amid formal ceremonies and in the presence of visiting churchmen and the citizens of spring mill ground was broken at sunset thursday evening fur the creel ion of a handsome church building for the newly organized first baptist church of spring mill the site of the new edifice is on an elevation along the main mud in spring mill and overlooking the vil lage on a lot 70x1 i0 feet purchased rom samuel 1'otts and adjoining the dine of i.deisinger the new structure will he a one story brick building with basement 24x40 feet and will be erected by clarence wood at a cost of aliout 1500 the newly-organized congregation comprises 36 members with a sunday school of about 40 the pastor is rev charles .]. dnuphin the present congregation springs from a mission conducted for a iimi her of years by the cold point baptist church the formal exercises bef«iu on the ground site shortly before tl o'clock with the singing of a hymn by the as semblage rev w l haines pastor of the mt vernon baptist church manayunk read a dedicatory lesson i chron xxii this was followed by a prayer bf rev h b garner pastor of the cold point baptist church after the singing of another hymn rev j elmer saul pastor of the olivet baptist church norristown delivered a short address while a subj stantial building contribution was be ing received rev charles j dau phin the pastor after reading i kings viiii 26-80 turned the sod with a spade following which each of the pastors present elders bratt ogdeii o'neil and mrs dauphin misses hannah davis mary miller and mag gie dick took turns in digging up ground with the singing of a third hymn the benediction was pronounc ed by rev a j davis pastor of the conshohocken baptist church ; rev.t d d clark pastor of the lebanon baptist church was also present as well as a number of parishioners from the cold point and conshohocken churches the visitors were entertained at a supper in the building used as a chapel by the church members 7.4i in the evening the services w continued in the house vised as s chapel rev saul delivered a sermon while the pastor spoke congratulato on the event of the day obituary ml ' \ \ i : < > n kha1 l.zzie v wife ol aaron kratz.diid at ' i c r residence in j'lnmsti ailvilb wednesday morn ing march 38 at 45 at r an lllnpe exti nding over several w*i u she is in i lie rcjd year of her ape sonicvceks hjio phe underwent ait operation from the c tectn of which sin never recovered the immediate rfltise of her death wan an d form of jaundice mrs kratz wan the daughter m osmond and buwnn tingle of burs i mi one of neven children on september w isflft while a member of the family i>1 a ii m thomas in rcd miiisier township nhe married aaron kratz of plumsteadville two chil dren were horn to the union may who died nt theatre of three and a half years and reuben k who died feb ruary 1 11)01 mrs kratz was a con si-t ut member of the doyleotown pres byterian church she was n woman of ijili ndid qualities and beloved by all ho know her in paring for the wants of the numerous empli ivesol her husband's carriage industry she was a nidther to them and by them was held in the greatest esteem her depart ure will be mourned by the entire com munity john e bhecht john k brecht a well known resi dent of norristown long n director of the peoples national bank died early friday morning jit his residence no 92<s west marshall street he had suf fered for some time from a complica tion of diseases and for several weeks had been confined to his bed mr breeht was of german parent age his father john c4 brecht was born in wurtembcrji in 18(x being the eon of oonard brecht he was a weaver in silk wool and linen in 183'j he came with his father to america and settled in new britain bucks countv in ihiio he married catharine frances karnst also of german parentage john k brecht was burn in hilltown township bucks county november 86 1837 he mar ried february 18 18f sarah kriebel daughter of george kriebel of towa me.ncin who survives him their children are mrs kininu k , wife of john i weber of centre point george k , a well known member of the norrintown bar who is also sec retary and trust officer of the mont gomery trust company ; samuel k one of the corps of teachers in the korrist'wn high school catharine wife ot john a longacre residing at emirn n y ry will horrovv money for on "" the gooit^ro&lsne'mflfiy of warmiuster township bucks eorin ty.niet at warniinster hotel last week nine of the 10 members were pres ent william v hobensack was made chairman of the committee and h s decoursey secretary after full and free discussion as to the advisability of bonding the township to macada mise about 14 miles of roads i vote was taken resulting in favor of the proposed improvements the amount of money needed will hi about 160,000 the state will give a certain amount of aid in the building and care of stone roads probably the first road to be macadamized will be the street road public spirited citizens are pushing the movement i'ianu.to lie it -.¦,,!. i . in the mount pleasant baptist chnrch this thursday evening at 7.80 will take place the piano presentation and opening conducted by wana maker & brown of philadelphia in behalf of tlie bible school of the church this instrument was obtain ed by the school for being instrumen tal in securing rj5(k worth of trail for the above firm the piano is a handsome piece of workmanship made by the estey company and is of golden oak the tone is mellow and sweet and on thursday evening tin following interesting program will be rendered in which the piano will be used the exercises are free to all and a cordial invitation is extended to everybody to attend at the close of the program a social will be given the scholars and their parent in the chapel pkowkam vocal solo mm wm v kvans imwatiou rev e k valeutlne i'imiiimlo mlfch klla itobluson addrwn of weloome mr j j johnson cornel solo mr f nevln weist hri's.'iitatiouol piano mr woodruff pluio solo miss klla robinson acceptauce rev e k valentine vocal solo mlsn mabel a philips cornet solo mr f nevln weist vocal solo mrs wm 0 evans l.ai.l kallft at midnight on sunday night at i o'clock . the jprk of constnu-t ing tin souderton dppnek and 1 airview electric rail mr was started in worcester town ip the time l.i.it stipulated in the eement with the supervisors of the ship for beginning the construe e work expired on april 1 the thoritios of the adjoining townships — ted an extension of time but the rvisors.of worcester sought to im joj»ditions that the directors i ifsp^y leaver to interfere with the starting of construction work ties and rails were laid in place by moonlight early monday morning a bill in equity asking for an in junction was tuesday morning filed in the prothonotary's office against the bonderton bkippack and fair view electric railway company by the attorney for the township of wor cester the bill states that this com pany has laid 160 feet of railway tracks near fairview village without the permisison of the township au thorities and further that this much of the road was laid at ni^lif when all the residents were asleep furth er the bill states that it is the in tentlon of the company to build a trolley road from souderton to trappe and tiiat in such an event it will pass through the township because of the fact that 150 feet were laid without the permission of the authorities of worcester township they have asked for an injunction to restrain the trolley ooinpany from going any further and also to compel hem to tear up the tracks already laid the court granted a rule in the ease returnable april 4 when argu ment will be heard miss carrie deri spent saturday vith relatives in philadelphia george v fitler and household moved out last thursday after spend ug the winter at the colonial phila delphia eugene whittock removed from henry ingersoll's farm on thursday to a farm at blue bell julius bempp was in perkasie on monday on business conditions darken bondholders foresee foreclosure in trollev affairs in illtntnvi i , . ml i hilftli v.lllfv llmiiii 1,300 000 a meet inj ot the lllo n activ bond holders ol the philadelphia c i ¦ ' i valley traction company whs held at the second national bank of allen town nn friday at 8 p nil l>r r v mattison j)r milton newberry and j watson craft ri presenting the a miller iiani mr a c dawwm re presenting brown brothers & com panjr were present with mr john son representing a proposed merger or consolidation of all the interest leased or guaranteed by the lehlgh valley traction company it seemed to be a fact that forcclok ure of the mortgage wan"in the air as it were that it is ft foregone con clusion in the minds of those present that this would be the next step taken try the bondholders interested in the traction company i affairs a meet ing of the bondholders protective omniittee was held later and it was resolved to take tile necessary steps to iscertain the views of the bondhold ers regarding the foreclosure of the road as it must not be forgotten how ever that a very large amount of tonal is held by the interests which are friendly to the present manage nent being controlled by them the outlook for the bondholders around ambler is not a very inviting one a meeting of the receivers was held at mr g l crawford's offices on saturday at 11 o'clock which was at tended by dr mattison nothing effective was accomplished at this nesting though the fact was develop ed that the floating indebtedness of the philadelphia & lehigh valley traction company is in the neighbor iooii of 8oo,o0o all of which must be onsidered a total loss the floating indebtedness of the le ligli valley company is about ssl.tml 00 the collection of which will be ilso difficult if not impossible reflecting upon the condition of the philadelphia & lehinh valley trac tionl company one cannot but be struck with tlie fact that there is poor prospect for individual bondholders and a still poorer one for the com pany's general creditors of philadelphia i ii inn iatiii.1 i'n li li i l'.i|iiil,ir the members of mount hope meth odist episcopal church about six miles fi i chester have entered protest against the removal of rev j l ieiisemcr formerly of guenside who was assigned in tlie twenty-ninth street charge ill philadelphia by liishop merrill at a congregational meeting on thursday it was decided to ask bishop merrill to revoke liis action and reap point mr ienseniev at the recent conference bishop merrill appointed kov j b colenian to the mount hope charge mr tryans says the officials will take the key ot the inirsongae and shall not let mr den m'iiii c remove in imhis mount hi church numbers 100 members mi iimseni.r bas counseled i people not to take any radical measures but to look upon tin matter bil ally ieorge visited bmanuel battersby oh mon day mr henry jugersull and miss j ii ingersoll will return to anuadale larm on friday after spending the winter abroad misses rose and elsie armstrong spent sunday with their parents david armstrong and wife bamuel bergey and wife of skip pack were visiting their daughter mis ii-vin wiok and family on sun day byron fleck and family removed on tuesday from the old fleck home nail to i he dager place near ambler mr fleck will he greatly missed throughout the community au unclaimed letter remains in the ostoffice for mrs kdwin barnes on and siter april i all btoih i < 1 1 railroad iiaumenger trainv will tu extended to dekalb street nor - town the trains will have i >. kail street three minute earlier than shown t,n time table for muin rtreet and arrive at uekulb street three minutes . .'.. i than i nn huviii to maiu hlreut old llc«me(i granted the applications tor liquor licenses were taken up by the court monday morning it was announced that in all cases of old licenses where the pa pers were correctly prepared and no remonstrances tiled the licenses wou.ld be granted the tir.-t c infested him was tin t ' stephen kiiu.wlii - 1 i di ¦ tor a bottler's lntnst tlie fitness of the applicant the last case to he heard was the ap plication of theodore t a res v.!io wants a hotel license at wwynedd sta tion ' he has at present possession of a large place used as u rummer hoarding house , but it appeared that he had no lease except one granted conditional on the license being grant ed the principal necessity shewn was that some persons alight from the late trains and have no means of jet ting home and no shelter after the station closes at 8.80 p m there nionstrants contended that this did not warrant the granting of a license and that the real purpose was to fur nish liquor to summer boarders glenside and around the iminuil elii pim for tin bonfd ol home missions i l;ikeii oil siiinhiy at t he carinel i " t — 1 >\ lerijin chrnoll the baptist peolpe of oletloidp and vicinity are mylng that their ncoom iiiodiitioiis are at their chapel on the willow orove iil>e ure liecoin inir toe i ontracted for them v m vvolir will move from till ( ieorge i heist farm nn tin omenside road on april i to < rharli * i lew farm on the wa\erly road outli ot the willow grove pike thomas clampffer and wife have been spending t little time at atlantic city his sou george from port washington has been in charge of the ¦ rore in mr < llampffer'g absenoe the time has been set for the iledi ¦ it ion of the new chapel ol st i'.iul's lutheran ohtirch april 34 services will be continued somewhat into that week but definite arrangements have m it yet been completed the k n h society of si p.-nd's lutheran chnrch which was to have had its next monthly social monday has postponed this event until monday evening april 11 the affair will be held at the home of mr and mrs joseph s wililamb of liynnwood ave nue kline vail winkle on thursday a j iril 7 will hold his 80th animal public sale of seed potatoes stock farming implements etc it is un necessary to m into dteails over one of mr viinwinkle's seed potato sales they are famous the country round for miles and miles away from edge hill — in the whole county of montgomery indeed clarence k slicrmerhorn of phila delphia has furnished plans and speci fications for a twd-and-one-lialf story frame dwelling to be erceted on olive len avenue glenside highlands for charles h strunk d w sperry of fort washington hoover & son burd p evan john j kaurlie and leidy b heckler of ambler are the contractors making estimates the house will have a frontage of 27 feet i inches and a depth of ii7 feet the first floor will contain hall recep tion room library diningromn kitch en laundry and pantry on the sec ond floor will be four chambers and bath room the interior is to be finished in chestnut and cypress the reception room in white pine with enamel finish the contract alls for hot water heating gas and electric lighting modem plumbing and drain age system clapboard siding shingle roof and leaded glass etc flonrtoim kichiird moore of jenkintown has rented the c'harles yeakle farm on cleaver mill road edward mitchell who has been with the yealde farosjt f or tbout 25 years will this year uptlie retirement of mr samuel yenkfe leave for st louis where he cjpect to remain some time invitations are out for the wedding reception to be tendered mi kuiiiie oielbllll mr and mrs win p albreclit spent sunday in atlantic city over ia was realized by the child ren at their package party for the benefit of the lutheran ohuroli services will be held every evening this week at the baptist church prominent liiininsters assisted by ehorists from philadelphia will ccu duct the services services will be held in the i ntll eran church april 1 good friday afternoon at 2.46 kaster servicea next sunday afternoon at i services every evening during the week from easter sunday till sunday after eas ter april 10 when communion ser vices will be held dedicatory services will not be held ou kaster sunday as previously re ported it has been decided to post pone them fora short time as it is the desire of the pastor rev diet terioh to have the church ou day ol dedication free from interest bearing debt and the pastor members and friends are bending their effortt to bring about this result a soon as i1 bible the congregation being small aid from other sources is necessary to bring the desired results quickly i'rullyu mrs hi in > c coyer is expected to move out to her country home on sat urday • w h churchman was visiting hil country residence on saturday his hedge has been nicely trimmed by john h fry he eonteinplan ing part of the summer at penllyn i i davis has just received •' large ear of readv i lit wood a jury of viewers bw leclared i he lla'thi id and towami lie turn pike known as the 40-foot road » tree highway thcjuiv awarded the owners 1879 damag attorney s i.u a v re elected solicitor of won township the road tax ol the township has been i « d it 5 ulilll i ill i dd to ti uking mills fund ip being devoted to till if which mr yocnm is pro < the weddiufr will take place earlier in i he evening the remains of the hire william h shaffer of whitemarsh near this place were interred saturday in un ion cemetery whitemarsh the first of a series of target shoots \\ ill be held kaster monday on the grounds of the klourtown gun club for i purse of *-'•' the sale public of samuel yeakle'a fine dairy will be held this thursday at rotzell's hotel . samuel hftllniau of philadelphia benjamin cribb and friend ; horace nice and wife visited kobert pietsod on sunday barclay jones was compelled to leave his work on monday ar cleaver's mill and return home on account of a severe attack ot rheumatism mr and mr edwin balnea visited mrs george in philadelphia hist wed nesday bobbers entered the kitchen ol mr showman and helped themselve to eatables thej also visited at oomly's and mrs william thomas ar the latter place they were frightened away i the family which occupied steven mi ( mt hers house on the pike moved to green lane and mr fraziur v\h<i toonpied mrs nasli's house expects to occupy the same jacob coulti ratteudei i the funeral of william shatver on saturday flora duftield.of philadelphia visit d at i i dager's rev eugene dietter oh and fjunily william kerper john matz and mrs tohn thompson visited mr waxier me day last week i ii •¦ ni bondwrtou moyer 4 son's standard hay haling i.i i it bouderton wtw destroyed by lire i'hursday shortly at tei muni the liuilding was tilled witll i1 ton il loose hay and 800 bales of oul tiay all if whieii waa consumed the origin if the tire is not known but it is he lieved 1 ha v been the woru of au ill endiary the building was ideated southeast of the depot nearh opposite the independent office several it her buildings caught tire but the plendid work of the liivmeii kept the names from spreading the loss stimated at ijio.ooti partly covered by ilihiiraiice ii.ii i •> i civ of \ . ii ,. mi and mi abel q llaldeiuan nt i iue lexington mi saturday even ing entertained quite a uompany of friends to help uelebrat the 30th an ver.-arv of their marriage shortly after ', o'clock guests began pouring in and utter the usual oouyratula dolls etc the spurious d&rloh ssei placed at the disposal of tlie guest and it was encbre,variouf ¦ thei ganws and music that niadi up i i inn s entertainment later dainty '• i in in were m i s i mr and i mrs ihildeiiian were t!i smiu un i > ( ttj gutl nri|miul
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19040331 |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 14 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 03/31/1904 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 03 |
Day | 31 |
Year | 1904 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19040331 |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 14 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 03/31/1904 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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vol xxi i no 14 amislkli pa maucii 81 1904 25 a ykar california letter joseph haywood of ammer prefers the eastern and middle states ¦¦¦ in iri'i h i i ii alt mi i angatoa i ' - • cnm l-i 1 ii inn in n#»w orlhmil — l.nrk nf walar lull tii>tirirf vtgstallofl continuing my former letter from california and especially of the city and vicinity ol los angeles i will say that one of the things to strike me forcibly is the g-eneral freedom preva lent oh sunday men n about to their labors as m any week day ami i saw mechanics working on n steel building in the centre of tin city the circus was open as well as the churches the sabbath is the only day on which sporting men go gunning,either shooting at the club or field hunting some other peculiarities are as fol lows i saw a horse tied in the street bearing a placard stating be was for side there are few hitching pouts in the city of los angeles and on almost any corner a horse may lie seen tied by one foot to the axle-tree of the wagon sometimes the two front feet are tied together but generally a east iron weight is carried in the wa^on and when the driver wishes to stop this in thrown out as an anchor the rope being tied to the bridle bit when in new orleans 1 rode in the street cars every coach ims a few seats at the back end designated to lie used by colored people having occa sion to go to the rear to speak to the conductor 1 sat down in this group of heath the conductor soon informed me 1 wan in the jim crow portion of the car at another time the car was crowded with white persons and several were standing but there were no colored passengers aboard and i again sat down in the forbidden sec tion this time i was informed that i was liable to a fine of f>0 for sitting in the section reserved for the negroes this seemed to me at first to be very harsh and arbitrary but on second thought 1 saw the iustice of the meas ure it applies to both classes alike consequently there is no discrimina tion it seems to give satisfaction and in this particular circumstance solves the race question so far as travel in the public conveyance ik concerned speaking of climatic conditions kobert j bnrdette known to nearly all eastern people while lecturing in pasadena recently as rain commenced falling said it is always possible to distinguish a tourist from a native as the former by the facial expression resents the atmospheric interference but the oalifornian is smiling and truly happy as the rain gives promise of reward for the husbandman and prospects of cheaper food for the la borer i was much pleased with the method of cleaning the streets out here where paved a sweeper is drawn by three he vehicle is made g : seems to be odorless it appears to work well ami is rnn only at night on sonie of the drives and especially in the cemeteries oil is used to keep down the dust i no ticed some which were oiled a year before and which are still perfectly free from dust and weeds one of our little excursions took us to the plaza where stands the old spanish mission and which resembles the one at san gabriel built in 1771 the old spanish part if the town is composed largely of chinese and spaniards mid has been a typical western town so far as lawlessness is concerned die chinese wear their hair plaited tied with a long black ribbon at the end which hangs far down the back to the knees another interesting place is west lake mark where there is a line lake covering several acres and on whose surface are many wild fowl such as coots ducks and swim the flowers are beautiful and off in the distance are plainly seen tl it sierra madras mountains with their snow capped tops oil wells abound here and we visited some hut there were not many damping one however was yield ing about 60 gallons per day prospective purchasers of land here are advised to secure water tirst.for if the latter is unobtainable the former in worthless only recently in a local paper there were published photo graphs of cattle found in the hilly country starving to death this cor roborates all that i have said of lower california where not irrigated we paid a visit to the raymond '«¦>- tel wear pasadena and found it to lie all that it had been represented it stands on an elevation ul the san gabriel valley beautifully situated and coinmandink a tine view of the surrounding country the grounds are very line with an aliundanre of shade with beautiful shrubbery and a great variety of rlowers the main gtanby are the geraniums of all varie ties the ivy geranium does very well and makes beautiful borders lor beds these mowers stand the winter and bloom perennially the other vurie ities gtow to immense size standing lix feet high at the raymond the pen aw planted every winter so that they are young aiid vigorous through the early spring the drives are well kept and t lit walk are of oonorete from the top of the tower ill the hotel a tine view of the san qabriel valley is obtained this place in the summer is deserted and the flowers and plant are merely kepi alive it i ¦ to6 mason of res , when nature recuperates her anergiet and utreayth tor the growing season when the fall rains are expected hollywood is a pretty village near los angeles and has mans orange and lemoil grovei which look very well unl aie nicely cared lor the html * la ? \< ii dioely being level and of good quality there is ulho some kig done pent were in blooju in human ind tomatoes were ready lor picking i he lower are v rv line and prettv i'.n ildillgs are generally liuill of the i'dttiige order funnel's win1 plowing in place lli use a gang plow turning three or four furrows at once but the ftlrtow ntf very small anil shallow not deeper than three inches the tend wan m dry ns a bone we paid the second visit to pawdeiih to take another look at t he tow n and vicinity i cannot say that the im pression made in anymore favorable than that received oil the occasion of tin lir-t visit there are many very pretty houses and grounds beautiful lawns decorated and ornamented with choice flowers many of them in full bloom which with an occasional orange grove or with n lew trees standing on the lawn make a very pretty picture and when interspersed with palms and other tropical trees complete the scene but it is a picture which can he viewed only at this reason of the year there are hun of honus about philadelphia more costly of greater architectural beauty and more ornate in every re spect than liny to be found here it is true the climate is delightful dur ing the winter months the season is about the temperature of the latter part of april or the beginning of may as i have previously said the culti vated and beautiful place made so wholly by irrigation are often disfig ured vy adjoining lots so desolate and dreary that the eye turns with delight and relief to the green grass and bright flowers which nature assisted by art science and industry can stimulate and produce 1 can only close this letter by saying that the caster i and middle states are more beautiful for a greater number of months in the year where nature wafers all alike and where the bless ings are bestowed on the lands of the poor as well ns on the gardens of the wealthy north wai mnyliii n»w imlnalry representatives of the textile man ufacturing company of philadelphia visited north wales recently with a view to making arrangements to locate their industrial establishment there thev were escorted about the town by a k shearer e k freed and 1 g lukens and were well pleased with the place after looking over several locations they selected the lot im mediately west of the railroad station as well adapted in every way for their purpose they named their conditions on which they would locate here and we are informed that thev are reason able a k shearer e.fe freed and l g.l/ukens arc now engaged in secur ing subscriptions to enable the grant ing of the required inducements the citizens are responding freely and the probability is the town will secure the industry the company proposes to erect a factory 100 feet by />() feet and install the necessary machinery to give employment to about 100 employes without delay jeshe mrcoombb mi coombs of penllyn died at 1 o'clock from two li.]kiplexy the last of which iiiiyimtast fc\ir,y jit vii tollgafp,'tmv'"p vtp been sexton if boehm's church blue bell he was a veteran if the civil war and belonged to the blue bell p o s of a deceased leaves a widow two sons james who keeps the blue bell tollgate and william and the following daughters : mrs eugene markley mrs thomas yeakle mrs harry ross mrs william shaffer and mrs george maust viously hh church kfiti-riiif call a congregational meeting was lield on thursday morning by the presby terian church of neshaminy of war wick to consider the questions arising from their recent cull to prof arthur phillips of doylestown at a meeting of the congregation upwards of a month ago a call was extended to ¦ mr phillips to become the pastor of the chruch the presby tery however declined to ordain mr phillips without further study hut gave the church the right to employ him as a supply suggesting to them that they permit him at the same time in attend four days in flit week princeton theologioal seminary at the thursday meeting after full and free discussion it was voted by a large majority to employ mr phillips un der tin terms of the call witli per mission to pursue the proposed course of study two hie shouts hi flmirtowii a fine lot of fast birds and an inter esting afternoon's sport featured the loth and linal shoot of the series of live bird handicap events at the flour town gun club's traps thursday there was a prize of 6q up and the eight best scorers qualified for money li frank henry of lansdale made the only straight score of the day and also shot high gun in the club shoots which were a close race all the wm through richard f diiwson.ol val ley forge shot second high only three points behind henry james everitt of gerinantown.aiid edmund rotzell nl i'luurtown tied for third money final score henry 78 dawson 7ii ; kveritl and rotzell each 65 lu-bird club si loot henry 10 dawson s kveritt «; campbell 8 valentine 8 km/.ell i clogjf 7 poster 7 ; win kle dr white dull pfleger each c uiat-and-out-s'weepstakes bezen fi iii nrs 5 dawsou 4 pfleger 4 r i ; olegg 8 and white 3 sportsmen from philadelphia nu>l nearby points attended the shoot held at the same ciuii traps saturday after noon george matz and a nildock unii out on the ninth round on the miss-and-out i'lan the sweepstake events were well contested william oloverdell ihootinu high gun at the blue rook targets li i noorei shoot for gun niblock.st mat '¦> : r'niw n s : t'uiiildosi s i loverdell 8 nash rotzell 7 ; potts 6 jamison 6 hurley •''¦ norman b and dookl i sweep 1 au bo targets luverdcll nhul ptiuiruum w new church at spring mill baptists break ground lor a 1500 edifice i mini u-'1 '"" c'mii|»r»^i 0 mfiiiliit wltll bct ctitlyi j.panptiln ¦» pastor chorea orrhiil il liom mt-klmi ninrlimi in cnki i'ullll ll»|lll.lh ' amid formal ceremonies and in the presence of visiting churchmen and the citizens of spring mill ground was broken at sunset thursday evening fur the creel ion of a handsome church building for the newly organized first baptist church of spring mill the site of the new edifice is on an elevation along the main mud in spring mill and overlooking the vil lage on a lot 70x1 i0 feet purchased rom samuel 1'otts and adjoining the dine of i.deisinger the new structure will he a one story brick building with basement 24x40 feet and will be erected by clarence wood at a cost of aliout 1500 the newly-organized congregation comprises 36 members with a sunday school of about 40 the pastor is rev charles .]. dnuphin the present congregation springs from a mission conducted for a iimi her of years by the cold point baptist church the formal exercises bef«iu on the ground site shortly before tl o'clock with the singing of a hymn by the as semblage rev w l haines pastor of the mt vernon baptist church manayunk read a dedicatory lesson i chron xxii this was followed by a prayer bf rev h b garner pastor of the cold point baptist church after the singing of another hymn rev j elmer saul pastor of the olivet baptist church norristown delivered a short address while a subj stantial building contribution was be ing received rev charles j dau phin the pastor after reading i kings viiii 26-80 turned the sod with a spade following which each of the pastors present elders bratt ogdeii o'neil and mrs dauphin misses hannah davis mary miller and mag gie dick took turns in digging up ground with the singing of a third hymn the benediction was pronounc ed by rev a j davis pastor of the conshohocken baptist church ; rev.t d d clark pastor of the lebanon baptist church was also present as well as a number of parishioners from the cold point and conshohocken churches the visitors were entertained at a supper in the building used as a chapel by the church members 7.4i in the evening the services w continued in the house vised as s chapel rev saul delivered a sermon while the pastor spoke congratulato on the event of the day obituary ml ' \ \ i : < > n kha1 l.zzie v wife ol aaron kratz.diid at ' i c r residence in j'lnmsti ailvilb wednesday morn ing march 38 at 45 at r an lllnpe exti nding over several w*i u she is in i lie rcjd year of her ape sonicvceks hjio phe underwent ait operation from the c tectn of which sin never recovered the immediate rfltise of her death wan an d form of jaundice mrs kratz wan the daughter m osmond and buwnn tingle of burs i mi one of neven children on september w isflft while a member of the family i>1 a ii m thomas in rcd miiisier township nhe married aaron kratz of plumsteadville two chil dren were horn to the union may who died nt theatre of three and a half years and reuben k who died feb ruary 1 11)01 mrs kratz was a con si-t ut member of the doyleotown pres byterian church she was n woman of ijili ndid qualities and beloved by all ho know her in paring for the wants of the numerous empli ivesol her husband's carriage industry she was a nidther to them and by them was held in the greatest esteem her depart ure will be mourned by the entire com munity john e bhecht john k brecht a well known resi dent of norristown long n director of the peoples national bank died early friday morning jit his residence no 92 |
Month | 03 |
Day | 31 |
Year | 1904 |
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