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the ambler gaz vol xx 11 no 2 amislkh i'a january 7 1hoj stolen rig in ambler sellersville horse and bu^gy found at hotel ambler sheds thllwi aft^r i lln.y night in sp|l«r«tlllt mrke ii i tlielr kqnnpe in bnrrownl team — stolen homo nnrl wngnn ainu i at i'lynimiiili av morning a strange horse nml bi:g^v urn discovered htamliiit under th sheds in the rear of hotel ambler it had evidently heen tied there sometime late wednesday evening of early thursday morning the dic covmy was reported ti the local polict after no owner appeared foi the out fit it was soon ascertained that the rig be longed to mahlon crep«inpn of sellers vllle from whose stible it was tnken during wvdnt ay niuht ihe thieves had evidently left the ti'iivi nnd made good their « irape by train or trolley from ambler mr crewman's home was entered and although silverware was lying around handy hip burglars did dol t ike anything instead they entered the bnrn and stale mr orbsstnati's hnrre nnd wagon the tbievm apparently hail planned to canvass the tiwn for they drove the team to a field ii°;u green street ami fastened the horse to a tree they walked ilown qreen street to hairy crewman's home where thev opened the window but were probably soared a wit they next railed on cbarlfi k.iat lbv by way of a window but airs jacobv heard them and tang an electric call bell which scareil them away die bonus of jolm fosbenner and john lodslmll were also entered only a small sum of money was taken at david han's store they hored uoles into the waie jiouae door but the door was st el lin ed be'inn disappointed in their h'oit they left t lwn in mr cretstnftn'e team plymouth news of a btaitling nature was given to chief of police rodenlihiiirli of norristown at an early hour friday evening when he was notified that the men who a week ago stolen horse and wauon from the stable of samuel tay lor in the west end end aftei ward abandoned it in plymouth township were in town j'lie new was furnished by the trol ley men upon whose rar the thieve made tl eir escape after leaving ply month they claimed that they bad seen both iiien upon the street earlv in the evening won was immediately sent to every police officer to lie on the lookout interrogated saturday fore noon the chief said ho bad heard no thing further of the men nor bad he been informed of any robberies willow grove thievus visited willow tirove friday lirst stopping at andrew peterson's house on the uavisvillfe road they stole money and clothing and went to the residence of w f morgan the ice man they were scared away before getting his diamonds at christian murphy's bouse on the david new port b place the rob tiers helped them selves liberally lehlgh valley traction lose suit the leliiuh valley traction company has been infringing upon a patented ear seat handle controlled by the hale & kilbnrn manufacturing company of philadelphia according to an opinion handed down in the united states cir cuit couu thursday by judge md'her son th device is one used on the npjier corner next to the aisle of the backs of the car seats and is calculated to do away with the overhead straps uved by standing pabsen;_rers wurk at jeuklutowu station work goes on slowly about the lenk intown railway station the wall thai h to cut oil iiccsns to the railway t nicks at tha foot of ireenwood avonue is nearly oonipleted the shed on the east of the tracks is yet unfinished at its northern end a poite cocliere has been built on beeohwcod avenue for the use of persons driving to the sta tion it will be uncertain how soon the subway beneath the tracks will be completed the trench is being dug in which to lay the stone wall on the west side of the tracks and it will n.it be long before the bnly way of reaching wyncote will be by meant of the bridge crossing the truck at the foot of sum mit avenue a brick wall has heen laid on west side of beechwood plaza along the plaza north to the entrance way to the fetation when the entire work is finished it promises to be ve.ry satis factory to tlie prblicas well as tc the reading railway company hi mcc«ul lutes .« i'et l here is weepiog and wailing pal barren hill way over the untimely deal ii of intf " i pet monkey owned by hiram mccooliwoo keep the hotel jute was pieuntad to mr mocool 14 veaii t-r'i by a niloi from brazil ami how much older the animal was will never u known at any rate he was i hloll venerable mini k t-v who ill btead of browish in graces seemed to n.w in deviltry i ir • ¦ .) ut ¦' ' was frozen to death one cold nii/hi reoet tie had uiivm iltpl in a room in the ii ore wont mil in i id i « bid i i lowed ihu iuo1 in • iii linn i bad a « ide cil'cll till ill muni int md bis iiniiuul \ taking ell i|l be mourned it i mi m.i '•>..[ i intent ion to turn i to a lasiitcinii i a 1 1 < 1 ihu tstuued f i k'u i «¦ of the nioiil udorn the banouuj obituary mlis < i1aklkh wkak • in wednesday morning ibonl m x o'clock minma catharine wife of charles weak of u'likintown died of nt»ti ltria of the he it she was in the 52d yi'«r of her age deceased is survived by her husband and two sons <'. limy id blwood s she was the dflt]bht9t of cephas rom and martha emrlnlf and was burn in bucks countv lltr pir"tf>rs are mis mark brpnin mrs w m thomap mrs thomas mconrkle and sfti.cbs.flm rldtardson john ii liiddle who rc eidos in washinkton d ('., is k brother mrr weak was a member of the church ef our saviour ami had a imst of friends utptuitll a krikbel septiniiis s krielml son of the late septimus s kriubel of north wales died of pneumonia at ttie windsor hstel philadelphia wednenfav night of last week i in was taken ill while at th hotel about a week previous to his death so sudden did the disease oooqe qpon him that he was unable to et clsewliere find renatofd in bcl i"l til dcith came to him mis wife wua visiting relatives in kianklin county at the time and in a day or so was i ifgraphi 1 rf her hoaband'e ill neb she ca lie ut nnre to his bedside and remniiipd with him to the end bi sides a widow who wax miw marie mil i holland a former school teachff i ." kii nkiin he is gurvivf i by one child his mother and the follow i no brothers and sist'ms ah > sil'vlvfl lleii'v s frank b of noith wall ¦: wjnia'tn of qeruuntowd 1 misses emma nnd marv residing with their mother in north wale he mm the youngest member of the family services were lit id sunday evening in philadelphia i nd monday mornina services and in tr>i!!ont at lowamencin sohwenkfelder meeting rachel h landes rachel h lindes died wt loesday evening of l-."-t week of apoplexy at west point utruil 68 years lhbhusi 1 wits the last of a family of nine child ren htr parents were the late joseph and rachel i hides sue wa>f horn on the klias i/unit's farm in worcester the utter hein ln-r in.ithpr.tlie funeral as held on nin'-.w at 10 a m frum her r idence ini rment at the metb atton mennonite meeting boose vvor il t:i ir.u i - albert 11 place t i snein <». hunaiok er bouse and lot in li'nsdale 1200 william 11 graeff o ruth h but-s a three story stone dwelling and lot in jenkintown sotiol norristown trust company to w graeff lot in lenbintown hxeciitiis if rosgnna mtrple to george v krbe . tlie hicki rhown hotel in plymouth township 0,(ioo l'an line cumin ings to ktlwin c cnnt minoa house 7 acres and 151 perches in won e-te.r towiihhip.sroo k l ilitllnian executor of davis cook house and lot at trappy 2035 anna p gilbert to alfred t cobbin lot in i'nper dobtin,$200 jonas wfiihultl to henry j.wambold house nntl lnt containing 8326 sjtjiiarefeel of land in west telforil.shdo louisa perrv to samuel williams lot in renllyn,«12.r charles m reed to franklin k.walt two lots in pentnburg l'2o howard m fisher to helen m man six lote in east lansdale 1800 philip wunderle to arthur brederbek church etlifice an<l lot in abington township l'500 william l stevens to helen m marr six lots near lansdale 2200 j newton watson and n h larze lere trustees abagail white and george c'allanan rl two houses and lots in horehain 11600 james mcconib to joseph w hunter two lots in willow grove homestead f6q0 llreiidlinger'tt store iucorporatetl the large dry goods house of i h liiendlinger estate is about to pass into control of a corporation of local capital ists consisting of jacob f.brendlinger james f brendlint^er j ormnksbaw matthias ii march john ('. shanks 1 t dyer edward s adam'e william h rlingloff and benjamin f wbitby these have organized with a capita et ick of 176.000 divided into shares si each application has been made to governor l'ennypacker for a charter ti catrv on the business which is one ol the largest if not the laige-t.'and inoet buccessfvl dry good stands in mont gouiery county liulllllllk \ l.illlli i l.lll.iu the annual meeting of the stock holders of the wiesahickon iiuimin and loan association will take place thusday evening jan 12 11)04 at the office of the association ambler opett house block at which time a new hoaid ut ill rectors and otliceis will be elected to serve for the ensuing ytar ,' the wissihiekon buildiiij and loan association is entirely a bome institu tion its direotprs and officers ¦¦ posed of men who are well known in the daily affairs of this active and bustling borough its ineoeu bh bean pronounced from tha start and it can not help but continue its prosperity under the able management '' iow p nsmj the assiicialion will issue it ninth series of atook on jan 12 1003 and the opportun ity h iiibsofihe i onere i i i thn.-c who it t nuimii|.iatiii invest mvina ¦ in full parl icu iri .! ii \ everham — ii i y '. stvm of waslm dly n jun l in a - condil i4>ii hi ht - iin iii iiin in 190 ¦ muni _¦ ¦ > 1 1 1 . i v oo in ¦ than iliimv iln previous year ( uuitv in i iin'i1 i ieorgo n m ¦ din to check the trolley cars run through ambler too rap idly it is alleged ainlilrr call ii will kiilnrfth ilr.lhi.nn .¦ siimll i:.ii .,,... allow r«v i of it kew hlllfi tn jtsm 1'lilri mill kppnlr i ir iiiiiik the ambin borotrgtl council held its reatnlar monthly meeting monday eve nin all the memners being present ex cept mcbstp knight davin and marple tbe minutes of deo 7 were read and approved mr kose of the highway committee reported some stone spread in the wash outs on tlm forest avenue hill nothing had heen dune respecting the rave-in on race street because of the cold weather six carloads or tine fonrooarse and two line wpre ordered and later it was decided to have them all coarse but in stead eight carloads wore shipped mr rose i el notisi i the company of the error and a representative had prevail ed on the committee to accept them all with the understanding they were not ti be paid for until next summer the stone as unloaded in n i block's coal yard mr bocbsnan reported the pave ments promptlv cleared of snow the commissioner had complained that the long stretch of boardwalk could not be in imptly cleaned except bv the employ ment of extra help mr rose says bis understanding of the ordinance roqnir ing the removal of snow in that it is ap plicable only to paved or bricked walks laid by order of oonucil and does not apply to boardwalks nor paths air buchanan of the li«ht commit tee reported that acting with president acntr on request of a number of citi zens the luirnin of the street lielits all ni'^ht had been authorized with the understanding that council wili take action mi buchanan of tbe law ami order i ommittee report i tbe bund room in i'ii inly conditu n mr craft said be hi 1 frequently noticed lights burping in the building when apparently nnoc ciir i and injed more economy in the use of the lights mr hay wr id of tin building permit committ ¦, reported an application re ceived from the keasiifv and mattison company asking for a permit for the erf linn of i new iron building covered with aabeatoa and designed to be abso lutely tire proof mr kuse for infor mation said the bnildinu was not com menced before the permit was granted as the excavating fin the b\w had merely been to form one side of the archway over the creek and that the stone dumped in maple street was there only temporarily mr walmsley of the lire committee reported the engines in uood condition and the tire alarm system out of repair mr craft bosgested the wisdom of tewt ing the lire plugs this frigid weather the treasurer reported a balance of 10.')0..'i4 on hand and requested that the finance committee be notilied to draw the bonds to be paid oil during 1904 a communication was read from s 1 i anderson urging council to take ac tive measures in limiting the speed of trolleys through the borough mr rose favored enforcing the ordinance a.s coin plaints had frequently been made to him not only by pedestrians but also by merchants as well he thought tbe trol ley company should especially be limit ed in speed between lindenwold ave nue and main street mr acntl suiil the ordinance should be enforced with out any exceptions mr rose moved and mr walmslev seconded that the clerk notify the otlieiala of the phila delphia and lehigh valley traction company that the ordinance governing tbe ial 3 of speed at which their can mav be driven must be btrictly complied with and any violation thereof will meet with prompt action on the parl ol the borough oilicials passed it wns also decided to erect a sit;n at eithtr end of the trolley tracks within the borough warning motormen that any violation of the speed ordinance with in tbe borough will result in their ir rest hills weiij ordered paid in the sum oi 486.33 tiie clerk was ordered to notify the delaware anil atlantic telephone com pany that council will not be responsible for any trunk line calls made over phone no l . the president of council was author ized to make payment of the quaran tine physician on the order of the board nf health for bis service mr hay wood desired council trj pledge itself not to pay every bill under similar cir cumstances mill i i 1.1 ii i'.i-lla the montgomery enmity commission ers have rendered a bill ill 11836.02 to the county commissioners of carbon county representing the ogsl of the trials of han v mch'luinyle and william bomanns who were acquit tad of the murder of patrick sharp at nssqbebon during the famous coal strike the were referred to montgomery county for trial bj the supreme oourl account f the fi in ¦¦> i leu prevalent in carbon coiiiily and montaowerj county will h i reimbursed from thi penditme the trials were held at a t rancis bmil b ind wife oj leukia . i.i rie forinei '¦ futher \ iiii'in il the i'h di l'l ' i'll that illlllu fol hi ii ut old court iiiiiisii al ni hi lh m ii i ia lived to new year resolutions plan of action for 1904 governing some of ambler's residents polltlrllllm hllftlnaha ll.rl i'l l4,sii.l|.,l men l.ny down %••« i.hwk some pledge our riihmiiml botm another i.nok tlimn over a wide-awake reporter of the ja mtte on his rounds lait friday claims ho tliseiyered the undersigned making il.-perate ellorts to live up to the ffjo intions oppnsitn their dammi harold oi kni«ht icsq — to make no promises respecting the barotish s lioitimhlp for 1908 john fisher to be the next demo cratic tiix collector samuel binder — to shoot no more rabbits without brat kicking them up harry v everhani br — to be a standing candidate for minority inspect or in my ward — none other n i ap ply j sims wilson — to plant siiawn in every post hole an i apprehend all vio lators of the fish law ' william wftlmeley to sell the old pnwtachet bre engine if i have to split a hair to do it p f marple to grant building per mits t fli applit nth without question or dil riniinatiop william drban — to organise a good junior baseball olab of lord playeis joseph a buchanan to go no more to slaughters beach frank craft to buy an air ship in 1904 an1 u)kibilin.lr's t~o tame henry o biddle to sell over acain in 1904 all the real e3tat 1 disposed of in hmd witn a few othei.-i now simmer ing leidy b heckler — to keeo right on building if an will grant the permits ul also to pick up all the outside con tuc.i pus-ible s tlaao taylor to ive up playing old sledge warren if rihn - to be county sn i'rinfellilrllt john s oachanan to be a looker-on in politics and devote all my time to football ; iil votn o.ily occssionaly alexander knight jr — to retain my leadership in tbe third ward and stand | it i . s besson to 1 all the business i can of course what else could it be win s acoff to be district attor ney joseph t foultf — to win hack the fiim ward by bringing out u strong candidate for council l v davis to qpit jollying the members pnd interfering with the seri ous meditations of council lew iliciiie — to pitch ambler to baseball victory thomas rose to continue as chair man uf highway committee of course at the'plensnie of council j f underwood — to let upper dub lin politics alone james h boileau to be the lineet on the force james k stevens — ditto jacob bankis to own the fastest horse in ambler samuel styer to tret council to fix my culvert day ill knipe to comply promptly with all ordinances of tbe oorough re specting the laying of jiavements kdward b scott to decline a re nomination daniel m l.eedom to resign from the old slfcdge club and spend my even ings at home harrv b nibloek to take pll the odds offered wm a wallace to quit quitting john duvison and joseph mcgowpn no more fishing in ours daniel dowlfij to be the next street commissioner frank i kramer — to exercise even moi patieme in reference to my rlaim against the trolley company rees c bobeits to shoot no more ducks with a pump n'uii and to hunt uo more delaware coons after the midnight hour jjr h v mattison — to keep ray nun out of polities either in ambler or i per i'nblin ; to give tho north peon ias company all the assistance possible in piping and supplying ambler with umd and to welcome the north wales electric light company which is now approaching the northern border of the borough should it apply for a fran chise from the ambler council jla«eball league < i i»ih ¦! the suburban league of baseball clubs has been organized with the following clubs as members olney highland of iiiiiiaiitown ; mt airy doylestown and jenkintown and the others who have applied for admission are north philadelphia frank turd west phila delphia gerrjq&btown 0 n i 1-ans dale and somerton prom these trains three more will be icknd to compose l'ht-club league the clubs will play for ¦ illver cap and gaires will i>e played on each dub's diimond i i 1 al i ill ... the live-bird shooting matob f or • innihi i un held by tbe lex it inn club on theii ground ¦• lin i i tidiy afternoon attracted si . i'i nil philadelphia non-istown amblei s i i other p " nl \\ i i of bpoi i i ii . be i n ben lud i ;. \ ' 1 . johnson 1 1 oi dull i declari 1 a draw 1 1 1 uull i it-lock ii 12 saii|i ". tj i lauj county preparing for th glenside and around the ilenside minitreli hatboro ian 16 kline van winkle is recovering fron his recent illness mrs blblathaos has diphtheria am the house is qoaratltlntd teorge w hawkins blacksmith kdge hill is now able to bo about joseph qlynn of ktlge ifill will a candidate for justice of the peace the spring john s peyton has moved from philadelphia to glenslde avenue ll is i practice florist mr anil mrs i'.rown of cliesinn hill have been spending home tim with w t 1%'yed p'ld wife a new chart also been purchased by the carmel school on which large goli stars mark perfect classes each sunday miss anns sohofield,of willow drove pike has been spending some time at the home of her brothers at elkins park frank rerminger of mt cifmel avi nue hast ii having one of hlsplnn mates spend the christum holidays at his home the yonng italian boy found list week in the wilson i irry badly fror.9i in his feet it id legs bid who was tike tn the pennsylvania hospital is getting long nicely the first baptist church of uleiiside held their christmas entert linment on tuesday evening dsc 29 hev alex ander tbe past ir wi>s tbe recipient of i very tine present from the members of the congrrgation fifty members rf carmel sn idaj school rendered a cuntita on wednes day evening i t • 30 in the main audi torium this was tin third cental given by the school mid like the pre vious ones was a decided pnr.iess a large barn on glenside aveuue destroyed bv lire at 5.80 o'clr k kirmy evening hive horses in the bfliji we<e saved lint the crops were dfstl'oyt ' the property belong i 1 1 w t b roberts the firemen were helple i a tlieio are no lire plugs in the vlclnilv the origin of the blase is nol 1'iowrr the lose is 82500 lester 1 dlngee.of ogontst is making a hustle for cbelteiili;"ii tin1 i chip com iiii-sionit he is pretty popular george i widener will be a c liii jate to succeed himself as will mr ii k wall and jfsse harper j beaton hoover of this place will be a candi date mi tin1 democratic ticket lames rvrewson of cheltenham is also being urged by his friends to come out at the carmel sunday ethi ol on sun day each scholar in the main pid s?c omlaiv departments was pre7 mted with a book for mount ing photographic prints every sunday tbronohoul the present qutrtar each scholar in the senool will receive one of there photographs bearing especially on tbe lesson for the day and is asked to mount them each week at hoine am write on the opi isite page ol tbe book a brief c imposition of the les son mihs grelr clmrltable he<iue«i ry tbe will if miss mary stewart ireir of warrington 7000 is placed in trust for a niece mrs jennie w i means and her children ami at theii death the trust fund is to be paid to the children's country week associa tion the principal of several funds ag&resatlng i800o at the death of har old field ireir who is to receive the income during life is bequeathed to the children's homeopathic hospital f philadelphia anil to the ilahne manii hospital of philadelphia to en dow memorial beds the former receiv ing 13000 and the latter s'iooo county spant m,8-.j7.o."i when the court house bell tolled the knell of 1903 the record books of the cnuntv announced the heaviest year in the expenses of montgomety county the order paid by treasurer geirtrc n'.mals berger amounting to s477isl'7,(i this is the largest sum ever spent in one year so far as available records show and the income was likewise heavier than any previous year the almahouse and outdoor relief ex penses for the paat year nere 648,000 the sale of products of the aluishoiise farm netted 5000 leaving the net amount expended in behalf of the poor 43,000 the prison cobl the coildty 112,800 i maintain while the inoome^from labor done there only amounted to *\ is during the year there were 101 i mar riage licenses l!l o)ieniny up with 12712 gained to w u isseick of phoenixville and ira fiey of rovers ford the last issued was no.l3728to joseph v miller and bliwbeth v garner both of norristown public sale prices ellvood hoot bald a public sale on wednesday l1 last week of the personal prone.rty of john i'uvenpurt near north wale ibe attendance wgt large and thin«s brought good prices one pair of draught horsew wold for i(fio;ooin brought 58 oents pei bushel cornf odder ¦ iei hundred bundles chickens white wyndotte breed 78 oents apiece pot tot -, 60 cents par bushel 17 cowi and a bull were bold at prices running from 20 i i ll per hfiid mr daven port wo illlilelsluid ii is li'lll i il8 farm n a five veu borougb wltlioul | ( inn ii tullytown bas tha unenviable dirtlnu lion nf h ling i borough with >\ i populal ion and ooul lini ¦ ii«j pen bouses !¦" religions worship it i fath ¦ in i i ik inn i ¦ lay it tw uioiitiib owinu ti ctive i'liiiuii it i however that services • unwl ai tin lattei ehui i and tbare i sonifl talk : illllldillg iihil ii * to slut mill null flan to i cliosf.ii — tin rtwsaysfl maf n ci «. s eml)l.v tl«ket-w«ii({er iii i in onlm the coming y(8f promises ai.ive period in poll ti j in ty atan early hay nine gal is one national deli at nate i're to be chosen while liter district conijipssional e invention the county convention to elect one the if.rgni tickets will be held • the spring elections oiis year are more than ordinarily engrossing be cause it is the triennial yc • for el ¦ m ing pssi'fsois pi well as i ¦' cchool dlrcctori town copnoiltni i other olliciiil of loci import the convi it ion t i elet gates will be held in april i il randidnte for the rip t i hirrlsbni ¦ hai apueart d walter v ( jbl rl rlstown mr childn i council and his friends a • to stand for coroner wh ifvi fflc ¦ be tilled ibis fall the county has bit ont choici president and that is r ¦ >¦. h un der that circumstance tii nction if a national delegate will be a mere i of personal choice p'nonti ti number of i'"nes mentioned the most prominent bninj c henry stinson and j hi i wood lee of cinshohocken as mr lee is a manufactprer his candidacy for tho dele ,' ship is regnrded i : ¦ tive of the indns'rlal among the livi pretenl members of i he assembly from thi ¦ likely to be changes this vni st'iitiiiive ||. m kberl h i'liili lelphia ami repi i ¦ < > wei da of frederick tlwrirhi j i linn t i be physieibti nl phil1 delphia ( mgressuian i i v ! confin 1 t.i ii is home bj i i s»mat:>r algernon b i rl trip tn cuba during uih nb food roads movement which be set id notion in the county keeps pi lower providence township is tbe latest to decide in favor of improved ro mil will make application for a ippropriation ¦ i aiih.mli olfl the postoffice was removed to the old benk bniulinv on thursday evening this caused much rejoicing io pi'jple of the west waitj md not so much felicity to those of the kaat ward the latter will now have t cross ik railroad tracks to reach the office it hail been in the kofl'el building on walnut street for some 14 years the administrator of the estate of the late louisa ebinger is i'm ward azure of cohnar the former was killed a few weeks ago by a doylestown train whilst crossing the track on the cow path road the reporter this week hab a good picture of miss florence kerns recently killed near lansdale station by an in coming train from doyleatown the closing holiday sunday school entertainment was that of the bap held on friday night revival meetings attended with the usual fervor and excitement are now in full activity in the methodist and evaugellcal churches they will con tinue as ions as gcod results appear j il land a fnr two vears p i principal of lansdale schools wa native of lower sal ford the local lodpe of modi ii woodmen is being boomed by a f hoffme of heading who hopes i i increa i membership to ii a sdoyer former owner of th susijuehanna street bakerv nas remov i to souderl i and 1 ib bas t'lken the rooms thm mtidi mi watch nighl services went held onj new year's eve in ihe methodist and bethany evangelical ohurobee a recent gathering here was held u he home of john h uarkley in honor if his mother-in-law mr mat brand of chalfont ahe was born lamlenlinri chester county , in 1818 oi i quaker family named hallowell ik uis band was john brand of line i.i ¦¦. ibe local panels bava loou accoun of the wedding of j burton reiver mid miss helen u owen both lere it took place on dec -!) am i tine affair the clergyman was re i f titonecipher a presbyterian i ster ol1 ki'stmi the ooupli ' ¦ i . inue to reside here us it i inibarkcd in tbe bakery and i i iran business miss edith vanfossen is reoo ¦ loin an attack of scarle ttber'i bouse hai been quarantinej on liat ace innt for t w wi k paal the troxell brotbei ealeis will open ¦ lale n 1 e oh table in lansaale harvey ' mis to the nebraska end of the busl ¦ lieally brings i ii ¦' drov f horses and has a public ile of ii front of hotel noi wood rev i i . sievvail il n siiinlav for the hurch will ti ' in i i ' . , i : . i in a poj hood's pill ousneaa ind casy to take ai
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19040107 |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 2 |
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 | 01/07/1904 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
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Month | 01 |
Day | 07 |
Year | 1904 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19040107 |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 2 |
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 | 01/07/1904 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text |
the ambler gaz vol xx 11 no 2 amislkh i'a january 7 1hoj stolen rig in ambler sellersville horse and bu^gy found at hotel ambler sheds thllwi aft^r i lln.y night in sp|l«r«tlllt mrke ii i tlielr kqnnpe in bnrrownl team — stolen homo nnrl wngnn ainu i at i'lynimiiili av morning a strange horse nml bi:g^v urn discovered htamliiit under th sheds in the rear of hotel ambler it had evidently heen tied there sometime late wednesday evening of early thursday morning the dic covmy was reported ti the local polict after no owner appeared foi the out fit it was soon ascertained that the rig be longed to mahlon crep«inpn of sellers vllle from whose stible it was tnken during wvdnt ay niuht ihe thieves had evidently left the ti'iivi nnd made good their « irape by train or trolley from ambler mr crewman's home was entered and although silverware was lying around handy hip burglars did dol t ike anything instead they entered the bnrn and stale mr orbsstnati's hnrre nnd wagon the tbievm apparently hail planned to canvass the tiwn for they drove the team to a field ii°;u green street ami fastened the horse to a tree they walked ilown qreen street to hairy crewman's home where thev opened the window but were probably soared a wit they next railed on cbarlfi k.iat lbv by way of a window but airs jacobv heard them and tang an electric call bell which scareil them away die bonus of jolm fosbenner and john lodslmll were also entered only a small sum of money was taken at david han's store they hored uoles into the waie jiouae door but the door was st el lin ed be'inn disappointed in their h'oit they left t lwn in mr cretstnftn'e team plymouth news of a btaitling nature was given to chief of police rodenlihiiirli of norristown at an early hour friday evening when he was notified that the men who a week ago stolen horse and wauon from the stable of samuel tay lor in the west end end aftei ward abandoned it in plymouth township were in town j'lie new was furnished by the trol ley men upon whose rar the thieve made tl eir escape after leaving ply month they claimed that they bad seen both iiien upon the street earlv in the evening won was immediately sent to every police officer to lie on the lookout interrogated saturday fore noon the chief said ho bad heard no thing further of the men nor bad he been informed of any robberies willow grove thievus visited willow tirove friday lirst stopping at andrew peterson's house on the uavisvillfe road they stole money and clothing and went to the residence of w f morgan the ice man they were scared away before getting his diamonds at christian murphy's bouse on the david new port b place the rob tiers helped them selves liberally lehlgh valley traction lose suit the leliiuh valley traction company has been infringing upon a patented ear seat handle controlled by the hale & kilbnrn manufacturing company of philadelphia according to an opinion handed down in the united states cir cuit couu thursday by judge md'her son th device is one used on the npjier corner next to the aisle of the backs of the car seats and is calculated to do away with the overhead straps uved by standing pabsen;_rers wurk at jeuklutowu station work goes on slowly about the lenk intown railway station the wall thai h to cut oil iiccsns to the railway t nicks at tha foot of ireenwood avonue is nearly oonipleted the shed on the east of the tracks is yet unfinished at its northern end a poite cocliere has been built on beeohwcod avenue for the use of persons driving to the sta tion it will be uncertain how soon the subway beneath the tracks will be completed the trench is being dug in which to lay the stone wall on the west side of the tracks and it will n.it be long before the bnly way of reaching wyncote will be by meant of the bridge crossing the truck at the foot of sum mit avenue a brick wall has heen laid on west side of beechwood plaza along the plaza north to the entrance way to the fetation when the entire work is finished it promises to be ve.ry satis factory to tlie prblicas well as tc the reading railway company hi mcc«ul lutes .« i'et l here is weepiog and wailing pal barren hill way over the untimely deal ii of intf " i pet monkey owned by hiram mccooliwoo keep the hotel jute was pieuntad to mr mocool 14 veaii t-r'i by a niloi from brazil ami how much older the animal was will never u known at any rate he was i hloll venerable mini k t-v who ill btead of browish in graces seemed to n.w in deviltry i ir • ¦ .) ut ¦' ' was frozen to death one cold nii/hi reoet tie had uiivm iltpl in a room in the ii ore wont mil in i id i « bid i i lowed ihu iuo1 in • iii linn i bad a « ide cil'cll till ill muni int md bis iiniiuul \ taking ell i|l be mourned it i mi m.i '•>..[ i intent ion to turn i to a lasiitcinii i a 1 1 < 1 ihu tstuued f i k'u i «¦ of the nioiil udorn the banouuj obituary mlis < i1aklkh wkak • in wednesday morning ibonl m x o'clock minma catharine wife of charles weak of u'likintown died of nt»ti ltria of the he it she was in the 52d yi'«r of her age deceased is survived by her husband and two sons <'. limy id blwood s she was the dflt]bht9t of cephas rom and martha emrlnlf and was burn in bucks countv lltr pir"tf>rs are mis mark brpnin mrs w m thomap mrs thomas mconrkle and sfti.cbs.flm rldtardson john ii liiddle who rc eidos in washinkton d ('., is k brother mrr weak was a member of the church ef our saviour ami had a imst of friends utptuitll a krikbel septiniiis s krielml son of the late septimus s kriubel of north wales died of pneumonia at ttie windsor hstel philadelphia wednenfav night of last week i in was taken ill while at th hotel about a week previous to his death so sudden did the disease oooqe qpon him that he was unable to et clsewliere find renatofd in bcl i"l til dcith came to him mis wife wua visiting relatives in kianklin county at the time and in a day or so was i ifgraphi 1 rf her hoaband'e ill neb she ca lie ut nnre to his bedside and remniiipd with him to the end bi sides a widow who wax miw marie mil i holland a former school teachff i ." kii nkiin he is gurvivf i by one child his mother and the follow i no brothers and sist'ms ah > sil'vlvfl lleii'v s frank b of noith wall ¦: wjnia'tn of qeruuntowd 1 misses emma nnd marv residing with their mother in north wale he mm the youngest member of the family services were lit id sunday evening in philadelphia i nd monday mornina services and in tr>i!!ont at lowamencin sohwenkfelder meeting rachel h landes rachel h lindes died wt loesday evening of l-."-t week of apoplexy at west point utruil 68 years lhbhusi 1 wits the last of a family of nine child ren htr parents were the late joseph and rachel i hides sue wa>f horn on the klias i/unit's farm in worcester the utter hein ln-r in.ithpr.tlie funeral as held on nin'-.w at 10 a m frum her r idence ini rment at the metb atton mennonite meeting boose vvor il t:i ir.u i - albert 11 place t i snein <». hunaiok er bouse and lot in li'nsdale 1200 william 11 graeff o ruth h but-s a three story stone dwelling and lot in jenkintown sotiol norristown trust company to w graeff lot in lenbintown hxeciitiis if rosgnna mtrple to george v krbe . tlie hicki rhown hotel in plymouth township 0,(ioo l'an line cumin ings to ktlwin c cnnt minoa house 7 acres and 151 perches in won e-te.r towiihhip.sroo k l ilitllnian executor of davis cook house and lot at trappy 2035 anna p gilbert to alfred t cobbin lot in i'nper dobtin,$200 jonas wfiihultl to henry j.wambold house nntl lnt containing 8326 sjtjiiarefeel of land in west telforil.shdo louisa perrv to samuel williams lot in renllyn,«12.r charles m reed to franklin k.walt two lots in pentnburg l'2o howard m fisher to helen m man six lote in east lansdale 1800 philip wunderle to arthur brederbek church etlifice an |
Month | 01 |
Day | 07 |
Year | 1904 |
Page | 1 |
Sequence | 1 |
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FileSizeK | 29862 |
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