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the ambler gazette vol xv.-no 38 ambler pa atcil-st 2(j 185)7 a year a trolley ride llclltnrlul oh«prv«tlon from the top nf klppnrk hill mm nf till l.ntc jrniln c'ro«nln)t olllllrt jreat fjbpilltmmms t the writer one day lasi week made a trip over the trolley road from norris iown to collegeville a more delightful ride can hardly be had in montgomery covnty much bus been nid about the beautiful view to be bad from the top of skippack hill and it in all that is claim ed for it every town from perkasie to north wales can be plainly seen by the naked eye a distance averaging proba bly 12 miles the high imndpipe it lansdale stands nut in clear view amb ler lies to the south of gwynedd hills and in out of fight but chestnut hill can !«¦ seen plainly mi a clear day at collegevllle things are in a confuted state at present the authorities in the new borough arc striking out boldly in the line of public improvements be ginning on the main street the heading turnpike which runs through the entire length of the borough council pro poses to take a mighty stride forward and place the beautiful village in the very foremost rank of progressive burg.s along the perkiomen thin thorough fare which in the years before railroadh were known w8j one of the most fre quently traveled highways in the state has been excavated to the depth of two feet or more in order to permit the lay ing of the trolley tracks of the schuyl kill traction company the borough bears half the expense some 000 and the company the other half editor moser who is a member of council says the borough has a very fair contract when completed the street will be a model roadwav so they say at present the trolley tracks extend to within ho feet of the perkiomen railroad tracks on either side the heading com pany and the traction company came very near getting into serious difficul ties at that point a few days ago the trolley company wanted to cross the railroad tracks at grade but the railroad people blocked that movement by force of arms after a series of skirmishes the flag of truce was raised and both parties agreed to let the matter rest until the court decided who was legally riglu argument will be had in september a iewing the matter from this distance we are of the opinion that the trolley should not be allowed to cross the rail road company's tracks at grade there are too many grade crossings now and no additional ones should be allowed perhaps the two corporations could come to an agreement whereby the trolley watch tour corn uml rntntn arb yon keeping an eye m that lull stalk of corn render when it is done growing hr!ng it to the ammi.iii qackftk office and enter it in tin lubscrlpi ion con tot remember one year's subscrip tion to the person bringing the tallest stalk time limit del i how are your potatoes turning out '.' select the three lurgest ones and enter them in the uazitti potato coilteit one year's subscription to the person growing the three heaviest potatoes time limit oct 1 < ¦-¦' 1 i m - mint affmt un monday bargbm stonehaek of qtiakertown entered complaint before judge yerkes nt doylestown against constable van pombb of that town for refusing to arrest a bicycler at quaker town fot violating n borough ordinance in failing to provide a lamp for his wheel the judge riid the constable had laid himself open to indictment and that officers found guilty of such neglect of duty need not expect any mitigation of punishment this is a pointer for the constables of ambler and other boroughs and clearly indicates that they are in duty bound to we that borough ordinances requiring lights to be placed upon bicycles nre properly observed and duly enforced by arresting all those who fail to provide lumps for their wheels just how the fine is to be collected is not stated by the learned judge of bucks county but it is obvious that there must be a lefral mode of enforcing the penalty for a vio lation of the ordinance that reaches all classes and conditions of bicyclers or the court would not have regarded the neglect on the part of the officer as a serious breach of duty horsham farmers club wnicenhellpr history mlddlkbuiigh p aug 11 1807 to the readers of the ambi.kk gazettk it is my intention to gather informatioi concerning my ancestors my great grandfather i am told was peter vvngenseller born in montgomery county sept 24 1774 married susai longaker jan 7 1800 and died june 14 1835 peter and susan had 10 chil dren the father of peter avagenseller was john avagenseller who is said to have been born in germany in 1737 '. was married to margaret hornctter ho died at goshenhoppen montgomery county sept 29 1799 i am told that both john and margaret are bured in the lutheran cemetery at the trnppe in the face of the information that john men tlnk tuplrn dtflcitlmfi it.v i'rurtlrjil la wlllmv iirnvo i'nrlj llf mfli il to and margaret wagenseller both came ,• could tunnel the railroad from germanv comes the information tracks an overhead bridge is hardly i that among the names of 465 german practicable at that point lint let us what the court has to say about it we found bro moser of the inde pendent as affable and courteous as ever seated in his den on the second floor of the independent building he can watch every movement at the scene of hostilities at the grade crossing natur ally bro moser champions tlie cause of the trolley company and you may wager vour last penny the enemy will not find him napping the traction company proposes to ex tend its line as far as royersford in the near future but much depends on the decision of the court as to its right to cross the perkiomen tracks but cross or not the trolley will be operated through the borough nt an early day another important improvement is the building of the new public school house at a cost of 15,000 it is a fine brick structure located at a somewhat distant point from the centre of population of the borough it will be an up-to-date house in every respect as usual the moss-backs are kicking lively because of rapid strides in the line of progress but the authorities are going in for improve ment in spite of the croakers many dwelling houses are also going up and altogether collegeville is getting unto herself a great name it's a good thing bro moser push it along from collegeville we made a living trip to schwenksville where abideth bro bardman and his newsy schwenks ville item the circulation of the item whose first number was pulled off a washington hand press by the writer only a few years ago has grown so rap idly that a new and enlarged building has become a necessity the future home of the item is now being built on a lot adjoining the present publication house and a oozv little structure it will be — too small we believe tho proprietor will realise before many months the truth of this assertion will be all the more apparent whenbro bardman is confrontud with the editors of the 50 odd montgomery county nevspapen ut the housewarming on the event of the occupancy of the new building schwenksville has not yet mustered sufficient courage to adopt a borough charter many of her citizens have grown gray talking about it and the in dications are that there will be not a few funerals before the ideal is accomplished several handsome residences churches and school houses and other buildings have been erected in the village in the past deeade but with a concerted effort on the part of her citizens much more might be done to place the village in the foremost rank in point of population of the hamlets along the banks of the ivr kiomeii mi in tor destitute c'hlhln n one aim of the home missionary so ciety is to procure with reputable fam ilies homei for destitute children in addition to the 4,000 for whom they have already procured home in the pa years and the 800 who are now comfort ably placed iii homes they have at the present time under their care awaiting homes about 30 boys and girts ranging in agu from 9 t 12 years persons who are suitably recommend ed desiring to adopt or raise any oi these children ean secure all necessary inform ation by corresponding with j 1 duffy superintendent of the home missionary society 583 iron street philadelphia can run over john yeikeis aged i;i al port kennedy on sunday and cut off 1 1 ill leet hutch and french inhabitants residing in philadelphia county prior to 1734 wa one stoffel wagenseifer who ownec 1c0 acres of land in hanover township at that time and up to 1784 what it now known as montgomery county was included in philadelphia county now the question arises was john wagenseller originally from germany if not who was his father doubtless there are among the readers of the gazette those who remember peter wagenseller where is he buried ? any information concerning the wagenseller or avagenseiler lineage will be gratefully accepted i trust some one will interest himself or herself sufficiently to answer kespectfully geo w waqknskxijbb editor of post klin hell clilmeh an interesting meeting of the w l s was held at the home of j conard wal ton gwynedd on saturday evening a large party from narcissa went in a hay wagon filled with straw mrs daniel erb is suffering with mus cular rheumatism mr henry hoover and family of blue bell mr john shoemaker and family of washington square and mr albert shoemafcer and family of jeffersonville were the guests of mrs sarah shoemaker on sunday miss gertrude holt of baltimore md is sojourning with her friend,mins kliza beth sheppard broad axe alviu haines and wife of jenkintown stopped at jchas shoemaker's on sun day clarence zimmerman had the misfor tune to fall off a harrow last week and cut his leg badly dr s c seiple is having a large bow window put in his house 1.11118(1 lilt milton h biehn of juakertown has been awarded tho contract to erect the baptist church parsonage and classroom addition corner of broad and third streets he was the lowest of four bid dere work will commence at once the sheds will be sold at public sale thursday afternoon preparatory to oxca vatlng for the collar mr and mrs w d lleebner will shortly visit the nashville exposition ilee'bner it sons works are running over thx>e to keep pace with the orders the cox stove works are likewise busy prosperity has returned to lansdale and do all who care to work have something to bessie wampole aged about •> years was buried from her residence on second street mondav then will be no service in the baptist church next sunday rev and mrs f w johnson are spending this week at the seashore our public schools will reopen next monday the school houses have been undergoing a thorough renovation this week there will be three new teachers and music and drawing will he added to the fun ieuluin mrs bertha van leer and 28 yean for some lime a resident of thin borough died in philadelphia on sunday under suspicious circumstances three yeaii ago mrs van leer then bertha terry was employed by the firm of coburn <& sons in the thirtieth street market a itriklugly handsome woman she sooh became the object of the atteouoos of george van leer a young and prosper ous business man his love wan appar ently returned and the couple were mar ried on deo i 18w at the home of the bride's mother at this place at a reeenl sewion of the horshain farmer*1 club several interesting topics weir discussed drjct a political or business life offer i he most chiinees for winning glory as nnsweted by james q at kinson who said he could not give i definite opinion as to how many times chances came to the undeserving he thinks some of the most famous men today lire business men he mentioned john wanainaker and even our presi dent he considers more of a business man than a politician as it was his tariff bill that first brought him before the public mr atkinson laid jason sexton ap proached him a few days ago in reference to institutes he wanted to know whether we wished the help of the state board or whether we wished to run it ourselves about 2-1 would be appro priated for two days institute it was thought best to decline entering into any arrangement with the state board to hold an institute nt hatboro a motion was made anil seconded that the club does not hold an institute at hat boro thil season it was agreed to and mr sexton will be so informed the meeting adjourned to assemble sept oth nt the residence of wilmer atkinson the question is avi i low grove park any advantage to the neighborhood was replied to by charles s kinsey who says i think such a place as the park is an advantage to any neighbor hood the high moral character of its entertainments and general management draws a class of people for the most part with whom it is at least pleasant to associate ; schools and other like asso ciations have an assurance of a quiet orderly and beautiful place to spend a day picnicking with narmless amuse ments and the best of music one may take several lessons during a visit to the park such an in flor'cultnre horticul ture landscape gardening and in the general good order of things and if one can go often enough he or she will learn to appreciate gooct music another ad vantage is that it gives work to a large number of people many of them local residents whose pay is contributed for the most part by people from a distance the substantial manner in which things are done together with the beautiful lawns lowers and shrubbery and with the electrical display at night surely has lti ifl ihb the electrical display at night surely has an elevating influence on any neighbor hd hood hill a small shanty has been built against the old barn near the tollgate to hold the tools used in the new quarry along the railroad hevb fretz ad cotte preaced in cannel presbyterian church last sabbath george haincl jr.'s house near ty son station is about completed it will be occupied in a few weeks fire broke out in sumnoy richardson's frame barn last wednesday about 7.h0 ]>. m the entire building surrounding chicken coops etc were consumed the iwnkintown fire company came part ol the way but being falsely informed that the fire was at flourtown returned mr philip wunderle and family have taken a two-weeks trip to the st law irnklntnwn itcitm jenkintown is now having quite a building boom and more houses are non in cnrirw of construction than f»r many yi:irs thomas it hflrpei is erecting a lonli house on york avenue tu-lou summit avenue mt win selser and mr david ltikens are each eroding handsome residences on washington inne anew rectory is being erected ad joining the catholic church mr mc kc'iin o i liil lion is building a hotise on cedar street near washington lane mr ctlhs sunttz is putting up four houses on ililnide nvetiuo chtu and win robert are erecting four liriek houses on i.eeilom street near klin ave nue uml several more are talked of mrs thomas buckman will move abonl sepi i from the comer of summit ami york avenues lo the corner of east oreen wood and nice avenues and mr john boutcher will take the hoine which mrs buckman vacates mrs thomas nice has been spending the p;ist week visiting relatives in bristol the public school opens next mondav with the same teachers as last year the fleck and christie families at tended the hoover re-union at willow gpove last wednesday the episcopal sunday school held their annual picnic at willow drove wednesday of this week mr ( ioorge 1 himel and family returned last friday from a id-days sojourn at ocean grove mr joe druokentniller nnd family are spending a few weeks at ocean grove miss sadie heeder had mite a pleasant party at the residence of her aunt mrs ell wood weak on willow street mon day evening games and music consti tuted the pleasure of the evening nnd jdi b th lt h t hi about your neighbors ivr-mmi pertaining to ambler potffffl rntturntly i'nt is upending i short p g judging by the late hour at which the company separated every one nmst have had a pleasant time a pleasant birthday surprise party waf tendered to carrell harper tuesday eve ning at his parents residence on york avenue it being the 17th anniversary of his birth about 25 young folks were present and all had a good time narclimi the joint excursion of the cold point and plymouth churches was a successful affair cohshohocken sent 150 people the total number going was 4(11 and re turning there were 471 tho day was de lightful and every one was well pleased the excursion netted to the churches 50 the ladies of cold point church will given social this thursday evening at h h f m willi t cld fhe home of mrs williamson at cold point when reports of the success of each one who has been trying to earn 1 for the church will be received some of the ladies have been baking rakes some making aprons and others dust caps and selling them on friday the teachers and officers of , _ ,. , , . i the sabbath school have a picnic at 1 mill grove on the perkiomen on sunday morning mr byard a student it bueknell university will preaeh and in the evening c b fiirman last sunday key mr dietrich preached at cold point pastor tilton exchanging pulpits with mr dietrich the members of cold point gave mr dietrich a warm welcome and he in return gave them a good sermon the baseball clubs of cold point and hiokorytown played on saturday after noon when cold point suffered defeat miss ida seltzer of cold point is vis rence river visiting xiagara falls and the thousand islands the democratic representative at xor ristown from this district was michael shields jr the schools of cheltenham district will open monday morning sept 6 mr and mrs larkins and miss alice myers have been visiting dr and mrs v e donough of this place mr joseph thomson superintendent of the philadelphia institute for the blind was visiting mr and mrs t a keed last week last friday night about dusk two of this town's cyclers wilson mooney and stewart jennings came into collision on their wheels on mt carmel avenue op posite w j wilson's boarding house glenside both boys were thrown to the ground and rendered unconscious stewart recovered first and went to the assistance of wilbon with the aid of kcv e w hart wilson was carried into the former's house where he was ro suscitated dr godshall was sent tor who dressed a badly cut finger for stew art and dismissed him wilson how ever had been thrown on his head causing extreme pain the next morn ing he was removed to his home near edge hill station where his condition has improved the crank-bar on wil son's bicycle was slightly bent while stewart's front wheel was completely demolished olllullll b c algeo who two weeks ago left on in eastern trip returned monday uoon mr algeo reports having had a good hue he received a royal welcome lonie mr ii p qiuingham and daughters may and florence spent saturday at atlantic city the fishing club at thia place that spent a week at hetterton md returned ii sunday morning < ur grocers at'o doing a good business mr harvey blair who was on the sick list is about again and as smiling us ver mrs earnest and son percy of fort washington were visiting friends in our ilaoe on friday c i stout was awarded the contract <> do the grading at the new public school milding alex young of u'viicote wasavisitor to our town on tuesday miss landls of chestnut 0111 visited hi brother w reynolds landia and amily a slight wreck on the plymouth uraneh on monday delayed trains ' " over two hours oivlaiul i.s crowded with visitors ut urewnt there was a wreck on the trenton ut off railroad on sunday a car con aining five trotting horses was demolish d at earnest station the hi tcaped injui \ . iting at glenside this week cnnlkley stver of narcissa has gone to carlisle and will take in the grange meetings at williams grove elva and margaret spencer of norris town and albert green and family of west conshohooken were visitors at narcissa on sunday clayton van horn of lancasterville had his foot crushed by a cart wheel it he is obliged to use passing over crutches george f wedded wife future home childs and his newly left on sunday for their at pittsburg ntli vvau's afl'uirtf a festive party of jolly philadel phians summering at fort side inn came up bent on having some fun on thursday evening last and enjoyed a night's fuii at houlihan's main street hotel under tho management of mine host larzelere and guidance of mr holtzman the transportation consisted of three hay wagons filled with straw and mine host's tally-ho coach at a late hour supper was served to which all did ample jus tice and the gay party returned with trumpet blasts and cheers for their hosts and tlie kind reception received our town lias been the scene of activ ity the past week with the electric light people tlie eontnu'tor with u foreeof 0or more men lms beimi employed in fetttiik polei ready h n i lii n lms beimi employed fetttiik polei ready fur planting wliilc others nave ijeeu tlihkiiik holet bud planting polet all over town riving plt to iilte a number f idle lui riving un-iiik employment tr quite a number f idle _ man wins win toon be strung and us toon till llylllllllos ilm ill phlco tlhmli.l l)jl lllllllls will have to give way to elt'i'trieity tin1 new uiilor.s umt bare been put into tin power bouuwlu uisu kiw powor io tin k k freod ooispuiy'fl flour mills thev were riven a trial on friday lait itnu everything being latiifactory thev are now turnuhlnu power fur the mills street cominuslouer hargrove lms completed id.1 repairs to tbe roadway on muin itreet and tills week has a force of men trimming up the simiii trees over town to a common height of id iv.'t to give room for more light and air a number ol our sons ol anurii'n went to rending tills morning by ipeolal train on sioay i reek rfliln lad the globe bteani heater oompany made u triul .. i 1 1 ii mr patent new su'iuu roller mi our vceth on friday last witii a very satisfactory result mi edward albright was married to mis i.ii lir ueuker ut t ti ¦ rasfdence of the brlde'a parents on sheiuvr street on saturday afternoon lust by kcv j ii detrlch of st luke reformed church a reception was held in the evening iinil the newly weilileit couple liavo gone to housekeeping ut 181 shearer street mr umi mr george castner bave returned from a trip lo bostou mans visiting ll daughter oeorge robinson is home from a trip to . ,. town b c by sailing ressel mrs mary kmnkelllielil ol lluyleslou i eunipanieil by son wataou visite.t relatives here mi sunday dr i . . lms returned from a ikhiiig trip i bomers point n j wm ii young of norrlstowu luu takeu charge of j allen horley'i grocer vice krunk kulp resigned who will go to pniladelnlila t manage oue oi the tttoren tor the lume ten coo lace i"1 plae dehoupt'i f uorrls grocery ny win dehoupl lias taken mcneil who resigned in itore kii'srll johuson s;iil 4 mi wedueedu from new vork oil the steamer st puu impuin m istunt aluxuuiier thouias who hot beeu ill fur btveral iscouvalvftcent frauk bruuoer 0 merchautville h j wim 11 in owo "" moi n4b1 y morning l fur soin ii mr s v hndson cnfiin nt the shore mis gertrude kneenel ij visiting relatives it sicetown miss ida v kile hsm iiii'ti visiting friends s.1 wissahlckon alexander knight jr went down to < >(¦<¦: i ti city last thursday mr ('. ii keath spent saturday and sunday with friends in xewtown mr nnd mrs ('. wm haywood re turned from ocean city hist friday rev w ii conard of philadelphia preached in the baptist church last sunday rev spranle and kcv ho well with their wives an visiting at the mercer home mrs i ('. wehei has been called to ninden n 1 by the illness of her mother clerk yother of hotel ambler bat returned from hie vacation refreshed mr godfrey s malm hap applied fo membership in the league of americai wheelmen master joseph donnelly of philadel nliin was a visitor in ambler oi wednesday mrs l q howell with miss kinnn burkett of philadelphia has been visit ing her sister miss emily swentzej of south bethle hem was the guest of mrs frank lions too on tuesday wilmer atkinson has joined the grea army of wheelmen lie enjoys the exercise gieatly rev j gibson formerly pastor of the emanuel a v church was a visitor ii ambler on monday miss alice leedoin of philadelphia was the guest of mrs i w shell several days of last week county commissioner d k graber of pennsbnrg paid a friendly visit to the qazbttb on wednesday howard beideman of philadelphia spent sunday on the farm of thomas ¥ shoemaker of near ambler prof james lehman and mr ilarn wallace of koxborongh visited friends in ambler saturday afternoon miss mary 11 buchanan is spending a two-weeks vacation visiting her sister mrs elmer frymire williamsport mrs william forbes and mrs ida halloway of philadelphia spent tues day with mr and mrs wm gracey misses kisic and madeline blake ol ogontz spent last week visiting their cousin miss clara leech of ambler rev mr middleton pastor of tlie re formed church at tiogfl nnd wifo are visiting mr and mrs geo d bradley mr fisher wife and family of brooklyn who are summering ni wei don were guests of justice bitting on tuesday borough solicitor joseph t foulke returned on tuesday of last week from a 10-days stay among the cutskill moun tains x y rer win f s nelson and family re turned on saturday from a very pleasant two-weeks trip to chantauqna niagara falls and cleveland dr and mrs r v mattison who have been touring camilla are now in boston mass they are expected home the latter part of this week misses venic and carrie haywood who have been the guests of mr and mrs robert longaker at mt union pa for several weeks returned home on monday mr w f geddes of the firm of w f geddes tt son printers of philadel phia paid a pop visit to the gazettk office last saturday he is spending the summer in the vicinity the following are guests at hotel avyndham : mrs a cioodwin boston mass ; m e costwright mauch chunk f j mac b everett bay city hannah e meeker frank e montgomery sallie mclntyre maine wheatley philadel phia the following have registered at hotel ambler : m ii biehn quakertown ; wm f habicht i l thompson c d campbell ilirain kffrig e ii taylor jr philadelphia ; r w wilson and wife washington i c ; m a robin son xew york v h..t i'enllvn mrs brngger mothei ni <;( ::> w brugger died tne*dai evening at ii n iuence here mr and mrs r wlndei loin returned from their niiimi'i oii mi and mrs h i mck^an c«!l from boston and spent i fell their gnmrrmi home lien retui i mi and mr gerard 1 1 \. city are writing mr ainl mi donald mrs arthur biddle i at th i va miss delhi aaron of lnnsdftle visiting miss maine iiy on monday misses lidie and l.etiie bitting spending the meek here mr and mr c ii berry and mi joner of philadelphia are among win r whlttock'i quests for several we i mr and mrs wesley l.iinev bad mrs mary lilacev rode up from philadelphia and spent wednesday with mr mrs john fox miss toleda mines ol lansdale wai the guest of miss lim.ie fry on sund miss gertrude reyncr is visiting ;,'„',¦(¦], i delaware misses maine mcallister aii i laura alexander nf philadelphia are at charles lents'fl for i he week misses mary and irene gre«n masters merrick and norman green ol philadelphia spent sunday ami monda among friends here k.clifford langstroth of elizabeth n j and clifford ii maul s young cyclist from worcester mas wqfc among the wheelmen who sunday ed at penllyn miss lilia l preston of philadelphia is the guest of mrs emily p.iizbv messrs ferrell and edward smith o philadelphia were over-sunday visitors the lawn at the home of thomas h langstroth was gay with japanese ian terns and music saturday evening whon the baptist liible school held a fruit fei tlval there the prettily-arranged tables were well patronized ami the festival netted the purchasing fund of the sehool 35.50 the committee take thia means of communicating their sincere thanks to those who generously contrib uted by donations to the success of the affair ' qltnstae h j vaughan has placed the pillars in position on his troni porch horace ami florence bhaer of phila delphia are boarding in weldon friends and relatives from philadel phia were visiting george lienninger's family on mount carmel avenue last sunday miss edith hoover paid a visit to miss annie fiet hist week m w wolf attended the county dem ocratic convention last tuesday the i"th several of our residents spent wednes day the 18th at willow grove park at tending a private family gathering alvin 11 inkle who bad been spend ing several weeks in washington i ('., returned home the 18th i to uayu he oan take any one through our nation's capital now carrol brooke has accepted i position in a business house in new york city m i kohlei is having three more houses put up two of them are being erected by f i hoover & son kreil shewing is working at pivseni with the jenkintown light company is liaioiiii t r dolhenty has almost completed llie addition he is making mi john w little's house on harrison avenue j wesley miyau attended tl god shail reunion at funk's nark aug 19 miss annie beyer oi chestnut ill was visiting friends in this vicinity last sunday she i innerly resided here m w wolff has commenced to eleau harrison llink e's grounds of the debris occasioned by he recent ii there i harper will commence work on the iii-w brick building i soon us ibis is finiehi cool evenings mrs jupiter lias been opening up hn.r jars of preserved electric currents verj frequently of late a cyclist was arrested lor scorching on bethlehem pike served him right just imagine him scorching on bethle hem pike miss ida smith is spending ;> week with mrs luidy miss emily thompson and the mil katie and lucinda sheet spenl days at norristown last week sir frank stahlnecker of philadel phia spent sunday with mr franli yeakel mr and mrs wm deitterich of mod omery are spending a week with rev i eugene deitterich a large tree in front of c a yeal estate was struck by lightning last week three members of the star wheelmen of this town have been arguing as to who is the fastest rider they went to willow grove track ami settled the mut ter their records are l mile s spohn k 1 mile f thompson 2.68 \ mile s van winkle iiti seconds ten tramps were arrested last monday for vagrancy and were arraigned before squire hedrick who committed eight to norristown jail for .'!() days and dis charged two they were captured in barry's barn near chestnut hill messrs geo hohrbacli and george van winkle left philadelphia at 4 a 111 sunday for a run to atlantic city on a tandem ninety-two people went to atlantic dity last wednesday on an excursion given by aon lutheran church all returned home safe and reported having kid a good time chestnut hill base ball team failed to put in an appearance last saturday so he flourtown ball team claimed the ame by the score of i to 0 the home earn will play wyndmooron saturday sept 4 lourtown hull club would like to tear from fort side dub address aptain j a yost flourtown three tiiuh 1'hlph dog days an over hot corn makes the butter my lima beans where are they keei i birds are whistling plovers are scarce blackbirds arc flocking these hot days make the locusts sins bert mahn bad an accident in ambler im week which might have proved ser ous while driving through the town is and another team collided and ¦ he carriage doing very little dm miss belle llerkiiess ol phil spending a short season wit tlaucho n walton charles hindernachanddaughti i en diving into the briny deep mt ic city the past week misses carrie and nettie duel wi i siii us in our neighborhood on bat ur merchant brown and wife i penllyti pa own maple aveuueou suudaj evi john l.i-iu wan tlw purchasei ol a u lager's sal.1 mi tuosaay mr l rori wall ii of pblludulpllta i ay wltbnu brother hurrlsuu waltou iiillll s.llr t is i \ cry 1.11 ;, nia ii t u suys it iliii-.s him a..i»l lo liini a m . i buahel fin !"¦ leuld thai thti tarr.ui omethliu left any lie is imj.i or tilt « t!uih.'n tins ikhi i ays iiitic-a.laini/int maple uvonue n i prlurliotue l'nih-smii 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Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 18970826 |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 38 |
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 | 08/26/1897 |
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 | 08 |
Day | 26 |
Year | 1897 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 18970826 |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 38 |
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 | 08/26/1897 |
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. |
Full Text | the ambler gazette vol xv.-no 38 ambler pa atcil-st 2(j 185)7 a year a trolley ride llclltnrlul oh«prv«tlon from the top nf klppnrk hill mm nf till l.ntc jrniln c'ro«nln)t olllllrt jreat fjbpilltmmms t the writer one day lasi week made a trip over the trolley road from norris iown to collegeville a more delightful ride can hardly be had in montgomery covnty much bus been nid about the beautiful view to be bad from the top of skippack hill and it in all that is claim ed for it every town from perkasie to north wales can be plainly seen by the naked eye a distance averaging proba bly 12 miles the high imndpipe it lansdale stands nut in clear view amb ler lies to the south of gwynedd hills and in out of fight but chestnut hill can !«¦ seen plainly mi a clear day at collegevllle things are in a confuted state at present the authorities in the new borough arc striking out boldly in the line of public improvements be ginning on the main street the heading turnpike which runs through the entire length of the borough council pro poses to take a mighty stride forward and place the beautiful village in the very foremost rank of progressive burg.s along the perkiomen thin thorough fare which in the years before railroadh were known w8j one of the most fre quently traveled highways in the state has been excavated to the depth of two feet or more in order to permit the lay ing of the trolley tracks of the schuyl kill traction company the borough bears half the expense some 000 and the company the other half editor moser who is a member of council says the borough has a very fair contract when completed the street will be a model roadwav so they say at present the trolley tracks extend to within ho feet of the perkiomen railroad tracks on either side the heading com pany and the traction company came very near getting into serious difficul ties at that point a few days ago the trolley company wanted to cross the railroad tracks at grade but the railroad people blocked that movement by force of arms after a series of skirmishes the flag of truce was raised and both parties agreed to let the matter rest until the court decided who was legally riglu argument will be had in september a iewing the matter from this distance we are of the opinion that the trolley should not be allowed to cross the rail road company's tracks at grade there are too many grade crossings now and no additional ones should be allowed perhaps the two corporations could come to an agreement whereby the trolley watch tour corn uml rntntn arb yon keeping an eye m that lull stalk of corn render when it is done growing hr!ng it to the ammi.iii qackftk office and enter it in tin lubscrlpi ion con tot remember one year's subscrip tion to the person bringing the tallest stalk time limit del i how are your potatoes turning out '.' select the three lurgest ones and enter them in the uazitti potato coilteit one year's subscription to the person growing the three heaviest potatoes time limit oct 1 < ¦-¦' 1 i m - mint affmt un monday bargbm stonehaek of qtiakertown entered complaint before judge yerkes nt doylestown against constable van pombb of that town for refusing to arrest a bicycler at quaker town fot violating n borough ordinance in failing to provide a lamp for his wheel the judge riid the constable had laid himself open to indictment and that officers found guilty of such neglect of duty need not expect any mitigation of punishment this is a pointer for the constables of ambler and other boroughs and clearly indicates that they are in duty bound to we that borough ordinances requiring lights to be placed upon bicycles nre properly observed and duly enforced by arresting all those who fail to provide lumps for their wheels just how the fine is to be collected is not stated by the learned judge of bucks county but it is obvious that there must be a lefral mode of enforcing the penalty for a vio lation of the ordinance that reaches all classes and conditions of bicyclers or the court would not have regarded the neglect on the part of the officer as a serious breach of duty horsham farmers club wnicenhellpr history mlddlkbuiigh p aug 11 1807 to the readers of the ambi.kk gazettk it is my intention to gather informatioi concerning my ancestors my great grandfather i am told was peter vvngenseller born in montgomery county sept 24 1774 married susai longaker jan 7 1800 and died june 14 1835 peter and susan had 10 chil dren the father of peter avagenseller was john avagenseller who is said to have been born in germany in 1737 '. was married to margaret hornctter ho died at goshenhoppen montgomery county sept 29 1799 i am told that both john and margaret are bured in the lutheran cemetery at the trnppe in the face of the information that john men tlnk tuplrn dtflcitlmfi it.v i'rurtlrjil la wlllmv iirnvo i'nrlj llf mfli il to and margaret wagenseller both came ,• could tunnel the railroad from germanv comes the information tracks an overhead bridge is hardly i that among the names of 465 german practicable at that point lint let us what the court has to say about it we found bro moser of the inde pendent as affable and courteous as ever seated in his den on the second floor of the independent building he can watch every movement at the scene of hostilities at the grade crossing natur ally bro moser champions tlie cause of the trolley company and you may wager vour last penny the enemy will not find him napping the traction company proposes to ex tend its line as far as royersford in the near future but much depends on the decision of the court as to its right to cross the perkiomen tracks but cross or not the trolley will be operated through the borough nt an early day another important improvement is the building of the new public school house at a cost of 15,000 it is a fine brick structure located at a somewhat distant point from the centre of population of the borough it will be an up-to-date house in every respect as usual the moss-backs are kicking lively because of rapid strides in the line of progress but the authorities are going in for improve ment in spite of the croakers many dwelling houses are also going up and altogether collegeville is getting unto herself a great name it's a good thing bro moser push it along from collegeville we made a living trip to schwenksville where abideth bro bardman and his newsy schwenks ville item the circulation of the item whose first number was pulled off a washington hand press by the writer only a few years ago has grown so rap idly that a new and enlarged building has become a necessity the future home of the item is now being built on a lot adjoining the present publication house and a oozv little structure it will be — too small we believe tho proprietor will realise before many months the truth of this assertion will be all the more apparent whenbro bardman is confrontud with the editors of the 50 odd montgomery county nevspapen ut the housewarming on the event of the occupancy of the new building schwenksville has not yet mustered sufficient courage to adopt a borough charter many of her citizens have grown gray talking about it and the in dications are that there will be not a few funerals before the ideal is accomplished several handsome residences churches and school houses and other buildings have been erected in the village in the past deeade but with a concerted effort on the part of her citizens much more might be done to place the village in the foremost rank in point of population of the hamlets along the banks of the ivr kiomeii mi in tor destitute c'hlhln n one aim of the home missionary so ciety is to procure with reputable fam ilies homei for destitute children in addition to the 4,000 for whom they have already procured home in the pa years and the 800 who are now comfort ably placed iii homes they have at the present time under their care awaiting homes about 30 boys and girts ranging in agu from 9 t 12 years persons who are suitably recommend ed desiring to adopt or raise any oi these children ean secure all necessary inform ation by corresponding with j 1 duffy superintendent of the home missionary society 583 iron street philadelphia can run over john yeikeis aged i;i al port kennedy on sunday and cut off 1 1 ill leet hutch and french inhabitants residing in philadelphia county prior to 1734 wa one stoffel wagenseifer who ownec 1c0 acres of land in hanover township at that time and up to 1784 what it now known as montgomery county was included in philadelphia county now the question arises was john wagenseller originally from germany if not who was his father doubtless there are among the readers of the gazette those who remember peter wagenseller where is he buried ? any information concerning the wagenseller or avagenseiler lineage will be gratefully accepted i trust some one will interest himself or herself sufficiently to answer kespectfully geo w waqknskxijbb editor of post klin hell clilmeh an interesting meeting of the w l s was held at the home of j conard wal ton gwynedd on saturday evening a large party from narcissa went in a hay wagon filled with straw mrs daniel erb is suffering with mus cular rheumatism mr henry hoover and family of blue bell mr john shoemaker and family of washington square and mr albert shoemafcer and family of jeffersonville were the guests of mrs sarah shoemaker on sunday miss gertrude holt of baltimore md is sojourning with her friend,mins kliza beth sheppard broad axe alviu haines and wife of jenkintown stopped at jchas shoemaker's on sun day clarence zimmerman had the misfor tune to fall off a harrow last week and cut his leg badly dr s c seiple is having a large bow window put in his house 1.11118(1 lilt milton h biehn of juakertown has been awarded tho contract to erect the baptist church parsonage and classroom addition corner of broad and third streets he was the lowest of four bid dere work will commence at once the sheds will be sold at public sale thursday afternoon preparatory to oxca vatlng for the collar mr and mrs w d lleebner will shortly visit the nashville exposition ilee'bner it sons works are running over thx>e to keep pace with the orders the cox stove works are likewise busy prosperity has returned to lansdale and do all who care to work have something to bessie wampole aged about •> years was buried from her residence on second street mondav then will be no service in the baptist church next sunday rev and mrs f w johnson are spending this week at the seashore our public schools will reopen next monday the school houses have been undergoing a thorough renovation this week there will be three new teachers and music and drawing will he added to the fun ieuluin mrs bertha van leer and 28 yean for some lime a resident of thin borough died in philadelphia on sunday under suspicious circumstances three yeaii ago mrs van leer then bertha terry was employed by the firm of coburn <& sons in the thirtieth street market a itriklugly handsome woman she sooh became the object of the atteouoos of george van leer a young and prosper ous business man his love wan appar ently returned and the couple were mar ried on deo i 18w at the home of the bride's mother at this place at a reeenl sewion of the horshain farmer*1 club several interesting topics weir discussed drjct a political or business life offer i he most chiinees for winning glory as nnsweted by james q at kinson who said he could not give i definite opinion as to how many times chances came to the undeserving he thinks some of the most famous men today lire business men he mentioned john wanainaker and even our presi dent he considers more of a business man than a politician as it was his tariff bill that first brought him before the public mr atkinson laid jason sexton ap proached him a few days ago in reference to institutes he wanted to know whether we wished the help of the state board or whether we wished to run it ourselves about 2-1 would be appro priated for two days institute it was thought best to decline entering into any arrangement with the state board to hold an institute nt hatboro a motion was made anil seconded that the club does not hold an institute at hat boro thil season it was agreed to and mr sexton will be so informed the meeting adjourned to assemble sept oth nt the residence of wilmer atkinson the question is avi i low grove park any advantage to the neighborhood was replied to by charles s kinsey who says i think such a place as the park is an advantage to any neighbor hood the high moral character of its entertainments and general management draws a class of people for the most part with whom it is at least pleasant to associate ; schools and other like asso ciations have an assurance of a quiet orderly and beautiful place to spend a day picnicking with narmless amuse ments and the best of music one may take several lessons during a visit to the park such an in flor'cultnre horticul ture landscape gardening and in the general good order of things and if one can go often enough he or she will learn to appreciate gooct music another ad vantage is that it gives work to a large number of people many of them local residents whose pay is contributed for the most part by people from a distance the substantial manner in which things are done together with the beautiful lawns lowers and shrubbery and with the electrical display at night surely has lti ifl ihb the electrical display at night surely has an elevating influence on any neighbor hd hood hill a small shanty has been built against the old barn near the tollgate to hold the tools used in the new quarry along the railroad hevb fretz ad cotte preaced in cannel presbyterian church last sabbath george haincl jr.'s house near ty son station is about completed it will be occupied in a few weeks fire broke out in sumnoy richardson's frame barn last wednesday about 7.h0 ]>. m the entire building surrounding chicken coops etc were consumed the iwnkintown fire company came part ol the way but being falsely informed that the fire was at flourtown returned mr philip wunderle and family have taken a two-weeks trip to the st law irnklntnwn itcitm jenkintown is now having quite a building boom and more houses are non in cnrirw of construction than f»r many yi:irs thomas it hflrpei is erecting a lonli house on york avenue tu-lou summit avenue mt win selser and mr david ltikens are each eroding handsome residences on washington inne anew rectory is being erected ad joining the catholic church mr mc kc'iin o i liil lion is building a hotise on cedar street near washington lane mr ctlhs sunttz is putting up four houses on ililnide nvetiuo chtu and win robert are erecting four liriek houses on i.eeilom street near klin ave nue uml several more are talked of mrs thomas buckman will move abonl sepi i from the comer of summit ami york avenues lo the corner of east oreen wood and nice avenues and mr john boutcher will take the hoine which mrs buckman vacates mrs thomas nice has been spending the p;ist week visiting relatives in bristol the public school opens next mondav with the same teachers as last year the fleck and christie families at tended the hoover re-union at willow gpove last wednesday the episcopal sunday school held their annual picnic at willow drove wednesday of this week mr ( ioorge 1 himel and family returned last friday from a id-days sojourn at ocean grove mr joe druokentniller nnd family are spending a few weeks at ocean grove miss sadie heeder had mite a pleasant party at the residence of her aunt mrs ell wood weak on willow street mon day evening games and music consti tuted the pleasure of the evening nnd jdi b th lt h t hi about your neighbors ivr-mmi pertaining to ambler potffffl rntturntly i'nt is upending i short p g judging by the late hour at which the company separated every one nmst have had a pleasant time a pleasant birthday surprise party waf tendered to carrell harper tuesday eve ning at his parents residence on york avenue it being the 17th anniversary of his birth about 25 young folks were present and all had a good time narclimi the joint excursion of the cold point and plymouth churches was a successful affair cohshohocken sent 150 people the total number going was 4(11 and re turning there were 471 tho day was de lightful and every one was well pleased the excursion netted to the churches 50 the ladies of cold point church will given social this thursday evening at h h f m willi t cld fhe home of mrs williamson at cold point when reports of the success of each one who has been trying to earn 1 for the church will be received some of the ladies have been baking rakes some making aprons and others dust caps and selling them on friday the teachers and officers of , _ ,. , , . i the sabbath school have a picnic at 1 mill grove on the perkiomen on sunday morning mr byard a student it bueknell university will preaeh and in the evening c b fiirman last sunday key mr dietrich preached at cold point pastor tilton exchanging pulpits with mr dietrich the members of cold point gave mr dietrich a warm welcome and he in return gave them a good sermon the baseball clubs of cold point and hiokorytown played on saturday after noon when cold point suffered defeat miss ida seltzer of cold point is vis rence river visiting xiagara falls and the thousand islands the democratic representative at xor ristown from this district was michael shields jr the schools of cheltenham district will open monday morning sept 6 mr and mrs larkins and miss alice myers have been visiting dr and mrs v e donough of this place mr joseph thomson superintendent of the philadelphia institute for the blind was visiting mr and mrs t a keed last week last friday night about dusk two of this town's cyclers wilson mooney and stewart jennings came into collision on their wheels on mt carmel avenue op posite w j wilson's boarding house glenside both boys were thrown to the ground and rendered unconscious stewart recovered first and went to the assistance of wilbon with the aid of kcv e w hart wilson was carried into the former's house where he was ro suscitated dr godshall was sent tor who dressed a badly cut finger for stew art and dismissed him wilson how ever had been thrown on his head causing extreme pain the next morn ing he was removed to his home near edge hill station where his condition has improved the crank-bar on wil son's bicycle was slightly bent while stewart's front wheel was completely demolished olllullll b c algeo who two weeks ago left on in eastern trip returned monday uoon mr algeo reports having had a good hue he received a royal welcome lonie mr ii p qiuingham and daughters may and florence spent saturday at atlantic city the fishing club at thia place that spent a week at hetterton md returned ii sunday morning < ur grocers at'o doing a good business mr harvey blair who was on the sick list is about again and as smiling us ver mrs earnest and son percy of fort washington were visiting friends in our ilaoe on friday c i stout was awarded the contract <> do the grading at the new public school milding alex young of u'viicote wasavisitor to our town on tuesday miss landls of chestnut 0111 visited hi brother w reynolds landia and amily a slight wreck on the plymouth uraneh on monday delayed trains ' " over two hours oivlaiul i.s crowded with visitors ut urewnt there was a wreck on the trenton ut off railroad on sunday a car con aining five trotting horses was demolish d at earnest station the hi tcaped injui \ . iting at glenside this week cnnlkley stver of narcissa has gone to carlisle and will take in the grange meetings at williams grove elva and margaret spencer of norris town and albert green and family of west conshohooken were visitors at narcissa on sunday clayton van horn of lancasterville had his foot crushed by a cart wheel it he is obliged to use passing over crutches george f wedded wife future home childs and his newly left on sunday for their at pittsburg ntli vvau's afl'uirtf a festive party of jolly philadel phians summering at fort side inn came up bent on having some fun on thursday evening last and enjoyed a night's fuii at houlihan's main street hotel under tho management of mine host larzelere and guidance of mr holtzman the transportation consisted of three hay wagons filled with straw and mine host's tally-ho coach at a late hour supper was served to which all did ample jus tice and the gay party returned with trumpet blasts and cheers for their hosts and tlie kind reception received our town lias been the scene of activ ity the past week with the electric light people tlie eontnu'tor with u foreeof 0or more men lms beimi employed in fetttiik polei ready h n i lii n lms beimi employed fetttiik polei ready fur planting wliilc others nave ijeeu tlihkiiik holet bud planting polet all over town riving plt to iilte a number f idle lui riving un-iiik employment tr quite a number f idle _ man wins win toon be strung and us toon till llylllllllos ilm ill phlco tlhmli.l l)jl lllllllls will have to give way to elt'i'trieity tin1 new uiilor.s umt bare been put into tin power bouuwlu uisu kiw powor io tin k k freod ooispuiy'fl flour mills thev were riven a trial on friday lait itnu everything being latiifactory thev are now turnuhlnu power fur the mills street cominuslouer hargrove lms completed id.1 repairs to tbe roadway on muin itreet and tills week has a force of men trimming up the simiii trees over town to a common height of id iv.'t to give room for more light and air a number ol our sons ol anurii'n went to rending tills morning by ipeolal train on sioay i reek rfliln lad the globe bteani heater oompany made u triul .. i 1 1 ii mr patent new su'iuu roller mi our vceth on friday last witii a very satisfactory result mi edward albright was married to mis i.ii lir ueuker ut t ti ¦ rasfdence of the brlde'a parents on sheiuvr street on saturday afternoon lust by kcv j ii detrlch of st luke reformed church a reception was held in the evening iinil the newly weilileit couple liavo gone to housekeeping ut 181 shearer street mr umi mr george castner bave returned from a trip lo bostou mans visiting ll daughter oeorge robinson is home from a trip to . ,. town b c by sailing ressel mrs mary kmnkelllielil ol lluyleslou i eunipanieil by son wataou visite.t relatives here mi sunday dr i . . lms returned from a ikhiiig trip i bomers point n j wm ii young of norrlstowu luu takeu charge of j allen horley'i grocer vice krunk kulp resigned who will go to pniladelnlila t manage oue oi the tttoren tor the lume ten coo lace i"1 plae dehoupt'i f uorrls grocery ny win dehoupl lias taken mcneil who resigned in itore kii'srll johuson s;iil 4 mi wedueedu from new vork oil the steamer st puu impuin m istunt aluxuuiier thouias who hot beeu ill fur btveral iscouvalvftcent frauk bruuoer 0 merchautville h j wim 11 in owo "" moi n4b1 y morning l fur soin ii mr s v hndson cnfiin nt the shore mis gertrude kneenel ij visiting relatives it sicetown miss ida v kile hsm iiii'ti visiting friends s.1 wissahlckon alexander knight jr went down to < >(¦<¦: i ti city last thursday mr ('. ii keath spent saturday and sunday with friends in xewtown mr nnd mrs ('. wm haywood re turned from ocean city hist friday rev w ii conard of philadelphia preached in the baptist church last sunday rev spranle and kcv ho well with their wives an visiting at the mercer home mrs i ('. wehei has been called to ninden n 1 by the illness of her mother clerk yother of hotel ambler bat returned from hie vacation refreshed mr godfrey s malm hap applied fo membership in the league of americai wheelmen master joseph donnelly of philadel nliin was a visitor in ambler oi wednesday mrs l q howell with miss kinnn burkett of philadelphia has been visit ing her sister miss emily swentzej of south bethle hem was the guest of mrs frank lions too on tuesday wilmer atkinson has joined the grea army of wheelmen lie enjoys the exercise gieatly rev j gibson formerly pastor of the emanuel a v church was a visitor ii ambler on monday miss alice leedoin of philadelphia was the guest of mrs i w shell several days of last week county commissioner d k graber of pennsbnrg paid a friendly visit to the qazbttb on wednesday howard beideman of philadelphia spent sunday on the farm of thomas ¥ shoemaker of near ambler prof james lehman and mr ilarn wallace of koxborongh visited friends in ambler saturday afternoon miss mary 11 buchanan is spending a two-weeks vacation visiting her sister mrs elmer frymire williamsport mrs william forbes and mrs ida halloway of philadelphia spent tues day with mr and mrs wm gracey misses kisic and madeline blake ol ogontz spent last week visiting their cousin miss clara leech of ambler rev mr middleton pastor of tlie re formed church at tiogfl nnd wifo are visiting mr and mrs geo d bradley mr fisher wife and family of brooklyn who are summering ni wei don were guests of justice bitting on tuesday borough solicitor joseph t foulke returned on tuesday of last week from a 10-days stay among the cutskill moun tains x y rer win f s nelson and family re turned on saturday from a very pleasant two-weeks trip to chantauqna niagara falls and cleveland dr and mrs r v mattison who have been touring camilla are now in boston mass they are expected home the latter part of this week misses venic and carrie haywood who have been the guests of mr and mrs robert longaker at mt union pa for several weeks returned home on monday mr w f geddes of the firm of w f geddes tt son printers of philadel phia paid a pop visit to the gazettk office last saturday he is spending the summer in the vicinity the following are guests at hotel avyndham : mrs a cioodwin boston mass ; m e costwright mauch chunk f j mac b everett bay city hannah e meeker frank e montgomery sallie mclntyre maine wheatley philadel phia the following have registered at hotel ambler : m ii biehn quakertown ; wm f habicht i l thompson c d campbell ilirain kffrig e ii taylor jr philadelphia ; r w wilson and wife washington i c ; m a robin son xew york v h..t i'enllvn mrs brngger mothei ni <;( ::> w brugger died tne*dai evening at ii n iuence here mr and mrs r wlndei loin returned from their niiimi'i oii mi and mrs h i mck^an c«!l from boston and spent i fell their gnmrrmi home lien retui i mi and mr gerard 1 1 \. city are writing mr ainl mi donald mrs arthur biddle i at th i va miss delhi aaron of lnnsdftle visiting miss maine iiy on monday misses lidie and l.etiie bitting spending the meek here mr and mr c ii berry and mi joner of philadelphia are among win r whlttock'i quests for several we i mr and mrs wesley l.iinev bad mrs mary lilacev rode up from philadelphia and spent wednesday with mr mrs john fox miss toleda mines ol lansdale wai the guest of miss lim.ie fry on sund miss gertrude reyncr is visiting ;,'„',¦(¦], i delaware misses maine mcallister aii i laura alexander nf philadelphia are at charles lents'fl for i he week misses mary and irene gre«n masters merrick and norman green ol philadelphia spent sunday ami monda among friends here k.clifford langstroth of elizabeth n j and clifford ii maul s young cyclist from worcester mas wqfc among the wheelmen who sunday ed at penllyn miss lilia l preston of philadelphia is the guest of mrs emily p.iizbv messrs ferrell and edward smith o philadelphia were over-sunday visitors the lawn at the home of thomas h langstroth was gay with japanese ian terns and music saturday evening whon the baptist liible school held a fruit fei tlval there the prettily-arranged tables were well patronized ami the festival netted the purchasing fund of the sehool 35.50 the committee take thia means of communicating their sincere thanks to those who generously contrib uted by donations to the success of the affair ' qltnstae h j vaughan has placed the pillars in position on his troni porch horace ami florence bhaer of phila delphia are boarding in weldon friends and relatives from philadel phia were visiting george lienninger's family on mount carmel avenue last sunday miss edith hoover paid a visit to miss annie fiet hist week m w wolf attended the county dem ocratic convention last tuesday the i"th several of our residents spent wednes day the 18th at willow grove park at tending a private family gathering alvin 11 inkle who bad been spend ing several weeks in washington i ('., returned home the 18th i to uayu he oan take any one through our nation's capital now carrol brooke has accepted i position in a business house in new york city m i kohlei is having three more houses put up two of them are being erected by f i hoover & son kreil shewing is working at pivseni with the jenkintown light company is liaioiiii t r dolhenty has almost completed llie addition he is making mi john w little's house on harrison avenue j wesley miyau attended tl god shail reunion at funk's nark aug 19 miss annie beyer oi chestnut ill was visiting friends in this vicinity last sunday she i innerly resided here m w wolff has commenced to eleau harrison llink e's grounds of the debris occasioned by he recent ii there i harper will commence work on the iii-w brick building i soon us ibis is finiehi cool evenings mrs jupiter lias been opening up hn.r jars of preserved electric currents verj frequently of late a cyclist was arrested lor scorching on bethlehem pike served him right just imagine him scorching on bethle hem pike miss ida smith is spending ;> week with mrs luidy miss emily thompson and the mil katie and lucinda sheet spenl days at norristown last week sir frank stahlnecker of philadel phia spent sunday with mr franli yeakel mr and mrs wm deitterich of mod omery are spending a week with rev i eugene deitterich a large tree in front of c a yeal estate was struck by lightning last week three members of the star wheelmen of this town have been arguing as to who is the fastest rider they went to willow grove track ami settled the mut ter their records are l mile s spohn k 1 mile f thompson 2.68 \ mile s van winkle iiti seconds ten tramps were arrested last monday for vagrancy and were arraigned before squire hedrick who committed eight to norristown jail for .'!() days and dis charged two they were captured in barry's barn near chestnut hill messrs geo hohrbacli and george van winkle left philadelphia at 4 a 111 sunday for a run to atlantic city on a tandem ninety-two people went to atlantic dity last wednesday on an excursion given by aon lutheran church all returned home safe and reported having kid a good time chestnut hill base ball team failed to put in an appearance last saturday so he flourtown ball team claimed the ame by the score of i to 0 the home earn will play wyndmooron saturday sept 4 lourtown hull club would like to tear from fort side dub address aptain j a yost flourtown three tiiuh 1'hlph dog days an over hot corn makes the butter my lima beans where are they keei i birds are whistling plovers are scarce blackbirds arc flocking these hot days make the locusts sins bert mahn bad an accident in ambler im week which might have proved ser ous while driving through the town is and another team collided and ¦ he carriage doing very little dm miss belle llerkiiess ol phil spending a short season wit tlaucho n walton charles hindernachanddaughti i en diving into the briny deep mt ic city the past week misses carrie and nettie duel wi i siii us in our neighborhood on bat ur merchant brown and wife i penllyti pa own maple aveuueou suudaj evi john l.i-iu wan tlw purchasei ol a u lager's sal.1 mi tuosaay mr l rori wall ii of pblludulpllta i ay wltbnu brother hurrlsuu waltou iiillll s.llr t is i \ cry 1.11 ;, nia ii t u suys it iliii-.s him a..i»l lo liini a m . i buahel fin !"¦ leuld thai thti tarr.ui omethliu left any lie is imj.i or tilt « t!uih.'n tins ikhi i ays iiitic-a.laini/int maple uvonue n i prlurliotue l'nih-smii 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