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the ambler gazette vol xviii.-no ambler pa octobkk 4 umh 91.25 a year . trolley time extended ammw ovuncli omntii intaml tnictinn romptinv more time utofm '*» h*w rn ughiiiik plain i-,,i tin in ¦¦••¦ ifvmml s i hi us !•,. — li i.i inlilrr borough council bwerobled monday evening in 1 1 ul;i r monthlv .-¦> ^ at j 10 h'i luck ami the men were culled tn order by pnwident krfttn i with nl i n attendance the min utes of sept sand the adjourned mcel ing of the kith were read and approved mi knight of the highway commit tec reported thai the work had linen ted on ( rropnwood nvenae after much delay and that the macadamizing of hpring garden street had been tewpor arlly delayed owing to the an of the street being made by contractor russell in the building of e a vagi's struct nre.il in expected thai thi work will be commenced about nov 1 . considerable work had been donfl dar ing the month in rosemary and orange avenue but nothing further can be done unless a sewer 18 constructed us the creek flows down the centre of the street * mr davis reported the light bnrnpd 118 houm last month mr faust of the tire committee re ported the lire apparatus in good order 1>ut the lire alarm system wholly unre liahle ami condemned as absolutely worthless and not wot th repairing as no amount of work will insure a per manent job the tire plug not placed in south ambler although the water com pany had been ordered to do so fr craft reported building permits leaned to reei 0 roberts 1 j har ton b a vogt thomap kofle lerris s kile mr rose of the law and order ruin mittee reported two arrests made dur ing last month for drankennen the h'nanee and borough improve ment committees reported nothing the treasurer reported as follows dr sep 8 cash balance on hand 8:i7i 46 ¦• i 1 watson cnift r'-4 tuns smiic i 6s 1 v lee license 5 no henry w hnllnwull 258 00 lames h hnil.'iiu 8 60 ll c mann license i b0 bep 17 h s block license 4 00 11 21 john shepherd license 4 60 " samuel ogden license i " 11 jk byron <;. rilu 1 no ahi.it beck l no reesc roberts 1 on joseph j hartou -' 00 e a vol-t i tlinirms rose '.' 00 jerri kile l no 046 68 vh kept 10 oiders granted 5-".h '¦> oct 1 bnlanuv b51 93 mr knight presented an ordinan supplementary to the ordinance grant ing the inland traction company tb right to build and operate a street rail wilv in a ml iii operate a f h lion after it was r«id in the cieik rose seconded and it pawed unaivmous ly a communication was received from the ambler board of health icgarding the appointment of a suitable person fo the collection of garbage and the disposal of the same it was received and filed mr hose asked that tlie ordinance foi the opening of rosemary avenue which he presented some time ago be takei up from the table and disposed of ad versely jmr rose moved that it bf taken up seconded by mr craft and on request of mr knight the ayes anil nays were called as follows ayes messrs rose craft and faust ; nays messrs knight kramer and davis motion lost mr craft moved that the matter ol the new bridge over the wissabickon be left in the hands of the special commit tee and that they solicit names to a petition to the county commissioners passed the improvement to greenwood ave nue were discussed regarding the grad and the macadam to he put on re garding tbe unlaid pavements it waf ascertained that an ordinance authoris ing the laying of such bad been psssed and that no further notice is required mr rose moved and mr knight sec onded that the borough proceed to en force the ordinances authorizing lay ing of pavements and proceed accordin to the same passed unanimously mr rose had been asked by the bor ough officer for a 10 days vacation com mencing w ith nov 1 and moved iht same be accorded providing a capable substitute be procured passed mr knight notified council that the officer does not consider s per ye.ir a sufficient oonpensation foi the work examining poles it was stated that he could do the work on bis regular beat and the ordinance taxing poles was rend mr knight moved auil mr davil seconded ibat lames ll boileau in appointed inspector of poles at a salary of 1 per year carried mr rose announced that there are imli poles of tlie ambler klcctrie light ibat and mot i company in the inn ough bud in a conversation with dr mattison tbe president he requested council to provide bome other means ot lighting the streets where the taxes oil the poles v ill exceed tbe revenue as for instance on south main street and north spring garden street and an nounced that on the borders of the bor ough the poles ire to be moved over in to ibc townships lo save the tax mr knight moved that the light committee be authorized to secure bids from different companies to light ||,,- town for one year after the expiration of the present contract seconded by mr rose and passed mr i'aiisl asked for information as to what has been done bv tbe bight committee regarding tbe delaware atlantic telephone oidinance urging that the highway committee show a dis position u report an ordinance ii was assured that the committee bad , unable to hold a meeting but would endeavor to report an ordinanci l,v m.\i month mi knight assunvd council that the company bad nevei made an effort to uiei-l ihe eonimittet in this matter ulcr passing the follow iuu bills coun cil adjourned : a i ? pallid lh)»liii ... 0 11 na vmbier i " m .'" w ' rnft arc mini rent l.iins.l 1 a marri'tge lien1 thfa week wa thnl if paul i od..ir and mix s-villa 1 el l a l.ans.hile people have contributed 2oo0 to hi i . ¦ ¦ a nffi " ii loud of ii ill y:ii i \\ :, . i ei on of frwl \ lie pi imi.i . hs ..... ne tn i iielnn 1 t lie mninuinl icle.jiapb operator there are several i of typhoid fev r prevailing here the trolley line runs nbiii . the ' iwy ledil s.|ii;ii turnpike for the distance if 4<i00 led the belated li-b plates irrim and the track was hnished down th a lien tow 11 road last week the iron for the bridge ficrow the wissa tiiekon was also put in place the planting of the poles from fthoadu toll gate was imln this week and the wiring of the whole distance from i,ansdale to north wales this done and the road will be ready for operation two removals from town took place last week these were james cannon philadelphia and cnlvin wilson to • kindig farm ilatlicld a mile and a tialf from here an oyster supper together with the sale of ice cream beard and cakes took place on saturday evening in freed'n hall the proceeds were for tbe benefit of the high school laboratory a wesley kratz a teacher residing here has entered hayerford college laving been the recipient of an fioo scholarship he is the son of aaron m kratx one of our merchants he had taken a school in towamencin mrs jesse christy died on thursday last at an advanced age she was a widow and leaves seven children of these two sons elmer and william re side here as also two daughters mrs obed fine and mrs margaret kox another daughter is mrs charles bird of north wales a man passed through here last week riding nil old-time hard rubbei tire bi cycle lie bad come ill this manner the way from new london con and was going to washington city lie proclaimed himself a decorator of rooms mid made his living as he traveled the game of baseball here ii satur day was with north wales bringing out ii large attendance the result was a seme of ii to ¦_' in favor of lansdnle about half the people present came from north wales historical meeting on saturday oct h the historical society of montgomery county will hold its fall out-meeting in the ashbourne school having a forenoon session be ginning at 10 o'clock and an afternoon sessional 2 o'clock music for tbe occasion will befuudsm harvest festival tllp llrnlllnn mttlltftlt celi-i>r>lti iii tile anilili'i lixl.il , ... lli.irrll iviih i iiiiiii wvll anlll l.lly iikiii-ih1"1 v'l.lnl , ,| l i lllllll ml \ lm>r . it i 1 1 ¦ the seivire held in the ambler pi . bj tei ian clmrnli ihm xabbatli were of an nnuwittlly mi i stiii character in the morninu at 10 10 the sen h • k of tin ii.iiiii of r harvest fi ' , il in which b cprtrion and soil i very fitting wm^liip wa k n.lei.'d t him « in is tin ui!h'i rjf all our beneflti i'hc music both in sent imeiit uml rendi tion was worthy of the occasion una contributed in a large degree to the helpfulness of the rervlce the decora tions were especially chinaclei ist ie - fruits vcgetaiilei and ami n oonntttuted the bulk of these and were provided h i this the and by instrumental and vocal soloisk in the forenoon session mr thomas williams of ogontz will make an ad dress on some karly montgomery county schools and schoolhousb8,"bev s f ilotchkin of buetleton will tell about •' ashbonrne in england and asli bouine in america and mr s gor don smyth of west odnshohocken will speak on a topic to be announced later in the afternoon mr w h richard son of noiristown will talk about a nearby historic shrine mr kl wo.iil roberta of noiristown editor of the norristown herald and a former cheltenham teacher will talk on val ley forge " and judge s lt pennv packer of philadelphia on a subject to i announced provisional consent to give short historical recollections has been secured from several gentle men who do not wish their names an nounced but who will be on hand if health and weather favor the address of welcome to this end of the comity will be made by mr george w quigley of willow grove president of the directors and teachers asso ciationof the lower end of montgomery county which body is co-operating with the historical society to make the meeting a success his address will be responded to by kev t ii beeber of norristown representing th society luncheon will be provided for mem bers of the society and invited guests by the committee on entertainment and will be served ill the building during the noon intermission the public u cordially invited to at tend the several sessions of the day historical interest and local pride arc sure tube warmed and stimulated through hearing tlm stories of the lives ami deeds of the men who held and wrought out their destines upon the fields and within the coiithics of the lower end of the county to the inanv new-comers within the boundaries of the sur rounding townships the meeting will bring a better understanding of local matters and will also bring the possi bility of a warmly sympathetic relation and participtation in the efforts to make the future history ol the section a splendid perpetuation ami realization of all the hopes and promises of the glori ous pact \ will foment register of wills k k freed will soon have u decide a very important case one that in verv seldom drought before a ii'gister it is that of two imrtinh contesting in tbe matter of a nuncupative will in the estate of mary k bee late of icllkintowll lewis robinson has secured ttw will and he has attempted to have it admit ted to probate having applied for its probation the sister of the deceased will however contest the will and through her attorney j b.laraelerejr she has tiled objection to it and had made application f"i letters of adminis tration — tim jury to assess damages foi in juiic dona by the l'ostai telegraph cable company to a number of oruu tnental trees on the property of r k 1 wunder of u.ai lilac bell thursday and awarded him 1814 the viewers were a k shearer ii r swanky aiiti k k r'lccd of north wah by the members who ill this nay ed vei \ materially to tlie effect nf worship potted plant were used in giviii'-'a touch of green to the variety of color the sermon preached by pastor browit wns based on the passage of scripture found in genesis xxxvii:7 we were binding sheaves in the field and lo my sheaf arose and also stood upright and behold your sheaves stood round about and madeobesianc to my sheaf " the subject of the discourse was the american sheaf the pastor's intro ductory reniaka called the attention of tbt audience to the greatness of the american harvest as compared with that of the other nations and fittingly called the united states the corncrib of the nations instancing the super abounding help given to india tlie past year the harvest festival is in the first place an occasion for thanksgiving it should be a spontaneous expression of the heart for the boundlessness of god's blessing as manifest in the production of nature in supplying man's physical wants in the second place the harvest home is a festival of joy sowing time is a time of anxiety what shtill the harvest be is the thought uppermost in the minds of the husbandman but when the harvest is gathered uncertain ty gives way to certainty prospect to possession and hope to fruition in the third place the harvest home is a festival of recognition after tbe soil bus been made ready for the seed and man has done all in his pow er there remains the work of tbe sun shine and si lower to be done and " paul may plant and a polios may water but goo alone giveth the increase back of man's thought back of nature's energy lies the omnipotent being from whom everything receives its life in the fourthplaee this festival is ou of obligation a new harvest is a new opportunity and a new opportunity creates a new responsibility as bene liciariys pf god's provision we art bis • tybtore and each day with its frush bounties milk us lb more nkcf'dfh'nd hatves home is not a new jjsk*i it ban its roots in the hebrew feast of weeks or of harvest in the new testa ment it is called the feast cjf pentecost spiritualized as it were then all na tions beard god speak in every language and the lord of tlie harvest was mani fest as the lord of all in the evening the sabbath school eld its annual rally day service in the presence of a large audience tbe ex ercises were composed of singing by tlie school also singing by the primary and intermediate departments and a chorus of voices also sung a beautiful anthem harold ilallimin sang a solo and the pastor gave an address on the iiihuenct of the sunday school on tbe moral and religious well-being of the borough and church as furnishing a reason for the co-operation of every one in ad vancing the interests of our children " the quality of the music was again in evidence and showed careful training under the leadership of mrs buchanan assisted by mr bradley and an orchestra composed of miss carpenter violin mr rynear cornet mr rex base cornet miss carrie ilaywoud presided at the organ and miss grace posev and miss helen buchanan each accompanied th singing of the children had the weather been propitious th church would not have acommodatcm the people but as it was both services were largely attended it i dal in i > i ok intown ll i o'i loci i'liiirsd '. by deter 1 if being 1 li a number ..( robberies iad during i lie past stun n 11 has can ied a warrant for urn m of welcome fm iim.'i ! ¦. i yeai . bill not been able to capture him gave his aildnjss at i hn li'vi'in treet below ¦ bainbridtie wjadel|ibi!i when search ed a law uy rim eontaiiiing 19 key bmnny l*fti a skeleton key was foonn on the nan welcome wlien questioned about ho keys said be had punba'-eil them rum ii woman on south street satur lay afternoon and that he intended sell tlimii for old iron he denied com ju any robberies along york road ie authorities are also looking for a edward wllkey formerly fanner for george ringer bah removed to fort washington miss sue r kgbert of noiristown i visiting miss elizabeth s fleck a lawn party was tendered mis maisie morris on saturday in honor i her 7th birthday about 75 of her lit tie friends were present messrs harry kieger george ttlege and r v l.cidy attended the tivntoi fair last wednesday h a dicnokla is tlie tirsl in our vil lage to be the possessor of an automo bile miss margaret walters is visiting her sister mrs 11 ii mori is in philadel phia john lawless is tbe proud father of a bouncing baby bov h p mokean's new house is now completed mid is being made ready fur occupancy mr mckean expects to take possession tbe latter part of the month a b scqulta hist thursday held a sale of cows ut spxinghouse hotel the animals averaged l pel head texas relief u'r i nrt p r mn hi miic i:.,i>ii . i c l'ii i junk dealer i i nk inl wl frederick ironbaek who had hreii working for howard rohsson foi four or tiv years died on 8ept h and vas buried on oct 1 several fioin this neighborhood at tended the trenton fair joseph l shoemaker of philadel phia spent sunday with hoi uncle joseph lukens walter fi cox and faimlv who have been spending the summer with mi la returned to philadel phia lab i n iiian was given a birih ila,y urty "" monday evening quite a number being preseni lo tc man who is wanted on the same h 5gr as weleom f numerous have been the robberies fiat section luring the past summer tlie residents of ilenside and edge h cnile 1 a meeting to take some steps id itth a protective society eold york koad protective asao on has offered to pluce an officer to i ir ilenside and kdg-e hill the think the robbing is being ie liv colored men as negroes have etjn spoil od the muds in disguise dur ing the night search warrants have iceii sworn out and several houses will e if lire bed by detective campbell hroxil axe a number of our farmers are verv busy cutting corn william horrocks from manayunk was visiting old friend last week mr k t price has bought the hay etc ii the farm of 0 w i'ergner.aiid i.hi.maust a brothers last week were busy bailing it and removing it to spots wood jiips helen taggart teacbei of shady trove schoi was irk on afternoon last week and school was ch.se i at re cess next morning she was able to resume her duties as usual mr ii s mecool is able to be about again milt"ii klatx who for some time has been in tbe employ of our milk agent 0 c biddle intends leaving to secure work at fort washington possibly with the new tinn he will then board in one village jtoeepli kdwarda.of penn square v itej n.re on sunday cs.c biddle visited tlie trenton fa lastwieek mjws hfroinm and bondman with iheii families leave fur the city ihi ian he lii kenh ict b i ed tf the eitv piie telephone company is placing arms on then poles this week and it if expected wires will be strung in a shorl time mr wiggins will remove to forl washington on oct 20 sidney biddle horn having passed tin preliminarv examination in electrics engineering matriculated at drexel in stitute on thursday ibeii ¦.. .'(¦ > mlss surprise r"mly a very pleasant surprise party was tendered miss gertrude harner flonr towln by her friends saturday evening the chief amusements were games am music and all present enjoyed them selves very much at the usual bout refreshments verv served the guest departed late in the evening friends were present from iwynedd kulpsvill oqhnar philadelphia ambler kdgi hill broad axe flourtown chestnu hill penllyn and fort washington l.uinlik fur the i it lie an<l fur wintering jason sexton left north wales for buffalo n.y saturday evening sept 22 having gone to make a purchase ol some lambs for w ii jenkins am hon john f keator he returned t north wales wednesday morning bring ing with him three carloads tif lambs one load for mr jenkins for immedi ate use and the other two loads for mr keator which the latter will wirrter on his farm the old cardell property mr keator 1ms made several improve ments to his purchase tho past summer and next season intends to make the place bloom and blossom as it has never loin before or at least for many years all around glenside r<intli:illir hrnwlns l:ntlni«lii«ili ii i"l tome i i.ii'm . i i i-:t . < i . i mi tin lll|ilil:lli'u lloti lli.nl i iii sin i.ii function uwtri >«¦««. mn-c k.hi.i nul katln vtl ii pent i:i-i saturday ami sunday v i i e ¦ lit 1 1 i m ' i i'll lla h'lpbia i ¦ '•¦,, i no (¦¦ i be helitint'l ; it insi priday it bin i n infgeil i ¦! !.' pm'jes and makes quite h h - i''ct:ibie iiioalein diagflxille m i h i khoade -. bi t(ii fl ininuii oj..nni in mr hallos kelly's bcmiti ul usidence in vveldoil vftcflttid the iroperty taxi monda . he hai return d to nis city home in philadelphia plans are out fof tbe erec i ion of a iiindsoine new residence on olensiile ligblands by mr f m bender win of hiiadelphia if the architect i arrange ncnts are carried out us planned work will begin on the building this autumn tin imrvest home exercises at the ilenside method ifll cbmcli were sm essfiilly carried out despite tha decid idly inclement weather of sundav fitting decorations in the form offruits vegetables etc were furnished by mem is of the congregation dr wilson swetbhumt of noith riiirteenth street philadelphia is one if the most recent purchasers of property on qlenside highlands his lot i's situated on property adjoining the site to be occupied by the pioposed new tchoolhouse it will be built next ipring mr jacob kox our barber after a severe illness of several days is again about bis regular duties as facial artist during his absence from the the barber's chair his father-in-law officiated in that capacity mr fox's disease wns of a complicated nature his throat and lungs were the mnsl severely affected mr baylor the new butcher is doing a phenomenal business at his recently installed place of business near flu station one of the secrets of his huc cess here is his belief in the advantage of systematic advertising as is evinced by hi announcement in this week's gazette results ure bound tn at cure when tlie merchant stint nul in his advertisements mr canby seth stout has returned to his native town after a week of excit ing and varied vicissitudes in south jersey he spent a number of day with his cotism mr william stout of holly beach s 1 at present mr stout has the time pretty fully occupied telling interesting tales of bis wonderful ex perience 011 laud and sea while passing his time for the week by the suit sea waves the glcnsido football team is actively engaged in preparations for the first ina of the season to be dlaved hi the teachers inntiruto arrangements are nearly completed for the coming session of the mont gomery county teachers institute which will be held during the week commencing oct 99 in norristown in instructive entertainment course is promised in addition to tbe courses dm iny the daj sessions of the institute those teachers who have not arranged for their entertainment during the week should write to some member of ihc following committee who hiwojthnt matter in charge 1 v bean w s campbell miss anna v perry miss sarah k l'"rv miss maud millei mary !$. long all of norristovn miss and liurglarn in lower knit burglars broke into tin residence of millionaire william l elk ins the trac tion magnate al abington on old york road and the marauders were iiightened off bv the llogs 00 the place the robbers who invaded lit house early saturday morning gained an en i ranee it is said by boring holes in a ir shutter and shoving back the bolt l inside witl)0ul being seen or jn'ilid and proceeded to ransack chisels aiid bureau drawttrs collecting ¦ lot f silverware and other articles the linn v just about to depon itie plundei in a bag when the dogs uncovered them the dogs howled and i arked and the burglars decided to leave bein mllcd to abandon tlibii bag of booty jiie of ihriii howevur carried away a l'.w i'ii'ces oi silveiwaie a seaich wum h uule for ll e robu'ra but tbey ewapy i . wreck at ambler sjfw i il i rilul c..miil wllli i i i wrii i i 1 win i . a wrintl ' ' icctii i i jilsl ¦ . a i 1 1 1 1 ¦ i ¦ i v id wi'lnc'd iy i in wh ' ii ndi i i ¦ nil tt 1 1 ' ¦¦ ! ¦ 1 1 1 1 ' ¦ both trai nral linmirpd i 1 completely tufn op tl it wlit >\ " nli i i the k iv m • and t he v had just run dow n to the otith i ¦ i i ^^ hi tl k ¦.. rial freight ranio i u i in aloiil on 1 1 . nine trarl it the rate ¦ iboul i ii ¦ pei ii"iii inn •; ' in to the cnil'iie aii i throwing tilt loco 1 1 ve of the special o er nn its side and piling up the cars nil around it on both tracks leaving some of its forward parts imbedded in the lot;al engine the conductor of tlie special wng a m is riioinpson of xiirristoh n who was injured internally an i had sever contusions about the head the lire man of the special wns hairy levering of norristown who had his left ankle broken and a lacerated face and scalp also a broken nose engineer of the local patrick kallon or 2826 north ninth street philadelphia had his back badly w reinheil it was said that a tramp who was stealing a ride was buried under the debris but the train crew after the accident claim they wih him escaping w ii evans of norristown was enignecr of i he special driving engine lfi he has been running on tbe road for \- vcars and was thoroughly familial with tlie line when questioned lie re fused tn make any statement whatevel regarding signals he had tun flotti norlh wales to ambler in iii minutes 1 the local freight engine wns no 904 and had dropped the brentan charley horn l'lim north fourth street phila deiphift.near the reiffmill roadcioi to guard the train while tlie shifting was being done lie says he gave the special danger signals but claims they n'ere not recognized and says the inly whistle he beard was for the trade crossing the conductor of th was john nw'kolie of moti north i :¦ i rd street philadelphia the injured men were tak"ii to charity hospital bftt'l being attended to by ambler physicians they wen sic-oft |. anied to norristown by l>r godfrey the wreck iiil crew arrived ear and commenced ihe work of opening tin track for navel trains were run around by norristown and the inaila were all mniiderably 1 lave i ei i * irretiikin fleer iti s i ) i ii • prmted suits lmve bee'n pui.liaseit flu.l with the line piactise put up bv the team the local population need have no fear of being ashamed of their rep resentatives < ilenside will do her best to hold her own captain gilbert bus bis men well under control and the best of results may be expected of them special cottage prayer meetings three services in three towns for three nights is the feature in religious circles jjjc'ar inel presbyterian church this week the meetings are being held simultaneously their unique setting is causing consid erable comment an:l interest follow ing holy communion next sundav spec ial services in the bureb will be held the two weeks effort will mark the opening of the winter work in this con gregation society's debut 111 < ileuslde for the ap proaching season was made last tues day evening miss ida e comly gave an afternoon ten at her home on wil low grove avenue for which over hflf invitations had been issued among the host of ladies from the surrounding towns were a number of residents in this vicinity tliev included the fid owing mrs a f vontobel mrs a b carrell mrs i l kohler mrs loseph druckapmiller mis frank t comly mrs william n'andeirrift mrs a a comly miss edna hoover miss nettie ellfi'ldei and miss anna frets tbe baseball season dosed with the edge hill team last saturday the game resulted in a victory for the home club defeating their opponents a philadel phia amateur aggregation :; to •_', edge hill has had fairly good luck the past season uhlil marked the town's en trance into contesting baseball with b team of the class il now supports ages ranging from 1 to 19 years the next year should maik a more successful sea son when the players shall have become morn mature and developed the town's second team is a little wonder seldom has it been defeated and it prospects for 1901 are exceedingly bright tiiis is court week at norrutown several residents are watching the pro ceedings them with considerable inter est if not anxiety tbe supposed cul prits implicated in the nacho.l and jamison robberies will be put upon the rack vagrancy charges against several gangs of tramps will be asked the pealt assault and battery ease in which mr w wells and mr harry stout an deeply interesting from a personal stand point will also demand the attention of court mr s marie hoover as a wit ness has been subpoeiie.l in the latter case squire edward i drown has been drawn to appear oh hu petit jury for two weeks altogether an exliaor dinary interest owitres about the county seat this week iii the eyes of iir residents — the kev hr joseph krauskopf founder and president of the national farm id i of doyle*|o«n ia in re eeipl of u cotimiuiiic.uii'u from la schoenfeld a former i'hiladclpbiai but now a resident of ko.nshai'h swil erhtnd in which lit utttkea a coutiibu lion of 110,000 to the institution t i used for the purchase of farm oil whuh graduates of thu school ari to be given an oppottunity of practically demonstra ting tbe value of tlnii ill nucliou ih v have received and tbe capability of the jewish youth to support himself by means of agriculture i . . , ¦ iry ..... <¦-'¦' i , as sistant secretary sydney rrnafl'ei ; treas nrer g b w'ilhu-d loiljje tritstee oharles rapp representative to arana lodge u l willard the grantl offi oeis will be present tn install the ofli cers oct 18 all members bf the lodg are invited to be present missionaries i'ray and millrea were present at the wednesday evening pray er meeting last week and gave an i liter eating description of palestine as they saw it when they were doing mission work in that part of the turkish empire the shade trees suffered at the hands of telephone workmen when they were running the wires on the line through here in making turns at road corners in some cases tbe wires were run ovei private property against the wishes uf iwners of the land assessor stout was around last week making the triennial valuation of real state k neal jr is now engaged in the grocery business at oak lane lleic irts the business as succeed iuu beyond his expectations mrs charles willard gave an afternoon party to the members of the primary lepartnient of the sunday school on saturday tbe little folks had an en joyable time messrs hoopes & townsentl have been negotiating with supervisor donat in refeienicc to building a switch across the township roads in pinetown l'rok|ltm!tvlllp mr ghiibiiue marlin spent sunday at west point visiting friends miss maude anderson uln ha conlined tu her room is now nur h cing mrs bella worth has returned to hei home in philadelphia aftet bjmndijig several months in the countr mr c 1 heading oui gruevi brightening the appearanci i bin stor b a coat of pai ut . miss kacln-i h inkle and mr iwirg i ear spent sunday at licth:ivn with mrs < iranvil'i1 i.eeilom a m ck social will he held al tin i'eni ilenieoft p anderson saturday even ing for the beiietil of prospectvllh m e i'hui'ch all are cordially invited mrs frank itiickmun ia confliud to her room on acoouul of lickness mr jacob wright spent one d;iv lasl week in our vicinity i ill tluoiliili u shortiv iiiui i o'clock friday uiurniug the charity hospital ambiilancv of jioi ristowu miidi a trip to i'loui l.u n when thuaias higgiuh aged ab'.ii yearn had l>eeu found lying uncfln l.eiiealb ihi trent ii cut 1 railroad bridge lliggiu wis taken lo the iiuspitltl and ufti i the phyvioiaui ii id lulmrtui with him lor nearly i no h,m brought back to cojluciouttm ii was walkillg along tin m.l when l.c caiui to tliu bridge he faili ineasiiic ihe di-lance beneiilb the lies eoiieell1 and went lieiull.ni to tin glolll 1 lieluw at the hospital an examination was made iui'l ii was found thai no liones wei ¦ i rokeii iliggiiis ii vei \ badl i ii i i-.i nvei tin entire hiidj ' ¦ ¦ lint while he is badly injiiieil iuh coo dilinii in iu.it u'garded as*criou
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19001004 |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 44 |
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 | 10/04/1900 |
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. |
Month | 10 |
Day | 04 |
Year | 1900 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19001004 |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 44 |
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 | 10/04/1900 |
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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the ambler gazette vol xviii.-no ambler pa octobkk 4 umh 91.25 a year . trolley time extended ammw ovuncli omntii intaml tnictinn romptinv more time utofm '*» h*w rn ughiiiik plain i-,,i tin in ¦¦••¦ ifvmml s i hi us !•,. — li i.i inlilrr borough council bwerobled monday evening in 1 1 ul;i r monthlv .-¦> ^ at j 10 h'i luck ami the men were culled tn order by pnwident krfttn i with nl i n attendance the min utes of sept sand the adjourned mcel ing of the kith were read and approved mi knight of the highway commit tec reported thai the work had linen ted on ( rropnwood nvenae after much delay and that the macadamizing of hpring garden street had been tewpor arlly delayed owing to the an of the street being made by contractor russell in the building of e a vagi's struct nre.il in expected thai thi work will be commenced about nov 1 . considerable work had been donfl dar ing the month in rosemary and orange avenue but nothing further can be done unless a sewer 18 constructed us the creek flows down the centre of the street * mr davis reported the light bnrnpd 118 houm last month mr faust of the tire committee re ported the lire apparatus in good order 1>ut the lire alarm system wholly unre liahle ami condemned as absolutely worthless and not wot th repairing as no amount of work will insure a per manent job the tire plug not placed in south ambler although the water com pany had been ordered to do so fr craft reported building permits leaned to reei 0 roberts 1 j har ton b a vogt thomap kofle lerris s kile mr rose of the law and order ruin mittee reported two arrests made dur ing last month for drankennen the h'nanee and borough improve ment committees reported nothing the treasurer reported as follows dr sep 8 cash balance on hand 8:i7i 46 ¦• i 1 watson cnift r'-4 tuns smiic i 6s 1 v lee license 5 no henry w hnllnwull 258 00 lames h hnil.'iiu 8 60 ll c mann license i b0 bep 17 h s block license 4 00 11 21 john shepherd license 4 60 " samuel ogden license i " 11 jk byron <;. rilu 1 no ahi.it beck l no reesc roberts 1 on joseph j hartou -' 00 e a vol-t i tlinirms rose '.' 00 jerri kile l no 046 68 vh kept 10 oiders granted 5-".h '¦> oct 1 bnlanuv b51 93 mr knight presented an ordinan supplementary to the ordinance grant ing the inland traction company tb right to build and operate a street rail wilv in a ml iii operate a f h lion after it was r«id in the cieik rose seconded and it pawed unaivmous ly a communication was received from the ambler board of health icgarding the appointment of a suitable person fo the collection of garbage and the disposal of the same it was received and filed mr hose asked that tlie ordinance foi the opening of rosemary avenue which he presented some time ago be takei up from the table and disposed of ad versely jmr rose moved that it bf taken up seconded by mr craft and on request of mr knight the ayes anil nays were called as follows ayes messrs rose craft and faust ; nays messrs knight kramer and davis motion lost mr craft moved that the matter ol the new bridge over the wissabickon be left in the hands of the special commit tee and that they solicit names to a petition to the county commissioners passed the improvement to greenwood ave nue were discussed regarding the grad and the macadam to he put on re garding tbe unlaid pavements it waf ascertained that an ordinance authoris ing the laying of such bad been psssed and that no further notice is required mr rose moved and mr knight sec onded that the borough proceed to en force the ordinances authorizing lay ing of pavements and proceed accordin to the same passed unanimously mr rose had been asked by the bor ough officer for a 10 days vacation com mencing w ith nov 1 and moved iht same be accorded providing a capable substitute be procured passed mr knight notified council that the officer does not consider s per ye.ir a sufficient oonpensation foi the work examining poles it was stated that he could do the work on bis regular beat and the ordinance taxing poles was rend mr knight moved auil mr davil seconded ibat lames ll boileau in appointed inspector of poles at a salary of 1 per year carried mr rose announced that there are imli poles of tlie ambler klcctrie light ibat and mot i company in the inn ough bud in a conversation with dr mattison tbe president he requested council to provide bome other means ot lighting the streets where the taxes oil the poles v ill exceed tbe revenue as for instance on south main street and north spring garden street and an nounced that on the borders of the bor ough the poles ire to be moved over in to ibc townships lo save the tax mr knight moved that the light committee be authorized to secure bids from different companies to light ||,,- town for one year after the expiration of the present contract seconded by mr rose and passed mr i'aiisl asked for information as to what has been done bv tbe bight committee regarding tbe delaware atlantic telephone oidinance urging that the highway committee show a dis position u report an ordinance ii was assured that the committee bad , unable to hold a meeting but would endeavor to report an ordinanci l,v m.\i month mi knight assunvd council that the company bad nevei made an effort to uiei-l ihe eonimittet in this matter ulcr passing the follow iuu bills coun cil adjourned : a i ? pallid lh)»liii ... 0 11 na vmbier i " m .'" w ' rnft arc mini rent l.iins.l 1 a marri'tge lien1 thfa week wa thnl if paul i od..ir and mix s-villa 1 el l a l.ans.hile people have contributed 2oo0 to hi i . ¦ ¦ a nffi " ii loud of ii ill y:ii i \\ :, . i ei on of frwl \ lie pi imi.i . hs ..... ne tn i iielnn 1 t lie mninuinl icle.jiapb operator there are several i of typhoid fev r prevailing here the trolley line runs nbiii . the ' iwy ledil s.|ii;ii turnpike for the distance if 4 |
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Year | 1900 |
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